Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6839197 | Computers in Human Behavior | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
U.S. teens are spending substantial time on social networking sites (SNSs). Yet, only a few studies have documented teens' privacy-protecting behaviors on SNSs. Using data of Facebook teen users and their parents in the U.S. from the Pew Internet's Teens & Privacy Management Survey (NÂ =Â 622), this study investigated the socialization agents of teens' level of online privacy concern, and the relationship between teens' level of online privacy concern and their privacy-protecting behaviors on SNSs. Based on path analysis results, this study identified parents and SNS use as the two significant socialization agents. In particular, this study revealed the role of parents' privacy concern and the role of SNS use in motivating teens to increase online privacy concern, which, in turn, drives teens to adopt various privacy-setting strategies on SNSs and to set their Facebook profiles to private. Implications for policymakers and educators were discussed.
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Authors
Yang Feng, Wenjing Xie,