Bernhard Debatin|Jennette Lovejoy|Ann-Kathrin Horn|Brittany N. Hughes
Facebook and Online Privacy: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Unintended Consequences
Scripps (United States)|Ohio University|Scripps (United States)|Ohio University|Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik|Leipzig University|Ohio University|Scripps (United States)
article investigates facebook users awareness privacy issues perceived benefits risks utilizing facebook research found facebook deeply integrated users daily lives specific routines rituals users claimed understand privacy issues yet reported uploading large amounts personal information risks privacy invasion ascribed others self however users reporting privacy invasion likely change privacy settings merely hearing others privacy invasions results suggest lax attitude may based combination high gratification usage patterns psychological mechanism similar thirdperson effect safer use social network services would thus require changes user attitude