We investigate whether personal information posted by job candidates on social media sites is sought and used by prospective employers. We create profiles for job candidates on popular social networks, manipulating information protected under U.S. laws, and submit job applications on their...

Self-reported behavioral data is frequently relied upon to understand the population of social network users. These data often consist of self-reported posting, commenting or general engagement frequency within the social network over the last few days or a month. Using a sample of 397 Google+...

Participation in social networking sites has dramatically increased in recent years. Services such as Friendster, Tribe, or the Facebook allow millions of individuals to create online profiles and share personal information with vast networks of friends - and, often, unknown numbers of...