ETRI Journal (Feb 2018)

Determinants of the Intention to Protect Personal Information among Facebook Users

  • Bum Soo Chon,
  • Jeong‐Ki Lee,
  • HyeonJu Jeong,
  • Jowon Park,
  • Jonghwa Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2017-0082
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 1
pp. 146 – 155

Abstract

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This study aimed to examine predictors of the intention to protect personal information on Facebook. We conducted an online survey of 679 Facebook users in the Republic of Korea. The findings of this study showed that usefulness and ease of use had significant effects on attitudes toward protection behavior. The results also revealed that risk factors (privacy risk severity and vulnerability) had significant effects on protective behaviors. Based on our findings, we discussed the information protection of privacy on Facebook.

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