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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27727| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Creative beyond TikToks : investigating adolescents' social privacy management on TikTok |
| Authors: | Ebert, Nico Geppert, Tim Strycharz, Joanna Knieps, Melanie Hönig, Michael Brucker-Kley, Elke |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.56553/popets-2023-0049 10.21256/zhaw-27727 |
| Proceedings: | Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium |
| Volume(Issue): | 2023 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 221 |
| Pages to: | 235 |
| Conference details: | The 23rd Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland, 10-15 July 2023 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Privacy Enhancing Technologies Board |
| ISSN: | 2299-0984 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Adolescent; Behavior change wheel; COM-B; Privacy management; TikTok; Video; Social privacy |
| Subject (DDC): | 302.23: Media 305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) |
| Abstract: | TikTok has been criticized for its low privacy standards, but little is known about how its adolescent users protect their privacy. Based on interviews with 54 adolescents in Switzerland, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of young TikTok users' privacy management practices related to the creation of videos. The data were explored using the COM-B model, an established behavioral analysis framework adapted for sociotechnical privacy research. Our overall findings are in line with previous research on other social networks: adolescents are aware of privacy related to their online social connections (social privacy) and perform conscious privacy management. However, we also identified new patterns related to the central role of algorithmic recommendations potentially relevant for other social networks. Adolescents are aware that TikTok's special algorithm, combined with the app's high prevalence among their peers, could easily put them in the spotlight. Some adolescents also reduce TikTok, which was originally conceived as a social network, to its extensive audio-visual capabilities and share TikToks via more private channels (e.g., Snapchat) to manage audiences and avoid identification by peers. Young users also find other creative ways to protect their privacy such as identifying stalkers or maintaining multiple user accounts with different privacy settings to establish granular audience management. Based on our findings, we propose various concrete measures to develop interventions that protect the privacy of adolescents on TikTok. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27727 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Business Information Technology (IWI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Ebert, N., Geppert, T., Strycharz, J., Knieps, M., Hönig, M., & Brucker-Kley, E. (2023). Creative beyond TikToks : investigating adolescents’ social privacy management on TikTok [Conference paper]. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, 2023(2), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2023-0049
Ebert, N. et al. (2023) ‘Creative beyond TikToks : investigating adolescents” social privacy management on TikTok’, in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium. Privacy Enhancing Technologies Board, pp. 221–235. Available at: https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2023-0049.
N. Ebert, T. Geppert, J. Strycharz, M. Knieps, M. Hönig, and E. Brucker-Kley, “Creative beyond TikToks : investigating adolescents’ social privacy management on TikTok,” in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, 2023, vol. 2023, no. 2, pp. 221–235. doi: 10.56553/popets-2023-0049.
EBERT, Nico, Tim GEPPERT, Joanna STRYCHARZ, Melanie KNIEPS, Michael HÖNIG und Elke BRUCKER-KLEY, 2023. Creative beyond TikToks : investigating adolescents‘ social privacy management on TikTok. In: Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium. Conference paper. Privacy Enhancing Technologies Board. 2023. S. 221–235
Ebert, Nico, Tim Geppert, Joanna Strycharz, Melanie Knieps, Michael Hönig, and Elke Brucker-Kley. 2023. “Creative beyond TikToks : Investigating Adolescents’ Social Privacy Management on TikTok.” Conference paper. In Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, 2023:221–35. Privacy Enhancing Technologies Board. https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2023-0049.
Ebert, Nico, et al. “Creative beyond TikToks : Investigating Adolescents’ Social Privacy Management on TikTok.” Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, vol. 2023, no. 2, Privacy Enhancing Technologies Board, 2023, pp. 221–35, https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2023-0049.
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