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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Who commits virtual identity suicide? Differences in privacy concerns, internet addiction, and personality between facebook users and quitters
AU - Stieger, Stefan
AU - Burger, Christoph
AU - Bohn, Manuel
AU - Voracek, Martin
PY - 2013/9/12
Y1 - 2013/9/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884261018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2012.0323
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2012.0323
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 23374170
AN - SCOPUS:84884261018
VL - 16
SP - 629
EP - 634
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
SN - 2152-2715
IS - 9
ER -