Why and how people use location sharing services on social networking platforms in China
2015 (English)In: ICE-B 2015: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on e-Business, Colmar, Alsace, France, 20-22 July, 2015 / [ed] Lorenz P., van Sinderen M., Dolog P., Obaidat M.S., SciTePress , 2015, p. 203-208Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Along with the development of information communication technology, there are more and more location sharing services on social networking platforms. Although China has the largest number of internet users in the world, users just started to use location sharing services in the last three years. This study aims to investigate why and how people use location sharing services on social networking platforms in China. To address this, four research questions are presented and 43 in-depth face-to-face interviews are carried out in China. Our results indicated that most users were concerned about privacy issues when they were using location sharing services on social networking platforms. Somewhat surprisingly, some of the interviewees indicated that they were not aware of the availability of the location sharing services on social networking platforms and they did not know how to use location sharing services. Furthermore, with respect to privacy protection, most interviewees indicated that WeChat did a better job than Weibo in China. Lastly, the results revealed that users wanted to use authority management to deal with private issues raised by the shared location information on social networking platforms.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SciTePress , 2015. p. 203-208
Keywords [en]
Check-in, Contextual integrity, Location sharing services, Privacy, Social networking platforms, Data privacy, Electronic commerce, Social networking (online), Social sciences computing, Technology transfer, Contextual integrities, Face-to-face interview, Information communication technology, Location information, Privacy protection, Research questions, Location
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-62277Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84969820611ISBN: 9789897581137 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-62277DiVA, id: diva2:1156177
Conference
12th International Conference on e-Business (ICE-B 2015), Colmar, Alsace, France, July 20-22, 2015
2017-11-102017-11-102017-11-13Bibliographically approved