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Facebook Use. (And Abuse). Definitions*. ORI —repeated, unwanted pursuit and invasion of one’s sense of physical or symbolic privacy by another person, either stranger or acquaintance, who desires or presumes an intimate relationship
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Facebook Use (And Abuse)
Definitions* • ORI—repeated, unwanted pursuit and invasion of one’s sense of physical or symbolic privacy by another person, either stranger or acquaintance, who desires or presumes an intimate relationship • o-ORI (Facebook stalking)—obsessively monitoring the social information presented on Facebook by friends, acquaintances, or virtual strangers who are Facebook “friends” • Creeping—when using the site as intended leads to the prolonged scrutiny of other’s information
ORI Behaviors • Following you around • Monitoring you and/or your behavior • Covertly obtaining private information • Leaving unwanted gifts • Engaging in regulatory harassment • Leaving or sending you threatening objects • Making exaggerated displays of affection
Benign o-ORI Behaviors • Leaving unwanted gifts • Involvement in activities in unwanted ways
Potentially Dangerous o-ORI Behaviors • Leaving unwanted messages • Making exaggerated displays of affection • Following • Intruding uninvited into interactions • Intruding upon friends, family and coworkers • Monotoring • Covertly obtaining information • Showing up at Places
Definitely Dangerous o-ORI Behaviors • Engaging in regulatory harassment • Leaving or sending threatening objects
Ex-intimates Looking at posted photos 82% Sending person messages 63% Reading person’s wall conversations 60% Using Facebook to “keep tabs” on the person 31% Acquaintances Looking at posted photos 97% Sending person messages 91% Reading person’s wall conversations 81% Using Facebook to “keep tabs” on the person 28% Frequency of Uses
Conclusion Facebook promotes obsessive disclosure, monitoring and/or surveillance as appropriate strategies for relationship development and maintenance
Facebook Survey • How many “friends” have you added without actually knowing who they are? • Are you okay with family, classmates and/or strangers looking at your profile? • What have you revealed in your Facebook account? • What type of applications have you added to your account?
Facebook and Social Networking • What do you use Facebook for? • In the past 3 months, how many strangers have you initiated to add as friends? • Would you accept strangers who added you as friends on Facebook? • When adding or accepting new friends, what criteria do you look at?
A Study of Facebook Use in Canada • How often do you check your Facebook account? • How much information do you share online? • If a noteworthy event happened within your circle of friends, how are you most likely to hear about it?
Consequences • Blurring of lines between “public” and “private.” • Facebook normalizes “creeping” and “Facebook stalking.” • Lack of sympathy for victims of o-ORI (i.e., people who do not monitor privacy settings).