The impact of exposure to news about electronic government surveillance on concerns about government intrusion, privacy self-efficacy, and privacy protective behavior

IF 0.5 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy Pub Date : 2016-04-02 DOI:10.1080/15536548.2016.1163026

S. Mamonov, M. Koufaris

引用次数: 7

Abstract

ABSTRACT Government electronic surveillance programs are an active topic in public debates, yet little is known about how awareness of government electronic surveillance programs affects technology users’ concerns, beliefs, and behaviors. This study examined the impact of exposure to news stories about government surveillance on users’ concerns about government intrusion, their privacy self-efficacy, and the strength of passwords they use to protect information. Findings were that the exposure to news about government surveillance increases the level of concerns about government intrusion and has a negative impact on privacy self-efficacy. Further, contrary to expectations, this exposure also leads to weaker passwords used to protect information. Possible explanations and implications of the findings are discussed.

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政府电子监控新闻曝光对政府入侵、隐私自我效能和隐私保护行为的影响

政府电子监控项目是公众辩论中的一个活跃话题，但人们对政府电子监控项目的认识如何影响技术用户的关注、信仰和行为知之甚少。这项研究考察了曝光有关政府监控的新闻报道对用户对政府入侵的担忧、他们的隐私自我效能以及他们用于保护信息的密码强度的影响。研究发现，政府监控新闻的曝光增加了对政府入侵的担忧程度，并对隐私自我效能产生负面影响。此外，与预期相反，这种暴露还会导致用于保护信息的密码变得更弱。讨论了可能的解释和研究结果的含义。

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International Journal of Information Security and Privacy COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

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2.50

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期刊介绍： As information technology and the Internet become more and more ubiquitous and pervasive in our daily lives, there is an essential need for a more thorough understanding of information security and privacy issues and concerns. The International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) creates and fosters a forum where research in the theory and practice of information security and privacy is advanced. IJISP publishes high quality papers dealing with a wide range of issues, ranging from technical, legal, regulatory, organizational, managerial, cultural, ethical and human aspects of information security and privacy, through a balanced mix of theoretical and empirical research articles, case studies, book reviews, tutorials, and editorials. This journal encourages submission of manuscripts that present research frameworks, methods, methodologies, theory development and validation, case studies, simulation results and analysis, technological architectures, infrastructure issues in design, and implementation and maintenance of secure and privacy preserving initiatives.