Who uses mobile apps to meet strangers: The roles of core traits and surface characteristics

IF 0.5 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy Pub Date : 2017-10-02 DOI:10.1080/15536548.2017.1394072

Lixuan Zhang, Iryna Pentina, Wendy Fox Kirk

引用次数: 6

Abstract

ABSTRACT Digital space continues to be a popular venue for meeting new people. However, little is known about who uses mobile context-aware social networking apps to initiate new relationships. This study investigates the roles of individual core traits and surface characteristics in the adoption of social discovery features on WeChat, a mobile social networking app in China. Analysis of survey data collected from 213 WeChat users finds the core traits of agreeableness and neuroticism to be negatively related to the use of these social discovery features. The surface characteristic of sensation seeking is positively related to the use of social discovery features, while the surface characteristic of loneliness is not. Based on the findings, directions for future research and implications for app developers and marketers are suggested.

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谁用手机应用与陌生人见面:核心特征和表面特征的作用

数字空间一直是结识新朋友的热门场所。然而，很少有人知道是谁在使用情境感知的移动社交网络应用来建立新关系。本研究探讨了个人核心特征和表面特征在中国移动社交网络应用微信社交发现功能采用中的作用。对213名微信用户的调查数据分析发现，亲和性和神经质的核心特征与这些社交发现功能的使用呈负相关。感觉寻求的表面特征与社交发现特征的使用呈正相关，而孤独感的表面特征与社交发现特征的使用呈正相关。根据研究结果，提出了未来研究的方向以及对应用程序开发者和营销人员的启示。

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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.