Privacy as information access and illusory control: The case of the Facebook News Feed privacy outcry

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-60

  Hoadley, Christopher M ^a   Xu, Heng ^b   Lee, Joey J ^b   Rosson, Mary Beth ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illusory loss of control; Information disclosure; Information privacy; Limited information access; Online social networks (OSNs); Perceived information control

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION CONTROL; INFORMATION PRIVACY; LIMITED INFORMATION; LOSS OF CONTROL; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ACCESS CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 73749088345     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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