Monika Taddicken
The ‘Privacy Paradox’ in the Social Web: The Impact of Privacy Concerns, Individual Characteristics, and the Perceived Social Relevance on Different Forms of Self-Disclosure
Universität Hamburg
given diffusion social web increased disclosure personal information online privacy paradox suggests internet users concerned privacy behaviors mirror concerns study investigates potential influence privacy concerns psychological traits attitudes social web age selfdisclosure using online survey representative sample german internet users n 2 739 variety quality selfdisclosure well access measured findings indicate privacy concerns hardly impact selfdisclosure different variables moderate relation perceived social relevance number applications used proved important users general willingness disclose important providing sensitive information