JOVENS NO FACEBOOK: Gestão da privacidade Uma abordagem teórica sobre a visão dos jovens acerca da privacidade nesta rede social

• Main Authors: Lúcia Amante, Clara Amante Mendes
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Tocantins 2017-07-01
• Series: Revista Observatório
• Online Access: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/3532

Over the years, Facebook as become more and more popular, especially among young people. Because Facebook’s nature lies on the ideal of an open and interconnected world, the act of sharing it’s its main foundation. Because of this, many adults worry that teenagers and young adults are exposing themselves too much by sharing so much information online. It is commonly stated that youngsters do not care about privacy and don’t recognize it as a necessity and a right. However, privacy has to be looked at in the current situation of the our world. Things have changed a lot with the evolution of Internet, and the changes in the concept of privacy must be looked at within this context. In this paper, we aim to discuss the current concept of privacy, how it is seen by young people and how they manage it on Facebook, according to their own convictions about its significance