| Autor: |
Ricarda Moll, Stephanie Pieschl, Rainer Bromme |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Societies, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 770-784 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2075-4698 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/soc4040770 |
| Popis: |
In order to build and maintain social capital in their Online Social Networks, users need to disclose personal information, a behavior that at the same time leads to a lower level of privacy. In this conceptual paper, we offer a new theoretical perspective on the question of why people might regulate their privacy boundaries inadequately when communicating in Online Social Networks. We argue that people have developed a subjective theory about online privacy putting them into a processing mode of default trust. In this trusting mode people would (a) discount the risk of a self-disclosure directly; and (b) infer the risk from invalid cues which would then reinforce their trusting mode. As a consequence people might be more willing to self-disclose information than their actual privacy preferences would otherwise indicate. We exemplify the biasing potential of a trusting mode for memory and metacognitive accuracy and discuss the role of a default trust mode for the development of social capital. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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