Privacy and Security | Data Ethics | Children and Families | Online Harassment | Social Capital & Social Support | Impression Formation/Impression Management

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Park, S., & Vitak, J. (2024). Who gets left behind in the push for smart cities? Insights from marginalized communities. Proceedings of the 18th Annual iConference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. [pdf]

Kumar, P.C., Zimmer, M., & Vitak, J. (2024). A comprehensive roadmap for applying the contextual integrity framework in privacy research. Proceedings of the ACM: HCI(CSCW), 8, Article 219.

Blinder, E., Torok, Z., Fessehazion, S., Clegg, T., Vitak, J., & Chetty, M. (2024). Discussing privacy and security tradeoffs with children using hypothetical ‘Would You Rather’ scenarios. Proceedings of the ACM: HCI(CSCW), 8, Article 165. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641004 [pdf]

Park, S., Lenhart, A., Zimmer, M., & Vitak, J. (2023). “Nobody’s happy”: Design insights from privacy-conscious smart home power users. Proceedings of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS). USENIX Association. [pdf]

Kumar, P. C., O’Connell, F., Li, L., Byrne, V., Chetty, M., Clegg, T., & Vitak, J. (2023). Understanding research on designing for children’s privacy and security: A document analysis. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference (pp 335-354). New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3589375 [pdf]

Lenhart, A., Park, S., Zimmer, M., & Vitak, J. (2023). “You shouldn’t need to share your data”: Perceived privacy risks and mitigation strategies among smart home power users. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7, CSCW2, Article 247. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610038 [pdf] [supplemental materials] | Medium Post

Wagman, K. B., *Blinder, E. B., Song, K., Vignon, A., Dworkin, S., Clegg, T., Vitak, J., & Chetty, M. (2023). “We picked community over privacy”: Privacy and security concerns emerging from remote learning sociotechnical infrastructure during COVID-19. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7, CSCW2, Article 245. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610036 [pdf] | Medium Post

Vitak, J., &Zimmer, M. (2023). Surveillance and the future of work: Exploring employees’ attitudes toward monitoring in a Post-COVID workplace. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad007 [open access]

Vitak, J., Kumar, P.C., Liao, Y., & Zimmer, M. (2023). Boundary regulation processes and privacy concerns with (non-)use of voice-based assistants. Human-Machine Communication, 6, 185-204. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.6.10 [open access]

Vitak, J., & Zimmer, M. (2023). Power, stress, and uncertainty: Experiences with and attitudes toward workplace surveillance during a pandemic. Surveillance & Society, 21(1), 142-158. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v21i1.15571 [open access]

Vitak, J., Liao, Y., Mols, A., Trottier, D., Kumar, P.C., Zimmer, M., & Pridmore, J. (2023). When do data collection and use become a matter of concern? A cross-cultural comparison of American and Dutch privacy attitudes. International Journal of Communication, 17, 471-498. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19391 [open access]

Kumar, P.C., Subramaniam, M., Vitak, J., Clegg, T.L., & Chetty, M. (2020). Strengthening children’s privacy literacy through contextual integrity. Media and Communication, 8(4), 175-184. doi: 10.17645/mac.v8i4.3236 [open access]

Hargittai, E., Redmiles, E., Vitak, J., & Zimmer, M. (2020). Americans’ willingness to adopt a COVID-19 tracking app: The role of app distributor. First Monday, 25(11). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v25i11.11095 [open access]

Vitak, J. & Zimmer, M. (2020). More than just privacy: Using contextual integrity to evaluate the long-term risks from COVID-19 surveillance technologies. Social Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120948250 [open access]

Wu, P., Vitak, J., & Zimmer, M. (2020). A contextual approach to information privacy research. JASIST, 71, 485-490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.24232

Zimmer, M., Kumar, P., Vitak, J., Liao, Y., & Kritikos, K. (2020). “There’s nothing really they can do with this information”: Unpacking how users manage privacy boundaries for personal fitness information. Information, Communication, and Society, 23(7), 1020-1037. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1543442 [pdf]

Morehouse, S., Vitak, J., Subramaniam, M., & Liao, Y. (2020). Creating a library privacy policy by focusing on patron interactions. In: Sundqvist A., Berget G., Nolin J., Skjerdingstad K. (eds) Sustainable Digital Communities. iConference 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12051, 571-578. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_47 [pdf]

Kumar, P., Vitak, J., Clegg, T., & Chetty, M. (2019). The platformization of the classroom: Teachers as surveillant consumers. Surveillance & Society, 17(1/2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12926

Pridmore, J., Zimmer, M., Vitak, J., Mols, A., Trottier, D., Kumar, P., & Liao, Y. (2019). Intelligent personal assistants and the article intercultural negotiations of dataveillance in platformed households. Surveillance & Society, 17(1/2), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12936 [pdf]

Subramaniam, M., Kumar, P., Morehouse, S., Liao, Y., & Vitak, J. (2019). Leveraging funds of knowledge to manage privacy practices in families. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Melbourne, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.67 [pdf

Kumar, P., Chetty, M., Clegg, T., & Vitak, J. (2019). Privacy and security considerations for digital technology use in elementary schools. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (pp. forthcoming). New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300537  [pdf]

