The Uses of Privacy Online: Trading a Loss of Privacy for Social Web Gratifications?

According to Etzioni (1999), the first step in analyzing privacy is to determine whether or not there is a problem. Given the easy availability of private information on the Internet and the seemingly great readiness of Social Web users to disclose personal data, it would appear that the protection...

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Published inPrivacy Online pp. 143 - 156
Main Authors Taddicken, Monika, Jers, Cornelia
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2011
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subjects
Communication studies
Ethical & social aspects of computing
Gratification Approach
Internet Forum
Personal Information
Private Information
Social Networking Site
Social, group or collective psychology
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Summary:According to Etzioni (1999), the first step in analyzing privacy is to determine whether or not there is a problem. Given the easy availability of private information on the Internet and the seemingly great readiness of Social Web users to disclose personal data, it would appear that the protection of privacy is not a major problem for users. However, empirical evidence demonstrates that Social Web users are in fact quite concerned about their privacy (Barnes 2006; Tufekci 2008; Debatin et al. 2009).
ISBN:9783642215209
3642215203
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-21521-6_11