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. Findin...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-638cdac557114d6baaab7f68804d27652024-03-23T13:15:08ZengMasaryk UniversityCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace1802-79622016-05-0110110.5817/CP2016-1-5Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizationsRalf De WolfA 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.https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/6185Privacyboundary coordinationgroupfocus groupscommunication privacy managementqualitative |
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| title | Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations |
| title_full | Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations |
| title_fullStr | Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations |
| title_short | Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations |
| title_sort | group privacy management strategies and challenges in facebook a focus group study among flemish youth organizations |
| topic | Privacy boundary coordination group focus groups communication privacy management qualitative |
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