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A Moderating Effect of Use of Interaction Privacy Controls on the Relationship between Privacy Concerns and Self-disclosure

  • Kim, Gimun (School of Business, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2019.11.21
  • Accepted : 2020.03.16
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

Many studies have tried to explain the privacy paradox but reported conflicting results; Some of them found connection between privacy concerns and information disclosure, while others did not. This study examines the role of interaction privacy controls (mainly friend lists and privacy settings) as a moderating variable that has the potential to affect the relationship in the SNS context. The reason for this is that most users use interactive privacy controls to create their own social environment before conducting SNS activities, so the relationship between privacy concerns and information disclosure may vary depending on the degree of use of interactive privacy controls. The study collected data using survey method, analyzed the moderating effect of use of interaction privacy controls using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, and as a result, found that effect. Therefore, the degree of use of interactive privacy controls may be an important contingent variable that needs to be considered in a study examining the privacy paradox in SNS context.

그 동안 프라이버시 역설 현상을 설명하기 위한 많은 노력에도 불구하고 기존 연구들은 상반된 결과들을 보고하였다. 일부 연구들은 프라이버시 염려와 자기노출 사이의 관련성을 발견한 반면, 다른 연구들은 그렇지 못했다. 본 연구는 SNS 환경에서 이러한 관련성에 영향을 미칠 잠재력이 있는 상황변수로 상호작용 프라이버시 컨트롤(주로 프렌드 리스트와 프라이버시 셋팅)의 역할을 검토한다. 이러한 이유는 사용자들이 상호작용 프라이버시 컨트롤을 사용하여 자신의 사회적 환경을 조성하기 때문에 이것의 사용정도에 따라 프라이버시 염려와 자기노출 사이의 관계가 영향을 받기 때문이다. 본 연구는 서베이 방법을 활용하였고, 위계적 다중회귀분석을 사용하여 상호작용 프라이버시 컨트롤 사용의 조절효과를 분석하였으며, 분석결과 상호작용 프라이버시 컨트롤 사용의 조절효과를 발견하였다. 따라서 상호작용 프라이버시 컨트롤의 사용은 SNS를 대상으로 프라이버시 역설 현상을 검토하는 연구에서 고려해야 하는 중요한 상황변수라고 할 수 있다.

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