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| Title |
Privacy and human behavior in the age of information
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aaa1465 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alessandro Acquisti, Laura Brandimarte, George Loewenstein |
| Abstract |
This Review summarizes and draws connections between diverse streams of empirical research on privacy behavior. We use three themes to connect insights from social and behavioral sciences: people's uncertainty about the consequences of privacy-related behaviors and their own preferences over those consequences; the context-dependence of people's concern, or lack thereof, about privacy; and the degree to which privacy concerns are malleable—manipulable by commercial and governmental interests. Organizing our discussion by these themes, we offer observations concerning the role of public policy in the protection of privacy in the information age. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 195 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 6% |
| Germany | 6 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3% |
| Australia | 5 | 3% |
| France | 5 | 3% |
| India | 4 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 2% |
| Latvia | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 22 | 11% |
| Unknown | 88 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 147 | 75% |
| Scientists | 42 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,125 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Finland | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1098 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 235 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 175 | 16% |
| Researcher | 99 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 99 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 77 | 7% |
| Other | 175 | 16% |
| Unknown | 265 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 223 | 20% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 188 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 151 | 13% |
| Psychology | 62 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 54 | 5% |
| Other | 141 | 13% |
| Unknown | 306 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 524. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 November 2022.
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#1,930
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#455
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