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标题：Themes of Facebook Status Updates and Levels of Online Disclosure: The Case of University Students
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作者：Shuaa Aljasir ; Ayman Bajnaid ; Tariq Elyas 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Business Administration
印刷版ISSN：1923-4007
电子版ISSN：1923-4015
出版年度：2017
卷号：8
期号：7
页码：80
DOI：10.5430/ijba.v8n7p80
出版社：Sciedu Press
摘要：This paper presents an analysis of the status updates generated by Saudi university students on their profiles along with their levels of disclosure. Indeed, this study conducted thematic and quantitative content analyses of profiles of a sample of 50 students to explore the status updates they generated and the types of information they disclosed. Analysis of Saudi university students’ Facebook usage revealed 16 distinctive themes of status updates. These themes most often related to communication with friends and discussion of social, religious, and political issues. An analysis of the information disclosed on their profiles also revealed that Saudi students disclosed much of their personal information.
其他摘要：This paper presents an analysis of the status updates generated by Saudi university students on their profiles along with their levels of disclosure. Indeed, this study conducted thematic and quantitative content analyses of profiles of a sub-sample of 50 students to explore the status updates they generated and the types of information they disclosed. It also presents the relationship between status updates and levels of disclosure of personal information, and the extent to which the status updates reflect reported gratifications. Analysis of Saudi university students’ Facebook usage revealed 16 distinctive themes of status updates. These themes most often related to communication with friends and discussion of social, religious, and political issues.