Backfiring on Social Networking Sites

I located the scholarly article, Privacy concerns and identity in online social networks
by Hanna Krasnov. I found this article by searching "identity, safety and privacy" through their scholarly article search. I was able to find that it was a scholarly article because it was listed on Google database and it was also peer reviewed. It also included a detailed list of references following the article.

In this article they point out the basically what the title exhibits, the privacy among social network sites. The article explains that because of many feelings of betrayal by their users that many users will start to diminish their usage among the sites. The trend can hold a negative impact among the social networks. They explain that many of the users may start to typically withhold the information they put on the internet etc. Krasnov also explains how the networking sites may respond to this by taking away the concerns that many users may have.  The article also includes several pictorial representations of their findings to explain their views.

Overall, the article does a good job conveying a rhetorical message. They explain why they are sharing the ideas they have and support them with supplemental information that can help the reader understand where they are coming from. The author also explains how they feel that social networking sites are indeed betraying their users and how this will have a negative impact on the sites themselves.