Who commits virtual identity suicide? Differences in privacy concerns, internet addiction, and personality between facebook users and quitters

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Who commits virtual identity suicide? Differences in privacy concerns, internet addiction, and personality between facebook users and quitters. / Stieger, Stefan; Burger, Christoph; Bohn, Manuel et al.
In: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Vol. 16, No. 9, 12.09.2013, p. 629-634.

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title = "Who commits virtual identity suicide? Differences in privacy concerns, internet addiction, and personality between facebook users and quitters",
abstract = "Social networking sites such as Facebook attract millions of users by offering highly interactive social communications. Recently, a counter movement of users has formed, deciding to leave social networks by quitting their accounts (i.e., virtual identity suicide). To investigate whether Facebook quitters (n=310) differ from Facebook users (n=321), we examined privacy concerns, Internet addiction scores, and personality. We found Facebook quitters to be significantly more cautious about their privacy, having higher Internet addiction scores, and being more conscientious than Facebook users. The main self-stated reason for committing virtual identity suicide was privacy concerns (48 percent). Although the adequacy of privacy in online communication has been questioned, privacy is still an important issue in online social communications.",
keywords = "Psychology",
author = "Stefan Stieger and Christoph Burger and Manuel Bohn and Martin Voracek",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1089/cyber.2012.0323",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "629--634",
journal = "Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking",
issn = "2152-2715",
publisher = "Mary Ann Liebert Inc.",
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