A survey of first-year college student perceptions of privacy in social networking

Abstract

This study evaluates the perceptions of first-year college students in a survey on facets of privacy of marketplace social networking sites. Findings from a survey of the students indicate less knowledge of personal information gathering and sharing techniques on the sites, notably in privacy and security statements, than of the popular sociality of the sites. These findings furnish impetus into the continued improvement of curricula in disciplines of information systems and non-information systems.