Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks
This study investigates how privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation relate to teens’ comparative optimism about the privacy risks of TikTok, and the role of such optimism in teens’ privacy management on the platform. Our online survey of teen TikTok users residing in the U.S. revealed tha...
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| author | Kang, Hyunjin Shin, Wonsun |
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| description | This study investigates how privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation relate to teens’ comparative optimism about the privacy risks of TikTok, and the role of such optimism in teens’ privacy management on the platform. Our online survey of teen TikTok users residing in the U.S. revealed that those who were more concerned about privacy displayed less comparative optimism. Active parental mediation further enhanced this negative association between privacy concerns and comparative optimism. We also found that comparative optimism is negatively related to privacy-protecting behavior among teen users. Study findings guide youth-serving stakeholders in honing teens’ critical orientation toward social media privacy. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1823282025-01-22T01:14:19Z Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks Kang, Hyunjin Shin, Wonsun Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social Sciences Teen Tiktok users Parental mediation This study investigates how privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation relate to teens’ comparative optimism about the privacy risks of TikTok, and the role of such optimism in teens’ privacy management on the platform. Our online survey of teen TikTok users residing in the U.S. revealed that those who were more concerned about privacy displayed less comparative optimism. Active parental mediation further enhanced this negative association between privacy concerns and comparative optimism. We also found that comparative optimism is negatively related to privacy-protecting behavior among teen users. Study findings guide youth-serving stakeholders in honing teens’ critical orientation toward social media privacy. Ministry of Education (MOE) The research was supported by the first author’s MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant Ministry of Education - Singapore [Tier 1, RG 132/19]. 2025-01-22T01:14:18Z 2025-01-22T01:14:18Z 2024 Journal Article Kang, H. & Shin, W. (2024). Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 68(5), 758-777. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2407541 0883-8151 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182328 10.1080/08838151.2024.2407541 2-s2.0-85206886588 5 68 758 777 en RG132/19 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media © 2024 Broadcast Education Association. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Teen Tiktok users Parental mediation Kang, Hyunjin Shin, Wonsun Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title | Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title_full | Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title_fullStr | Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title_short | Feeling safer than peers: influence of privacy-related perceptions and parental mediation on teen Tiktok users' comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| title_sort | feeling safer than peers influence of privacy related perceptions and parental mediation on teen tiktok users comparative optimism about privacy risks |
| topic | Social Sciences Teen Tiktok users Parental mediation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182328 |
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