User concerns regarding information sharing on social networking sites: The user’s perspective in the context of national culture

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 1; p. e0263157
• Main Authors: Mutambik, Ibrahim, Lee, John, Almuqrin, Abdullah, Halboob, Waleed, Omar, Taha, Floos, Ahmad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.01.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Arabs; Attitudes; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Collaboration; Communication; Computer and Information Sciences; Context; Cultural factors; Culture; Data security; Female; Gender; Humans; Hypotheses; Information Dissemination; Information science; Information sharing; Knowledge; Knowledge sharing; Male; Management; Models, Theoretical; Networking; People and places; Personal information; Privacy; Safety and security measures; Saudi Arabia; Social interaction; Social Networking; Social networks; Social organization; Social research; Social Sciences; Social systems; Structural models; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; User behavior; User groups; Saudi Arabia; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Information sharing via social networking systems (SNS) is a common practice among academics, as well as others, that brings substantial benefits. At the same time, privacy concerns are widespread among SNS users, which may tend to inhibit their maximising the benefit from using the systems. This pa...