Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations
A large body of research has studied young people’s privacy practices and needs in Facebook. Less is known about group privacy. In this study 12 focus groups were organized with a total of 78 adolescents and young adults of local Flemish youth organizations to discuss their privacy practices. Findings describe how different strategies are used to coordinate the group information flow. The study also shows how online group privacy management can be challenging because ‘implicit’ privacy rules need to be made ‘explicit’, personal boundaries may conflict with those of the group one belongs to and... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace ; volume 10, issue 1 ; ISSN 1802-7962 |
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Masaryk University Press
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| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29061025 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cp2016-1-5 |
A large body of research has studied young people’s privacy practices and needs in Facebook. Less is known about group privacy. In this study 12 focus groups were organized with a total of 78 adolescents and young adults of local Flemish youth organizations to discuss their privacy practices. Findings describe how different strategies are used to coordinate the group information flow. The study also shows how online group privacy management can be challenging because ‘implicit’ privacy rules need to be made ‘explicit’, personal boundaries may conflict with those of the group one belongs to and privacy turbulence is difficult to define.