Adolescents' privacy concerns and information disclosure online: The role of parents and the Internet |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore;2. The Center for the Connected Consumer, The George Washington University School of Business, 2201 G Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA;1. Utrecht University, Department of Sociology/ICS, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Saudi Arabia;1. Ghent University, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Department of Communication Siences, Belgium;2. Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Belgium;1. Austin E. Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, USA;2. Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA;3. LeBow School of Management, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;1. Seattle Children''s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington;2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin;4. Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the role of parents and the Internet in adolescents' online privacy concerns and information disclosing behaviors. Specifically, instructive and restrictive parental mediation, adolescents' self-disclosure to parents about their Internet experiences, time spent on the Internet, and participation in online communication activities were examined as factors that may impact adolescents' concerns about online privacy, willingness to disclose personally identifiable information, and actual disclosure of personal information online. A survey conducted in Singapore with 746 adolescents aged 12–18 revealed that instructive parental mediation based on parent-adolescent communication was more effective than restrictive parental mediation based on rule-making and controlling in reducing information disclosure among adolescents. Adolescents' self-disclosure to parents about their Internet experiences was found to be positively associated with their privacy concerns but did not foster privacy protection behaviors. While online chatting had a positive relationship with privacy concerns, excessive use of the Internet and frequent participation in social networking and online gaming resulted in increased information disclosure. |
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| Keywords: | Adolescents Internet use Online privacy Parental mediation Online communication |
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