Social network sites (SNSs) are becoming an increasingly popular resource for both
students and adults, who use them to connect with and maintain relationships with a variety …

Social network sites are known for intruding their users' privacy per default. The networks
use and sell demographic information for targeted advertising (Acquisti et al. 2007). Data are …

Online social networking communities such as Facebook and MySpace are extremely
popular. These sites have changed how many people develop and maintain relationships …

The privacy paradox describes people's willingness to disclose personal information on
social network sites despite expressing high levels of concern. In this study, we employ the …

The struggle we currently perceive in terms of social media privacy may be the result of the
incompatible natures of “warm” and “cold” affordances. Whereas social media's warm …

With the growth of the Internet comes a growth in a ubiquitous networked society. Common
Web 2.0 applications include a rapidly growing trend for social network sites. Social network …

The present study serves two purposes. First, we explore how adolescents and adults
approach the disclosure of personal information and the application of privacy settings on …

Online social networks are designed to encourage disclosure while also having the ability to
disrupt existing privacy boundaries. This study assesses those individuals who are the most …

In this paper, we explore the relationship between Facebook users' privacy concerns,
relationship maintenance strategies, and social capital outcomes. Previous research has …

As social network sites grow and diversify in both users and content, tensions between
users' audience composition and their disclosure practices become more prevalent. Users …