Everyday activities in social networks. A study of usual behaviour and the mechanisms to protect Facebook, Instagram and Twitter users
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Teoría de las Actividades Cotidianas, Cibercriminalidad, Criminalidad en Redes Sociales, Cibercriminología, Autoexposición onlineAbstract
The increasing use of social networks leads to an increasing exposure of personal information that can be used for the commission of various types of crimes. This new space of crime has been analysed on different occasions in light of the Routine Activity Theory and Lifestyles Theory, placing special interest in the habitual routines of users of these platforms - online lifestyles - and in the self-protection measures that they establish - guardians - to avoid becoming a suitable target. Based on these
developments, this work analyses the habitual behaviour of the users of
the main social networks –Facebook, Instagram and Twitter– in order to determine their degree of self-exposure, their self-protection measures and the negative consequences experienced with their use.
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