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Investigating Privacy Perception and Behavior on Weibo

Investigating Privacy Perception and Behavior on Weibo

Clinton Amos, Lixuan Zhang, Iryna Pentina
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 26 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1546-2234|EISSN: 1546-5012|EISBN13: 9781466657755|DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.2014100103
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Amos, Clinton, et al. "Investigating Privacy Perception and Behavior on Weibo." JOEUC vol.26, no.4 2014: pp.43-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2014100103

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Amos, C., Zhang, L., & Pentina, I. (2014). Investigating Privacy Perception and Behavior on Weibo. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), 26(4), 43-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2014100103

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Amos, Clinton, Lixuan Zhang, and Iryna Pentina. "Investigating Privacy Perception and Behavior on Weibo," Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) 26, no.4: 43-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2014100103

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Abstract

More than half of Chinese Internet users participate in Weibo, the most popular social media and microblogging platform in China. Weibo encourages members to voluntarily contribute personal information, leading to potential privacy invasion. This study examines how trust in other members and perceptions of government intrusion affect privacy-related attitude and behavior on this social platform. Analysis of survey responses from 221 Weibo users confirm that perceived government intrusion is strongly correlated with privacy concern and self-protective behavior. Trust towards other Weibo participants is not significantly related to privacy concern; however it has a significant negative relationship with self-protective behavior. The study also reveals that privacy concern is positively related to self-protective behavior. Findings and their implications for future research and practice are provided.

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