Liao, Y., Vitak, J., Kumar, P., Zimmer, M., & Kritikos, K. (2019). Understanding the role of privacy and trust in intelligent personal assistant adoption. Proceedings of the 13th Annual iConference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (iConference) (pp. forthcoming). [pdf]

Vitak, J., Liao, Y., Subramaniam, M., & Kumar, P. (2018). “I knew it was too good to be true”: The challenges economically disadvantaged internet users face in assessing trustworthiness, avoiding scams, and developing self-efficacy online. Proceedings of the ACM: HCI: CSCW. [pdf]

Mathur, A., Vitak, J., Narayanan, A., & Chetty, M. (2018). Characterizing the use of browser-based blocking extensions to prevent online tracking. Proceedings of the USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) (pp. 103-116). Usenix Association. [pdf]

Kumar, P., Vitak, J., Chetty, M., Clegg, T.L., Yang, J., McNally, B., & Bonsignore (2018). Co-designing online privacy-related games and stories with children. Proceedings of 2018 ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference (pp. 67-79). New York: ACM. doi:10.1145/3202185.3202735 [pdf]

Vitak, J., Liao, Y., Kumar, P., Zimmer, M., & Kritikos, K. (2018). Privacy attitudes and data valuation among fitness tracker users. Proceedings of the 13th Annual iConference. [pdf]

Kumar, P., Naik, S.M., Devkar, U.R., Chetty, M., Clegg, T.L., & Vitak, J. (2017), ‘No telling passcodes out because they’re private’: Understanding children’s mental models of online privacy and security. Proceedings of the ACM: HCI: CSCW, Vol. 1, No. 1, Article 25. [pdf]

Dogruel, L., Joeckel, S., & Vitak, J. (2017). The valuation of privacy premium features for smartphone apps: The influence of defaults and experts. Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.035 [link]

Sebescen, N., & Vitak, J. (2017). Securing the Human: Employee security vulnerability risks in organizational settings. JASIST, 68, 2237–2247. doi: 10.1002/asi.23851 [link]

Vitak, J., Wisniewski, P., Ashktorab, Z., & Badillo-Urquiola, K. (2017). Benefits and drawbacks of using social media to grieve following the loss of pet. Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Society (Article No. 23). New York: ACM. doi:10.1145/3097286.3097309 [pdf]

Vitak, J., Chadha, K., Steiner, L., & Ashktorab, Z. (2017). Identifying women’s experiences with and strategies for mitigating negative effects of online harassment. Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. forthcoming). New York: ACM. [pdf]

Vitak, J. (2016). A digital path to happiness? Applying Communication Privacy Management theory to mediated interactions. In L. Reinecke & M.B. Oliver (Eds.), Handbook of media use and well-being: International perspectives on theory and research on positive media effects. New York: Routledge. (email for copy)

Vitak, J., Shilton, K., & Ashktorab. (2016). Beyond the Belmont Principles: Ethical challenges, practices, and beliefs in the online data research community. Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. New York: ACM. [pdf]

Pearce, K., & Vitak, J. (2016). Performing honor online: The affordances of social media for surveillance and impression management in an honor culture. New Media & Society, 18, 2595-2612. doi: 10.1177/1461444815600279 [pdf]

Vitak, J., Blasiola, S., Patil, S., & Litt, E. (2015). Balancing audience and privacy tensions on social network sites. International Journal of Communication, 9, 1485-1504. doi: 1932–8036/20150005 [link to open access] [pdf]

Vitak, J., & Kim, J. (2014). “You can’t block people offline”: Examining how Facebook’s affordances shape users’ disclosure process. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. New York: ACM. [pdf] [slides]

Vitak, J., & Ellison, N. (2013). “There’s a network out there you might as well tap”: Exploring the benefits of and barriers to exchanging informational and support-based resources on Facebook. New Media & Society, 15, 243-259. [link][pdf]

Vitak, J. (2012). The impact of context collapse and privacy on social network site disclosures. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 56(4), 451-470. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2012.732140 [link–it’s free all year on journal’s website]

Stutzman, F., Vitak, J., Ellison, N., Gray, R., & Lampe, C. (2012). Privacy in interaction: Exploring disclosure and social capital in Facebook. In Proceedings of the 6^th annual International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM). Washington, DC: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.[20% acceptance rate] [Top Paper Candidate] [pdf]

Vitak, J., Lampe, C., Ellison, N., & Gray, R. (2012). “Why won’t you be my Facebook Friend?”: Strategies for dealing with context collapse in the workplace. In Proceedings of the 7^th Annual iConference (pp. 555-557). New York: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2132176.2132286 [pdf]

Ellison, N., Vitak, J., Steinfield, C., Gray, R., & Lampe, C. (2011). Negotiating privacy concerns and social capital needs in a social media environment. In S. Trepte & L. Reinecke (Eds.), Privacy online: Perspectives on privacy and self-disclosure in the social web (pp. 19-32). New York: Springer. [link] [pdf]

Invited Speaker, “Technology and relationships: It’s Complicated.” Summer Social Webshop, University of Maryland, August 24, 2012. [slideshare] [video]

Vitak, J. (2012, April). Protecting face: Managing privacy and context collapse in the Facebook age. Presentation at the 2^nd annual Theorizing the Web Conference, College Park, MD. [slideshare] [video — my talk starts at 51 minutes in]