Information Disclosure and Control on Facebook: Are They Two Sides of the Same Coin or Two Different Processes?

By Emily Christofides, Amy Muise, Serge Desmarais. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2009

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Hey Mom, What’s on Your Facebook? Comparing Facebook Disclosure and Privacy in Adolescents and Adults (2012, background): “Consistent with previous research with emerging adults (Christofides et al., 2009), trust and self-esteem predicted adolescents’ information control, but these personality factors were not significant for adults.”
A Review of Facebook Research in the Social Sciences (2012, neutral): “Additional research has revealed another potential reason for the inconsistency between reported concerns and behavior: Privacy concerns and disclosure were not negatively correlated, suggesting that they may not be two ends of the same spectrum but independent behaviors influenced by different aspe”
Four facets of Facebook Intensity - The development of the Multidimensional Facebook Intensity Scale (2016, background): “This factor is related to the profile-related activities already explored in previous studies (Aladwani, 2014; Alhabash et al., 2012; Christofides et al., 2009; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Strano, 2008).”
Privacy attitudes and privacy behaviour: A review of current research on the privacy paradox phenomenon (2017, background): “On the other hand, low levels of trust lead to control strategies, such as denying friend requests in order to control who has access to personal profiles (Christofides et al., 2009).”
Too Many Facebook “Friends”? Content Sharing and Sociability Versus the Need for Privacy in Social Network Sites (2010, neutral): “Second, most empirical research on Facebook has focused solely on teenagers (eg, Chistofieds, Muise, & Desmarais, 2009 ; Livingstone, 2008 ; Stutzman, 2006 ) or those in their 20s (eg, Debatin et al, 2009 ; Raynes-Goldie, 2010 ).”
Why Do People Use Facebook? (2011, background): “Profile features included profile picture, status updates, social network size and photo count. examined whether the need for popularity, self-esteem, trust, and general tendency to disclose are associated with online disclosure (Christofides et al., 2009).”
Risky Disclosures on Facebook (2012, background): “In addition, research shows that the factors that lead users of social network sites to disclose information are not the same as those that lead them to protect their information (Christofides et al., 2009).”
Older and Wiser? Facebook Use, Privacy Concern, and Privacy Protection in the Life Stages of Emerging, Young, and Middle Adulthood (2015, background): “Also earlier studies report high percentages of users in the age range of emerging adulthood to apply stricter privacy settings on SNS (Christofides et al., 2009; Debatin et al., 2009; Madden & Smith, 2010).”
Showing Off? Human Mobility and the Interplay of Traits, Self-Disclosure, and Facebook Check-Ins (2013, background): “As users are exposed to the disclosures of others, and users’ identities are jointly constructed, Facebook also enhances the importance of popularity (Christofides et al., 2009).”