Reference no: EM131206865

I have three researches need to be read and summarized each one in a paragraph.

1. Self-Disclosure Among Bloggers: Re-Examination of Social Penetration Theory by Jih-Hsin Tang, Ph.D.,1 and Cheng-Chung Wang, M.B.A.2

Abstract

Based on Social Penetration theory, this study explores the topics that bloggers disclose on their blogs, and in thereal world. A total of 1,027 Taiwanese bloggers participated in this online survey, which revealed that bloggers self-disclosed nine topics (attitude, body, money, work, feelings, personal, interests, experiences, and unclassi- fied).

2. Emotional Disclosure and Construction of the Poetic "Other" in a Chinese Online Dating Site by Pan Ji & Paul S. Lieber University of South Carolina

Abstract:

This study analyzed user profiles on a leading Chinese dating site (JIAYUAN.com) from the context of Altman and Taylor's (1973) Social Penetration Theory. For this sample, emotions - the core of Altman and Taylor's personality structure - were disclosed more than factual information in profiles. Moreover, the Chinese cultural mechanism of ‘poetic language' was employed to facilitate the development of high cost-reward, online relationships.

3. AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING SOCIAL MEDIA USERS' INFORMATION PRIVACY CONCERNS by Babajide Osatuyi University of Texas-Pan American College of Business Administration Department of Computer Information Systems & Quantitative Methods Texas, USA

ABSTRACT

Privacy concerns associated with the use of social media applications is gaining significant interest both in the academic and organizational communities. Calls have been made to researchers to investigate the theoretical underpinnings that explain concerns for information privacy in the social media context. A review of the information privacy literature reveals that till date, no study has taken a theory-driven approach to understand privacy concerns in the social media context. To fill the gap in the literature, this article evaluates information privacy concern instrument from prior research in the social media context.