Understanding Teenage Perceptions and Configurations of Privacy on Instagram

Dorothy Zhao; Mikako Inaba; Andrés Monroy-Hernández

doi:10.1145/3555608

Understanding Teenage Perceptions and Configurations of Privacy on Instagram

Dorothy Zhao, Mikako Inaba, Andrés Monroy-Hernández

Computer Science

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As teenage use of social media platform continues to proliferate, so do concerns about teenage privacy and safety online. Prior work has established that privacy on networked publics, such as social media, is complex, requiring users to navigate not only the technical affordances on the platform but also interpersonal relationships and social norms. We investigate how teenagers think about privacy on the popular image-sharing platform, Instagram. We draw on an online survey (N=144) and semi-structured interviews (N=21) with teenagers, ages 13-19, to gain a better understanding how teenagers configure privacy on the popular image-sharing platform Instagram and why they make these privacy decisions. Finally, based on our findings, we provide design recommendations towards the design of better privacy controls for promoting teenage safety online.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	550
Journal	Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Volume	6
Issue number	CSCW2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3555608
State	Published - Nov 11 2022

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications

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instagram
privacy
social media
teenagers

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