Who am I on Twitter? A Cross-Country Comparison

Who am I on Twitter? A Cross-Country Comparison

Users often manage which aspects of their personal identities to be manifested on social network sites (SNS). Thus, the content of personal information disclosed on users' profiles can be influenced by a number of factors, such as motivation of using SNS and privacy concerns, both of which may...

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Main Authors: Dong, Wei, Qiu, Minghui, ZHU, Feida
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
culture
identity management
privacy
self-disclosure
twitter
Singapore
United States
Asian Studies
Computer Sciences
Databases and Information Systems
Social Media
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2567948.2577355
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Users often manage which aspects of their personal identities to be manifested on social network sites (SNS). Thus, the content of personal information disclosed on users' profiles can be influenced by a number of factors, such as motivation of using SNS and privacy concerns, both of which may vary depending on where users reside in. In this study, we compared the content of 2800 United States (US) and Singapore (SG) Twitter users' bios on their profile pages. We found US Twitter users were far more likely to disclose personal information that may reveal their true identity than SG users. The between country difference remained after we took bio length and user activity level into account. The results provide important insights on future studies to understand users' privacy concern in different regions of the world.

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