This document outlines a study on explaining the privacy behavior of Facebook users on mobile devices. The study aims to identify what impacts the usage trends of Facebook's privacy features on mobile. It will examine existing literature on privacy in social networks and Facebook users' privacy behaviors. It will also describe current usage trends of Facebook's privacy features by mobile users and identify usability issues with privacy features in Facebook's mobile apps. The methodology will include a literature survey, questionnaire, heuristic evaluation, and developing descriptive and explanatory models.
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1. Facebook on Mobile:
A Model to Explain Privacy
Behaviour
Presented By:
Asanda Christopher Miya
Supervisor:
Prof. Reinhardt A. Botha
5. There is a lack of knowledge that
explains the privacy behaviour of
users who access Facebook from
mobile devices.
#Problem_Statement
6. What impacts the usage trends
of Facebook privacy features
on mobile devices?
#Primary_Research_Question
7. #Secondary_Research_Questions
What is the current situation and existing
theoretical underpinnings related to privacy in
Social Networking Services and privacy behaviour
of Facebook users in general?
What are the existing usage trends of Facebook
privacy features by mobile users?
What usability shortcomings of privacy features are
on Facebook mobile applications?
9. #Secondary_Research_Questions_And_Objectives
What is the current situation and
existing theoretical
underpinnings related to privacy
in Social Networking Services
and privacy behaviour of
Facebook users in general?
To expand on the current
situation and existing
theoretical underpinnings
related to privacy in Social
Networking Services and
privacy behaviour of Facebook
users in general.
What are the existing usage
trends of Facebook privacy
features by mobile users?
To describe the existing usage
trends of Facebook privacy
features by mobile users.
What usability shortcomings of
privacy features are on Facebook
mobile applications?
To identify usability
shortcomings of privacy
features on Facebook mobile
applications.