Privacy Paradox in Real Life: The Use of Location Sharing Apps Among Romantic Couples (81763)
Session Chair: Phanomkorn Yothasorn
Saturday, 13 July 2024 09:30
Session: Session 1
Room: G20 (Ground)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
The proliferation of smartphones has pushed privacy issues to a significant level, especially regarding the easy access of geolocation information. Scholars have attempted to find a balance between location sharing and protecting privacy, however, such balance seems to be less relevant in the application of location-sharing apps among romantic couples. Social location-sharing apps, such as Google Maps, Zenly and so on, incorporate location-sharing with social media functions. Romantic couples utilize these apps to constantly monitor their counterparties’ whereabouts. Online monitoring in romantic relationships is a relatively new topic for scholars and it not only serves the need of romantic couples, but also generates privacy issues. The current study aims to explore the role of location-sharing apps in romantic relationships and examines whether in privacy still matters. The couple and family technology framework as well as sociotechnological family framework were incorporated to develop a theoretical framework for the current study. The CFT framework focuses on the influence of technology on the structure and process of relationships whereas sociotechnological family framework explains how communication technology influences family life. Constructs such as acceptance of monitoring, perceived intrusion, scope, mate-guarding, and relationship satisfaction were employed to develop hypotheses. A survey was applied and the sample size was 434. The findings reveal that acceptance of monitoring negatively associates with perceived intrusion while scope positively associates with perceived intrusion. Scope positively associates with mate-guarding. Perceived intrusion negatively associates with relationship satisfaction whereas mate-guarding positively associates with relationship satisfaction. Theoretical applications were discussed.
Authors:
Chia-Shin Lin, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Chia-Shin Lin is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Shih Hsin University in Taiwan
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