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Analysis of the Facebook Profiles for Korean Users: Description and Determinants

페이스북 이용자의 개인정보 공개와 결정 요인

  • Lee, Mina (School of Communication and Media, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Seungah (School of Communication and Media, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Choi, Inhye (Youth Activities and Competencies Research Office, National Youth Policy Institute)
  • Received : 2013.09.05
  • Accepted : 2014.02.04
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed the profile of a Facebook account to examine how personal information is revealed and what kinds of factors influence personal information revelation. Categories of user's profile on Facebook were analyzed and two dimensions were developed; the degree that how much personal information is revealed and the network limits that personal information is accessed. Main variables to determine personal information revelation are Facebook privacy concern and uses for social relationships along with gender, the duration of Facebook use, and average time of use. Data were collected from college students. Factor analysis produced two factors of Facebook privacy concern, Facebook privacy concern with users and Facebook privacy concern with the Facebook system. Regression analyses were performed to identify significant determinants of the degree of information revelation and the network limits of personal information. The results found out that the degree of personal information revelation is explained by gender, the duration of use, and use for social relationships while the network limit is explained by the duration of use and Facebook privacy concern with users. Worthy of notice is that use for social relationships and Facebook privacy concern with the Facebook system offset each other. The implications of the results are discussed. Additionally and finally the categories of profiles are graphically re-grouped to show how personal information revelation is associated with social relationship generation and maintenance.

국내 대학생을 대상으로 페이스북의 개인정보 공개 현황을 살펴보고 개인정보 공개에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴보았다. 페이스북의 개인정보 공개 현황은 프로파일의 정보를 토대로 개인정보 공개여부와 공개 범위, 두 측면에서 분석됐다. 개인정보 공개에 영향을 미치는 주요 변인은 페이스북 프라이버시 염려, 사회적 관계 유지 동기 등이 고려됐으며 성별, 이용기간, 이용시간 역시 분석에 포함됐다. 서베이 분석 결과, 페이스북 프라이버시 염려는 이용자에 관한 프라이버시 염려, 시스템에 관한 프라이버시 염려로 구분됐으며 개인정보 공개와 공개범위를 각각 종속변인으로 하는 회귀분석을 실시하여 주요변인의 영향력을 분석했다. 연구결과, 개인정보 공개정도의 경우는 성별, 이용기간, 사회적 관계 유지 동기에 의해 설명되며 개인정보 공개 범위는 이용기간, 페이스북 이용자에 의한 프라이버시 염려에 의해 설명되는 것으로 관찰됐다. 흥미로운 분석 결과는 공개정도 분석결과에서 사회적 관계 유지 동기가 페이스북 시스템에 의한 프라이버시 염려보다 우선하는 것으로 관찰된 점이다. 이에 대한 함의를 실었으며 페이스북 국내 이용자의 개인정보 공개 현황을 공개정도와 공개범위에 따라 항목별로 분석해, 이용자의 개인정보 공개와 페이스북 이용을 통한 사회적 관계와의 관련성을 유추하고자 했다.

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