Most people today are on social media and share photos and videos on social media. It has become a way of life to express and document oneself. This phenomenon has led to a generation that has become accustomed to communication devices, and as they...
Most people today are on social media and share photos and videos on social media. It has become a way of life to express and document oneself. This phenomenon has led to a generation that has become accustomed to communication devices, and as they become parents and raise their children, they naturally post photos and videos of their children on social media. In addition, parents are increasingly sharing photos and videos of their children with others to get parenting tips. This behavior is called sharenting, which combines the words share and parenting. As the subjects of posts shared on social media are young enough to express their thoughts, their private lives and personal information are exposed without their consent, and they are more likely to be victims of crimes. Therefore, this study aims to inform people about the dangers of sharenting and induce behavior change through UX writing and design fractions.
This study is organized as follows: theoretical review, case analysis, research method, and experimental design. The concepts and types of UX writing, design fractions, affordances, message framing, and perceived risk were studied, and the fear factors of UX writing were derived from previous studies on the fear factor. Through the analysis of design fiction cases, we analyzed design fiction cases that are implemented to prevent personal information exposure and derived types to organize the experiment. Based on this, we conducted face-to-face and non-face-to-face surveys and verified the hypotheses through statistical analysis.
This study used a 2 x 3 experimental design with a UX writing fear dichotomy [high threat/low threat] and a design fraction [reconfirmation pop-up/information panel/countdown], and conducted a face-to-face, non-face-to-face survey of 240 mothers with children aged 0-13. The analysis method was t-test, one-way ANOVA, and two-way ANOVA using SPSS 28.0 program. The results of this study are as follows.
First, there was no significant difference in behavioral intention according to the type of UX writing fear, but service satisfaction was higher for the [low-threat] type than the [high-threat] type. This is consistent with the finding that as the intensity of fear increases, so does the tendency to avoid and resistance.
Second, we found that there were significant differences in behavioral intentions based on the type of UX writing fear phrase. The [Countdown] type, which has the highest friction, had the lowest behavioral intention.
Third, service satisfaction was significantly different by design friction type, with the highest satisfaction for the [Reconfirmation Popup] type, followed by the [Countdown] type with the highest friction, and then the [Information Panel] with the lowest friction, suggesting that the introduction of friction plays a significant role, but high friction is not associated with the highest service trust.
Fourth, we found that the interaction of UX writing and fear phrase type did not show a statistically significant difference in behavioral intention and service satisfaction. This is in the same direction as previous studies that found no significant difference in persuasion effectiveness by fear intensity except for the lowest threat messages. There was a significant difference in the type of design fiction, which suggests that design fiction influences service satisfaction and behavioral intention independently without interacting with UX writing.
Fifth, the moderating effect of sensitivity to shared results had no effect on behavioral intention, but there was a significant difference in service satisfaction. This suggests that higher sensitivity to children's privacy and safety moderates the difference in service satisfaction between UX writing [high and low risk].
Unlike existing sharing research that explores the causes of mothers' psychology and behavior, this study is significant in that it applies design to inform users of the dangers of sharing in real-world environments and induce behavior change. In addition, we found that design fractions are important when constructing UX writing strategies as a way to change users' behavior, and given the importance of sensitivity to sharing results in service satisfaction evaluation, this study can contribute to future UX writing for behavior change and UX writing strategies for data sharing.