User concerns regarding information sharing on social networking sites: The user's perspective in the context of national culture.

ABSTRACT: Information sharing via social networking systems (SNS) is a common practice among academics, as well as others, that brings substantial benefits. At the same time, privacy concerns are widespread among SNS users, which may tend to inhibit their maximising the benefit from using the systems. This paper investigates the proposition that SNS user attitudes and behaviour are affected by privacy concerns, and that the effects are subject to significant cultural factors. A broad assessment of the literature provides the context for the study. Working in the context of Saudi Arabia, we apply a mixed-methods approach beginning with in-depth interviews, exposing in detail a range of views and concerns about privacy and SNS use, also allowing us to identify three key factors that bear on SNS usage

SUBMITTER: Mutambik I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8803144 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature