William Newk-Fon Hey Tow|Peter Dell|John Venable
Understanding Information Disclosure Behaviour in Australian Facebook Users
Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University
advent social networking websites presents opportunities criminals obtain information use identity theft cyberstalking worse activities paper presents research investigating users social networking websites willingly disclose personal information sorts information provide study employed ethnographic approach participation online community interviews community members combined quantitative survey findings show users often simply aware issues feel risk personally low paper develops preliminary theoretical model explain information disclosure phenomenon recommends government agencies social networking websites conduct campaigns inform public issues social networking websites consider removing facilities study conducted australian context focussed popular facebook website