Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Master of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of LIS, University of Birjand
Abstract
The huge volume of data and information circulating in social networks, along with their popularity and widespread use, exposes these networks to numerous security risks. Therefore, nowadays the security and privacy of users has become one of the most important issues in social networks. Many factors affect the security and privacy of users in social networks, among which this research examines the role of individual factors in the behaviors related to the security and privacy of users in social networks.
Methodology: This descriptive survey used a Researcher-made questionnaire on a sample of students of University of Birjand (375 participants). For questionnaire’s validity, the experts’ opinions was used, and Cronbach's alpha was used for questionnaire’s reliability (0.876).
Findings: The average amount of performing behaviors related to the social engineering factors of authority and loneliness was within the optimal level, but the average of the celebrity variable was significantly higher than the optimal level, and the average of the variables of normality and noteworthy events was significantly less than the optimal level. Also, the average rate of performing behaviors related to social engineering methods of phishing, forgery and identity theft was significantly more than the desired level. But the average variables of bait link, offering fake websites and online romance scams were at the optimal level .In addition, the study of demographic variables showed that women received higher scores than men in all the studied variables.
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