Survey about protection motivation on social networking sites: University of Maribor students, 2018
This is an incremental study addressing privacy and security concerns for social media users, specifically students.
The study investigated factors influencing protection motivation on social networking sites among University of Maribor students, finding that trust in providers, privacy concerns, and perceived threats affect user behavior, with data from 276 useful responses.
This paper reports on a study aiming to explore factors associated with protection motivation of users on social networking sites. The objectives of this study were to determine how trust in internet service provider, trust in social media provider, trust in government, privacy concerns, fear of government intrusions, locus of control, and perceived threats affect protection motivation of users on social networking sites. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. A survey was conducted among University of Maribor students between October 2018 and January 2019. A total of 289 respondents completed the survey providing for N=276 useful responses after excluding poorly completed responses (27.9 percent response rate). The survey questionnaire was developed in English. A Slovenian translation of the survey questionnaire is available.