The roles of perceived privacy control, Internet privacy concerns and Internet skills in the direct and indirect Internet uses of older adults : conceptual integration and empirical testing of a theoretical model

Bartol, Jošt (avtor), Prevodnik, Katja (avtor), Vehovar, Vasja (avtor), Petrovčič, Andraž (avtor)

Internet privacy has been proposed as a new dimension of the digital divide. Although Internet privacy relates to all segments of the population, older Internet users are particularly vulnerable because they generally have lower Internet skills. Coupled with their high level of privacy concerns, this can dissuade them from fully engaging in a variety of Internet uses. As older adults overcome their limited Internet skills by asking others to perform online activities on their behalf, a practice known as use-by-proxy, it is likely that this is also a strategy for dealing with Internet privacy concerns. Therefore, we examine how Internet skills, along with Internet privacy concerns and perceived privacy control, influence their Internet uses and use-by-proxy. To this end, we develop an integrative conceptual model and test it with structural equation modelling using data collected in November 2021 from a nationwide sample of 460 Internet users aged 65+ in Slovenia.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: digital inequality, Internet privacy concerns, Internet skills, Internet uses, structural equation modelling, use-by-proxy
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede ; FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 4490–4510
• Številčenje: Vol. 26, iss. 8
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-140927
• UDK: 342.721:004.738.52-053.6(497.4)
• ISSN pri članku: 1461-4448
• DOI: 10.1177/14614448221122734
• COBISS.SI-ID: 122292739
• Datum objave v RUL: 21.09.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: New media & society
• Založnik: SAGE
• ISSN: 1461-4448
• COBISS.SI-ID: 18365277

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: uporabniki interneta, digitalni razkorak, zasebnost, starostniki, Slovenija