Author of Research:  Fujs Damjan and Vrhovec Simon

Year of Research:  2019

Key words: internet, social network, protection motivation theory (PMT), social media, cybersecurity, cyber threat, computer security, social networks, cybercrime

Aim of the study was to explore factors associated with protection motivation of users on social networking sites. The objective of this study was to determine how trust in internet service provider, trust in social media provider, trust in government, privacy concerns, fear of government intrusions, locus of control, and perceived threats affect protection motivation of users on social networking sites. 289 students of Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security University of Maribor completed the survey. The survey questionnaire and data file are available in Slovene and English.

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Fujs, D. and Vrhovec, S. (2022). Survey about protection motivation on social networking sites, 2019: University of Maribor students [Data file]. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Social Science Data Archives (ADP). ADP - IDNo: VARSO19. https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_VARSO19_V1