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Privacy Cynicism : An Approach to Understanding the Institutional Privacy Paradox

crispublication.numberOfPages25
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Christian Pieter
dc.contributor.authorLutz, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorRanzini, Giulia
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-13T20:03:17Z
dc.date.available2023-04-13T20:03:17Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-24
dc.description.abstractPrevious research on online privacy has identified a disparity between Internet users' privacy concerns and actual privacy protection behavior. Given the distinction between social and institutional privacy concerns, this "privacy paradox" appears especially pronounced in the context of institutional privacy threats. A number of studies attempt to explain the privacy paradox based on either user trust, lack of risk awareness or the privacy calculus thesis. In this study, we argue that none of these approaches satisfactorily explain the institutional privacy paradox. Instead, we propose that users faced with institutional privacy threats may develop an attitude we term privacy cynicism. Privacy cynicism serves as a cognitive coping mechanism allowing users to take advantage of online services despite privacy concerns. Based on focus groups conducted among German Internet users and an initial explorative student survey, we define the privacy paradox construct and propose an initial measurement instrument.
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/105799
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAPC
dc.subjectonline privacy
dc.subjectinstitutional privacy concerns
dc.subjectprivacy cynicism
dc.subjectscale development
dc.subjectexplorative study
dc.subjectfocus groups
dc.titlePrivacy Cynicism : An Approach to Understanding the Institutional Privacy Paradox
dc.typeconference paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage25
oaire.citation.startPage1
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stgallen.alexandria.publicationId242936
stgallen.divisionMCM -Institute for Media and Communication Management
stgallen.eventAmsterdam Privacy Conference
stgallen.event.date23.-26.10.2015
stgallen.event.locationAmsterdam
stgallen.hsgclassificationcontribution to scientific community
stgallen.hsgprofileareaSoM - Business Innovation
stgallen.refereedYes
stgallen.subjectsocial sciences

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