Of promoting networking and protecting privacy: Effects of defaults and regulatory focus on social media users’ preference settings

• Main Authors: CHO, Hichang, ROH, Sungjong, PARK, Byungho
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Privacy Default effect Regulatory focus Social media; Digital Communications and Networking; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6438; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7437/viewcontent/Of_promoting_networking_and_protecting_privacy.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Privacyresearch has debated whether privacy decision-making is determined by users'stable preferences (i.e., individual traits), privacy calculus (i.e.,cost-benefit analysis), or “responses on the spot” that vary across contexts.This study focuses on two factors—default setting as a contextual...