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 ...

Verfasser: De Wolf, Ralf
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: Masaryk University
Faculty of Social Studies
Schlagwörter: Privacy / boundary coordination / group / focus groups / communication privacy management / qualitative / Facebook
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29061315
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/6185

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.