Gender-related privacy issues in the social web

What is it about?

Gender is important for understanding attitudes to privacy in the social web because of the many gender-related privacy differences. In general, women are more concerned about privacy than men but nevertheless publish more personal information in blogs and social network sites. The root causes of the differences seem to lie in socialised gendered communication strategies and privacy-related issues that disproportionately concern women.

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Why is it important?

This chapter reviews evidence for gendered online communication and privacy concerns, focusing mainly on blogs, social network sites and YouTube, and includes a special section on LGBT issues.