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CMNS Survey on Facebook and Privacy

Kevin_CMNS
edited July 2013 in General
Hello there, everyone. I'm part of a group researching the threat towards privacy in relation to Facebook. Basically, we're gathering data on how SFU students in particular view Facebook's privacy rights. We were hoping that we could get some of the good people of this forum to help  assist us by answering the following questions. It's only a few questions, so not very long, and your responses would be very much appreciated. The following is the disclaimer:

You are invited to participate in a research study conducted as part of
the requirements for CMNS 362 (Qualitative Research Methods to Study
Social Media) in the Communication Department at Simon Fraser
University. We are research Facebook and the issue of privacy and
personal information on the site. This research study will be supervised
by the course instructor: Linda Harasim (harasim@sfu.ca). If you have
any questions or concerns, you can contact our course instructor.

The purpose of this research project is to help novice researchers learn more about qualitative research methods.

Confidentiality:
The information generated will not be used for academic research or
publication. All information you supply during the research will be held
in confidence and, unless you specifically indicate your consent, your
name will not appear in any report or publication of the research.

Withdrawal from the Study: You are free to withdraw your participation at any time should you become uncomfortable with it.

Voluntary
Participation: Your participation in the study is completely voluntary
and you may refuse to answer any question or choose to stop
participation at any time.

If you do not agree with these terms,
please contact one of our research team members and we will remove your
responses from the study.

This survey should take approximately 10 minutes, and your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.

1. How do you define privacy in relation to the information you post online?

2. What do you do to protect your privacy on Facebook? Do you think you even need to do so?

3. Are you dependent on social media sites, like Facebook?

4 .Do you believe it is a fair tradeoff where Facebook has access to your private information in exchange for using it's convenient services?

5. Do you stay up to date with news regarding Facebook and privacy?

6. Are you aware of the NSA Prism Surveillance Program? If so, does this have any affect on how you view social media sites, like Facebook?

7. If you are not aware of the NSA Prism Surveillance Program, the basic summary of it is that the US government has been keeping track of people's telephone calls and internet traffic. Privacy rights have been jeopardized as the US government have been spying on their own citizens. Knowing this, does your attitude towards Facebook stay the same, seeing as both cases employ similar tactics?





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  • Whydoihavetoregister

    Do you want us to answer here? I'm going to be le edgy and use meme arrows XD

     

    1. How do you define privacy in relation to the information you post online?
    >anything that could potentially identify you or information you do not want exposed to other people online. So addresses, phone numbers, government ID numbers (that could id you as a person).  Passwords, certain photographs *wink wink*, private messages to specific persons/groups (information kept secret for intended audiences only). 

    2. What do you do to protect your privacy on Facebook? Do you think you even need to do so?
    >used to have failbook for a short while, deleted it cause I don't use it. Most people should know a thing or two about security settings such as search results, limit the amount of stuff one can see on a person's profile, hide certain albums, etc. I think it's down to common sense, if you don't want the world to know about it, you should probably not post it....then again most tweens and some adults lack that common sense

    3. Are you dependent on social media sites, like Facebook?
    >rarely use it

    4 .Do you believe it is a fair tradeoff where Facebook has access to your private information in exchange for using it's convenient services?
    >well is it in the fine print when you first register for an account? Then again the argument could be made that Facebook is a private business corporation and most of them (if not already) give away our private information on a daily basis, whether it is signing up for a membership card at a supermarket or opening a bank account. So it's your choice really and we voluntarily give away some of these information when we choose to receive goods and services and marketing gimmicks.  

    5. Do you stay up to date with news regarding Facebook and privacy?
    >Other than in the news, no.


    6. Are you aware of the NSA Prism Surveillance Program? If so, does this have any affect on how you view social media sites, like Facebook?
    >Not aware of it until Snowden but we all know Big Bother is Watching ;) (In Canada we have the Communication Security Establishment, same deal) It doesn't have any effects on how I do business on the internet cause I'm not yelling "allah ackbar" all the time and trying to fly planes into towers or blow up people. But I do hope they don't find my umm....D Drive...yeah....

    7. If you are not aware of the NSA Prism Surveillance Program, the basic summary of it is that the US government has been keeping track of people's telephone calls and internet traffic. Privacy rights have been jeopardized as the US government have been spying on their own citizens. Knowing this, does your attitude towards Facebook stay the same, seeing as both cases employ similar tactics?
    >Like I said Big Brother is ALWAYS Watching (Let's summon the NSA with "trigger words" in this forum YEAH!!!!) Governments will always monitor and keep track of information IN THE NAME OF SECURITY.  As long as we don't wake up one day with a fascist/communist/dictatorship regime we should be um....fine.  Unless you want to live like bin laden in a building with no communication other than his couriers and took the US 10 years to find him or you choose to live in seclusion away from people in a place where satellites can't track you  this is the price you paid for wanting your "social status" and "instant updates".
     
    Want more? this whole Snowden and NSA reminds me of that movie "Enemies of the State" with Fresh Prince of Bel Air.    
  • Whydoihavetoregister
    edited July 2013

    Man that was long....

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