Why do people share their context information on social network services? a qualitative study and an experimental study on users' behavior of balancing perceived benefit and risk

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 862-877

  Lee, Haein ^a   Park, Hyejin ^a   Kim, Jinwoo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Context information sharing; Privacy control; Social context; Social network service; Social privacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SEMANTICS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

CONTEXT INFORMATION; CONTEXT-AWARE SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PRIVACY CONTROL; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE (SNS); SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84886402776     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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