A market-based rationale for the privacy paradox

Moving beyond the current focus on the individual as the unit of analysis in the privacy paradox, this article examines the misalignment between privacy attitudes and online behaviors at the level of society as a collective. I draw on Facebook’s market performance to show how despite concerns about...

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Published in:Media, culture & society culture & society, 2021-11, Vol.43 (8), p.1497-1514
Main Author: Akanbi, Opeyemi
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