[Air-L] Facebook abstainers and refuseniks

Sun Oct 7 07:36:19 PDT 2012

The Canadian Internet Use survey tends to show that those with larger online
security concerns are non-users of the Internet.

My sketchy ideas are that privacy is more likely invaded by friends than
government or corporate interests on facebook. Friends may not have the same
ethical use standards we might practice.

There was a law professor at the university of Ottawa a few years back who
also commented on facebook and privacy and did not have a facebook account.

Peter a heavy daily facebook user.

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Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook abstainers and refuseniks

An issue tied to not using FB or social media in general is that experience
with the Internet shapes beliefs and attitudes about the technology, such as
trust. It is what I have called an 'experience technology', and social
media, sort of an experience 2.0 technology. Those most concerned over the
Internet and social media are non-users.  See: Dutton, W. H., and Shepherd,
A. (2006), 'Trust in the Internet as an Experience Technology', Information,
Communication and Society, 9(4): 433-51. That said, I am sympathetic, as I
attempted to avoid having a TV in my home for years, but received many TVs
as gifts. 

On 7 Oct 2012, at 04:05, McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr. wrote:

> This is just an idea, but it may be interesting to look into the 
> reaction, often hostile, that greets those of us who don't use 
> Facebook. I teach a course that highlights new ICT/social media and I 
> often am asked how I can teach such a course without ever having had a
Facebook page (or tweeted!).
> My rote, however simplistic, response usually is that I don't have a 
> Facebook page because I *do* teach a course that focuses on social 
> media, and my tendency to be a cautious consumer now is on full display.
> 
> Still, one thing that intrigues me is that the majority of individuals 
> with whom I have such conversations seem to range from their being 
> annoyed to angry upon learning that I don't have a Facebook page. I 
> recently recovered from a serious illness, and one reaction that 
> surprised me was that I often was pressed to get a Facebook page so 
> that I could share "my progress" with "friends" and "family."
> 
> In fact, my feeling is that I wished to protect my privacy (and 
> continue to feel this way), and I had to beg my siblings to not post 
> "updates" on "my progress" on their own Facebook pages.
> 
> I have begun to think about the refusal to have a Facebook page as 
> something interpreted as a form of rebellion (however slight compared 
> to Tiananmen
> Square) or transgression with the result that many folks feel that 
> they must discipline and punish. My question: Why is this happening? 
> Worded differently, this may be a good research question.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Lisa
> 
> --
> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Program in Women's, Gender, 
> and Sexuality Studies Co-editor, Feminist Media Studies Miami 
> University-Ohio
> 
> Contact:
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/6/12 5:26 AM, "Nicholas John" <nicholas.john at mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Researchers of the Internet
>> I wonder if anyone knows of any studies of people who *don't* use 
>> Facebook as a matter of choice?
>> I'm doing a study of my own and want to make sure I've got the 
>> background literature covered.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Nicholas
>> _______________
>> Dr. Nicholas John
>> sociothink.com
>> share.sociothink.com
>> @nicholasajohn
>> Latest article: Sharing and Web 2.0: The emergence of a 
>> keyword<http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/07/03/1461444812450
>> 684>,
>> New Media & Society
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