Should We Pay for Our Social Media/Messenger Applications? Preliminary Data on the Acceptance of an Alternative to the Current Prevailing Data Business Model

Should We Pay for Our Social Media/Messenger Applications? Preliminary Data on the Acceptance of an Alternative to the Current Prevailing Data Business Model

In the age of surveillance capitalism, the prevailing business model underlying the use of social media applications (“apps”) foresees the exchange of personal data for the allowance to use an online service. Such a data business model comes with many potential negative side effects ranging from vio...

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Main Authors: Cornelia Sindermann, Daria J. Kuss, Melina A. Throuvala, Mark D. Griffiths, Christian Montag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
data business model
surveillance capitalism
social media
big five
personality
payment model
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01415/full

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