For this assignment, we had to look up some articles and write a review about the article we chose. I

chose my article through the Journal of Cyber-security. The questions we have to answer are: (1) how the

topic relates to the principles of the social sciences, (2) the study’s research questions and hypothesis,

(3) the types of research methods used, (4) the types of data and analysis done, (5) how concepts

discussed in the class relate to the article, (6) how the topic relates to the challenges, concerns, and

contributions of marginalized groups , and (7) the overall contributions of the studies to society.

In this article, they discussed the “Foot in the door” method. This method was described as asking

someone for their personal information more than once. Even though the individual will not subscribe the

first time, they may do it the second time when asked. Sounds like peer pressure. A good example of the

FITD method is accessing a new website and they immediately ask for your email. You decline sharing

your email the first time. Then, they ask you again but they use a spin the wheel method for you to receive

a certain percentage off your purchase, IF YOU SHARE YOUR EMAIL It causes concerns because

individuals cannot browse the internet without getting these questions asked: (1) Would you like to share

your location? (2) Is your location on? (3) Please enter your email to continue..  This topic relates to the

principles of social sciences in the form of psychology, sociology, economics, and geography.  They

created a hypothesis stating that, ” compliance at the second request would be greater, following the

preliminary request”. They also had another hypothesis stating that, “social desirability and

agreeableness would be associated with willingness to disclose, as both factors are associated with

agreeing with others’ requests”. They used 4 questionnaires which included the personal information

disclosure index, concern for information privacy scale, privacy behavior scale, and personality scales.

They randomly chose 27 individuals to complete the questionnaires. The control group was told that they

would not get a payment after completing the questionnaires. The other group was told that they would

get a payment after they determined the results of their questionnaire. Once the experiment was

completed, it increased in privacy disclosing behavior at a second request. They conducted a second

study similar to the first study. They found that trust increased the likelihood of individuals sharing their

personal information.

This is an issue. Especially for everyone that has social media. Social convenience allows individuals to

share their location. This also leads to oversharing about their personal life events. OPSEC is constantly

taught throughout the world. Once again, we continue to ignore it because we are brainwashed by being

liked on social media. That is when sociology becomes an issue in this situation. The reason being is that

everyone wants to be liked. They do not think for one second that someone may be stalking them. It

causes concerns because individuals cannot browse the internet without getting those questions.

Children are now surfing the web and they do not understand what they are accepting. They might

accidentally sell your information to a website and they expose all of your information. Individuals do not

read the privacy policies on any of the websites they are accepting cookies on. It is too much to read. So,

we accept the cookies not knowing the consequences of it. We will continue to do these types of things

until something bad happens. That is a major concern in our society today.