Blogging, communication, and privacy management: Development of the Blogging Privacy Management Measure
01 Oct 2009-Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd)-Vol. 60, Iss: 10, pp 2079-2094
TL;DR: The Blogging Privacy Management Measure (BPMM) is a multidimensional, valid, and reliable construct and could explore the influence of family values about privacy on blogging privacy rule management.
Abstract: This study applied Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory to the context of blogging and developed a validated, theory-based measure of blogging privacy management. Across three studies, 823 college student bloggers completed an online survey. In study one (n = 176), exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques tested four potential models. Study two (n = 291) cross-validated the final factor structure obtained in the fourth model with a separate sample. Study three (n = 356) tested the discriminant and predictive validity of the measure by comparing it to the self-consciousness scale. The Blogging Privacy Management Measure (BPMM) is a multidimensional, valid, and reliable construct. Future research could explore the influence of family values about privacy on blogging privacy rule management. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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TL;DR: A research model suggests that an individual’s privacy concerns form through a cognitive process involving perceived privacy risk, privacy control, and his or her disposition to value privacy, and individuals’ perceptions of institutional privacy assurances are posited to affect the riskcontrol assessment from information disclosure.
Abstract: Organizational information practices can result in a variety of privacy problems that can increase consumers’ concerns for information privacy. To explore the link between individuals and organizations regarding privacy, we study how institutional privacy assurances such as privacy policies and industry self-regulation can contribute to reducing individual privacy concerns. Drawing on Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory, we develop a research model suggesting that an individual’s privacy concerns form through a cognitive process involving perceived privacy risk, privacy control, and his or her disposition to value privacy. Furthermore, individuals’ perceptions of institutional privacy assurances -namely, perceived effectiveness of privacy policies and perceived effectiveness of industry privacy self-regulation -are posited to affect the riskcontrol assessment from information disclosure, thus, being an essential component of privacy concerns. We empirically tested the research model through a survey that was administered to 823 users of four different types of websites: 1) electronic commerce sites, 2) social networking sites, 3) financial sites, and 4) healthcare sites. The results provide support for the majority of the hypothesized relationships. The study reported here is novel to the extent that existing empirical research has not explored the link between individuals’ privacy perceptions and institutional privacy assurances. We discuss implications for theory and practice and provide suggestions for future research.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the evidenced-based theory of communication privacy management (CPM) and corresponding research on family privacy regulation that provides a road map to understand the multifaceted nature of managing private information.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and tested the tenets of the Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theoretical perspective, and developed a corpus of predictions from the CPM theoretical perspective.
Abstract: Over the last 35 years I have worked with gifted colleagues to develop and test the tenets of the Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theoretical perspective. 1 To date, a corpus of predictions ...
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01 Dec 2012TL;DR: A 9-item scale was shown to reasonably represent the dimensionality of mobile users' information privacy concerns (MUIPC), categorized as perceived surveillance, perceived intrusion, and secondary use of personal information.
Abstract: The evolution of mobile network technologies and smartphones has provided mobile consumers with unprecedented access to Internet and value-added services while on the move. Privacy issues in such context become critically important because vendors may access a large volume of personal information. Although several pioneering studies have examined general privacy risks, few systematic attempts have been made to provide a theory-driven framework on the specific nature of privacy concerns among mobile consumers. To fill the gap in the literature, this article introduced a 9-item scale, which was shown to reasonably represent the dimensionality of mobile users' information privacy concerns (MUIPC), categorized as perceived surveillance, perceived intrusion, and secondary use of personal information. Through a survey study (n=310), the three-factor structure of MUIPC as revealed in exploratory factor analysis was further confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis. Further analysis revealed that the second-order model of MUIPC performed better than its first-order model.
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...…Intrusion In CPM, ownership rules capture the extent to which the original owner of private information (i.e., data subjects) assumes that co-owners (i.e., data recipients) are able to make independent decisions about further possessing or soliciting information (Child et al. 2009; Petronio 2010)....
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...Typically, when individuals are provided with a significant amount of control over information disclosure, they create boundary structures that reduce the amount of information collection by others or they establish boundaries with low permeability (Child et al. 2009; Petronio 2010)....
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TL;DR: The findings indicate that during technology-mediated communication on social network sites, not only do traditional privacy factors relate to the technological boundaries people enact, but people's experiences with the mediating technology itself do, too.
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