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dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Christian Pieter
dc.contributor.authorLutz, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorRanzini, Giulia
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-28T10:24:10Z
dc.date.available2017-02-28T10:24:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(2016)4,nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1802-7962
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2432299
dc.descriptionAn open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/editors.phpnb_NO
dc.description.abstractPrivacy concerns among Internet users are consistently found to be high. At the same time, these concerns do not appear to generate a corresponding wave of privacy protection behavior. A number of studies have addressed the apparent divergence between users’ privacy concerns and behavior, with results varying according to context. Previous research has examined user trust, lack of risk awareness and the privacy calculus as potential solutions to the “privacy paradox”. Complementing these perspectives, we propose that some users faced with seemingly overwhelming privacy threats develop an attitude of “privacy cynicism”, leading to a resigned neglect of protection behavior. Privacy cynicism serves as a cognitive coping mechanism, allowing users to rationalize taking advantage of online services despite serious privacy concerns. We conduct an interdisciplinary literature review to define the core concept, then empirically substantiate it based on qualitative data collected among German Internet users.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherMasaryk Universitynb_NO
dc.titlePrivacy cynicism: A new approach to the privacy paradoxnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.journalCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspacenb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.5817/CP2016-4-7
dc.description.localcode1, OA Forlagsversjonnb_NO


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