CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Feng, Yun |
|---|---|
| Title | Privacy on Social Networking Websites: Dilemma of Self-Expression and Self-Disclosure in China |
| Summary | Since the popularization of the Internet in the late 1990s in China, it has been increasingly used as a tool of working, studying and socializing. At the same time, problems of online privacy disclosure have aroused people's wide concern (Zhang 2013). This article investigates people’s attitude towards their privacy and personal information when they are using networking sites and apps, focusing on the dilemma of social networking users that arises from a desire to share daily life with friends, while fearing the disclosure of private information on the Internet. As an extension and addition of the studies of privacy in China conducted by Fei Xiaotong (1998[1947]) and Yan Yunxiang (2006), this article targets teenage students of the High School Affiliated to Shandong University and college students of Shandong University in Jinan, Shandong Province in China, and have the potential to contribute to the online security of young people who are active on the web. What are social networking websites users’ attitudes on private information and privacy online and offline and how do they balance the needs of both sharing personal information to build up social network and protecting their privacy online? These are questions that this article will attempt to answer. |
| Supervisor | Balazs Vedres |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/feng_yun.pdf |
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