Perceived ephemerality, privacy calculus, and the privacy settings of an ephemeral social media site

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Highlights:

• Privacy-related decision-making in the ephemeral media environment was examined.

• This study was implemented via interview data (n = 20) and survey data (n = 302) from WeChat users.

• Perceived ephemerality effectively motivated users' self-disclosure intention.

• Perceibed ephemerality weakened perceived privacy intrusion and severity.

• Perceived ephemerality improved perceived usefulness and perceived controllability.

摘要

•Privacy-related decision-making in the ephemeral media environment was examined.•This study was implemented via interview data (n = 20) and survey data (n = 302) from WeChat users.•Perceived ephemerality effectively motivated users' self-disclosure intention.•Perceibed ephemerality weakened perceived privacy intrusion and severity.•Perceived ephemerality improved perceived usefulness and perceived controllability.

论文关键词:WeChat moments,Ephemerality,Benefit-risk assessment,Privacy calculus theory,Self-disclosure intention

论文评审过程:Received 4 June 2020, Revised 10 June 2021, Accepted 20 June 2021, Available online 28 June 2021, Version of Record 30 June 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106928