Kang Hyunjin, Shin Wonsun
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Dec 16;12:769075. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769075. eCollection 2021.
This study examines how three different motivations for using an SNS (i.e., self-expression, belonging, and memory archiving) influence multi-facets of privacy boundary management on the platform mediated by self-extension to it. In recognition of the fact that information management on SNSs often goes beyond the "disclosure-withdrawal" dichotomy, the study investigates the relationships between the three SNS motives and privacy boundary management strategies (i.e., collective boundary and boundary turbulence management). An online survey with Facebook users ( = 305) finds that the three Facebook motivations are positively correlated to users' self-extension to Facebook. The motivations for using Facebook are positively associated with the management of different layers of privacy boundaries (i.e., basic, sensitive, and highly sensitive), when Facebook self-extension is mediated. In addition, the three motives have indirect associations with potential boundary turbulence management mediated by Facebook self-extension. Extending the classic idea that privacy is deeply rooted in the self, the study demonstrates that perceiving an SNS as part of the self-system constitutes a significant underlying psychological factor that explains the linkage between motives for using SNSs and privacy management.
本研究考察了使用社交网络服务（SNS）的三种不同动机（即自我表达、归属感和记忆存档）如何通过自我延伸到该平台来影响其隐私边界管理的多个方面。鉴于社交网络服务上的信息管理往往超越了“披露 - 撤回”二分法这一事实，该研究调查了这三种社交网络服务动机与隐私边界管理策略（即集体边界和边界动荡管理）之间的关系。一项针对脸书用户（n = 305）的在线调查发现，脸书的这三种动机与用户向脸书的自我延伸呈正相关。当脸书自我延伸起中介作用时，使用脸书的动机与不同层次隐私边界（即基本、敏感和高度敏感）的管理呈正相关。此外，这三种动机通过脸书自我延伸对潜在的边界动荡管理存在间接关联。该研究扩展了隐私深深植根于自我的经典观点，表明将社交网络服务视为自我系统的一部分构成了一个重要的潜在心理因素，解释了使用社交网络服务的动机与隐私管理之间的联系。
