University Students’ Privacy Concerns Towards Social Media Platforms: Whatsapp Contract Change
Abstract
The recent Covid-19 outbreak has profoundly altered our lives. We have begun to communicate more frequently online than ever before. As a result, social media and social messengers have begun to play an increasingly important role in our everyday lives. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Whatsapp, and Telegram are some of the most widely utilized social media platforms. Whatsapp announced a change to its data privacy policy for end users in Turkey in January 2021. This shift has raised global awareness and concern about data privacy and security. This study will look at whether this change caused consumers to switch to other apps like Telegram or Signal as a result of the change. It will also look into whether there is a gender difference in how people use social media applications. For data collection, the study employs the survey method. A total of 489 students from eight different universities responded to the poll. Frequency analysis was used to analyze the data from this study. This study differs from others in the literature in that it focuses specifically on the Whatsapp contract modification and users' reactions to the contract change.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 19, 2021
Submission Date
July 5, 2021
Acceptance Date
August 13, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 4 Number: 2