Despite widespread concerns with social networking site (SNS) security, little research has
determined why some are more concerned about SNS security than others. The present …

This study focuses on how social networking site (SNS) users' perceived risk is affected by
perceptions of the duality of potentially harmful events (cyber-attacks and privacy breaches) …

Some studies suggest that Perceived Privacy Risk exerts no influence on the Actual System
Use of a Social Network Site (SNS). However, the potential indirect relationships between …

Though socially anxious individuals tend to seek safety, little is known about whether this
relationship depends on context, including the affordances of social networking sites (SNSs) …

Social network services (SNS) focus on building online communities of people who share
interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of …

In the last decade, online social networking websites have become immensely popular
worldwide, with the number of users growing exponentially. With a social network account …

Individuals' use of safeguards against information security risks is commonly conceptualized
as the result of a risk-benefit analysis. This economic perspective assumes a “rational actor” …

The growth in the number and scope of private information breaches of social networking
(SN) websites subscribers' has prompted researchers to focus on the utilization of privacy …

This paper uses a survey of social networking users to empirically explore their perceptions
of security notices–independently verified artefacts informing internet site users that security …

Little is known about the context sensitivity of users' online security perceptions and
behaviors to national and individual attributes, and there is inadequate research about the …