Teens’ concern for privacy when using social networking sites: An analysis of socialization agents and relationships with privacy-protecting behaviors |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, United States;2. School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, United States;1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland;2. Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland;3. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Science, Aalto University, Finland;1. The University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, USA;2. Clemson University, School of Computing, 215 McAdams Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA;3. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Software Information Systems Department, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA;1. University of Hamburg, Institute of Media and Communication, Von-Melle-Park 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;2. Department of Media Psychology, University of Hohenheim, Wollgrasweg 23, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Abstract: | U.S. teens are spending substantial time on social networking sites (SNSs). Yet, only a few studies have documented teens’ privacy-protecting behaviors on SNSs. Using data of Facebook teen users and their parents in the U.S. from the Pew Internet’s Teens & Privacy Management Survey (N = 622), this study investigated the socialization agents of teens’ level of online privacy concern, and the relationship between teens’ level of online privacy concern and their privacy-protecting behaviors on SNSs. Based on path analysis results, this study identified parents and SNS use as the two significant socialization agents. In particular, this study revealed the role of parents’ privacy concern and the role of SNS use in motivating teens to increase online privacy concern, which, in turn, drives teens to adopt various privacy-setting strategies on SNSs and to set their Facebook profiles to private. Implications for policymakers and educators were discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Privacy-protecting behaviors Parental influence Social networking site (SNS) use Privacy concern Teen |
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