ABSTRACT

Information disclosure during online political activities can place participants under the threat of personal data leakage and misuse, but privacy protection in the context of online political participation has rarely been studied. This study examined how online political participation is related to privacy protection behaviours. Using survey data of internet users from 10 Asian societies, our study suggests two important findings. First, online political participation was found to be positively related to privacy protection behaviours. Second, we examined whether such a positive association can be explained by two mediators: perceived privacy risk and internet efficacy, in countries of different cybersecurity capacity. Our data suggest that internet efficacy mediates the relationship between online political participation and privacy protection behaviours across countries with different levels of cybersecurity capacity, while perceived privacy risk only mediates the effects of online political participation on privacy protection behaviours in countries of low cybersecurity capacity.

摘要

网络政治活动中的信息泄露会使参与者面临个人数据泄露和滥用的威胁，但网络政治参与背景下的隐私保护研究却鲜有报道。本研究调查了在线政治参与与隐私保护行为之间的关系。我们的研究使用来自 10 个亚洲社会的互联网用户的调查数据，提出了两个重要发现。首先，网络政治参与被发现与隐私保护行为正相关。其次，我们研究了在网络安全能力不同的国家中，这种积极关联是否可以由两个调解因素来解释：感知隐私风险和互联网功效。