The role of nationalism in shaping consumers’ data privacy concerns and reactions to these concerns

buir.advisorGer, Güliz
dc.contributor.authorGüven, Furkan Adem
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T10:42:39Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T10:42:39Z
dc.date.copyright2022-12
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.date.submitted2022-12-14
dc.departmentDepartment of Managementen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's): Bilkent University, Department of Management, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2022.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 65-72).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the role of nationalism in shaping consumers’ data privacy concerns and reactions to these concerns. Data privacy concern is a growing issue; yet we do not know much about the role of nationalism in consumers’ data privacy concerns. In this thesis, I focus on the case of WhatsApp’s new data privacy policy crisis in 2021 in Turkey. In this crisis, consumers discussed data privacy concerns about the local and global brands through their nationalist ideology. I used netnography to collect data from various data sources. In the discourse of nationalism, the findings show that consumers associate various respective local and foreign actors to build trust in local and distrust in global brands by emphasizing the relationship between brands and other actors such as governments, institutions, and politicians. Also, consumers construct data privacy concerns at the collective national level and legitimize the government’s involvement in data collection and processing. Moreover, consumers have concerns about global brands’ discriminatory data privacy policies and then show consumer resistance to these brands. Consumers also have data privacy concerns due to the domination of global brands in the market and encourage others to use the local app to battle against the dominant global brands. Overall, this study shows that consumers’ data privacy concerns and reactions to these concerns are not only shaped by the relationship between consumers and brands at the individual level but also shaped by social, cultural, and political factors within a particular context at the macro level.en_US
dc.description.degree M.B.Aen_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Furkan Adem Güvenen_US
dc.format.extentx, 72 leaves ; 30 cm.en_US
dc.identifier.itemidB161638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/111992
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectConsumer nationalismen_US
dc.subjectConsumer resistanceen_US
dc.subjectData privacy concernsen_US
dc.subjectData nationalismen_US
dc.subjectData colonialismen_US
dc.titleThe role of nationalism in shaping consumers’ data privacy concerns and reactions to these concernsen_US
dc.title.alternativeTüketicilerin veri gizliliği endişelerinde ve bu endişelere karşı tepkilerini şekillendirmesinde milliyetçiğin rolüen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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