The 'Privacy Paradox' in the Social Web: The Impact of Privacy Concerns, Individual Characteristics, and the Perceived Social Relevance on Different Forms of Self-Disclosure1

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-273

  Taddicken, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Online survey; Path analysis; Privacy; Self disclosure; Social Web

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNET USERS; ONLINE SURVEYS; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY; PRIVACY CONCERNS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL WEBS;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 84892496287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12052     Document Type: Article

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