Share Paper: “I opened a group for myself, to keep my data…”: Personal Information Management and Usage Patterns on WhatsApp

  1. Alona Forkosh Baruch, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  2. Lilach Alon, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Wednesday, June 26 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Oost

Abstract: WhatsApp has become a popular and available social media application which enables instant messaging that includes media, text, photos, videos, and voice, and requires management of personal information (PIM). Studies on PIM practices on social networks, especially on WhatsApp, being an available and easily utilized platform in particular, are meager. Hence, our study focuses on examination of information management on the WhatsApp application, and on its implications in the field of education. Participants included 257 respondents, a large portion comprised of educators and students, to an online questionnaire focusing on characteristics of WhatsApp usage and PIM practices. According to findings, ...