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Credibility, Privacy Concerns, Self-exposure, Engagement & Social Media: Discussion on I.P. Address Disclosure
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Abstract
This work is based on the current social media and Internet situation in China. Starting from 2022, China request all the social media platform to show I.P address for individual users. The exposure of IP address in China is inevitable, however, the author would like to see what will happen if this happens in another country. When TikTok is targeting a more international market, how will this exposure behavior influence user’s action or habits? What kind of negative effects will exert on TikTok? How will the exposure of privacy correlate with users’ behaviors? By conducting questionnaire in College students, the result shows people take privacy as a large portion of using an app but with limitations. Exposure of privacy is an important element, but as long as users build habits on the app, it will not affect users on a large scale. Credibility, Privacy, self-exposure, and engagement rate are all slightly influenced by the exposure of I.P address.
Keywords
IP address, TikTok, privacy
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Tong,W. (2023). Credibility, Privacy Concerns, Self-exposure, Engagement & Social Media: Discussion on I.P. Address Disclosure. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,14,14-20.
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