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Privacy or Self-Censorship? Coping Strategies of Young Polish Job Candidates under Cybervetting Cover

Privacy or Self-Censorship? Coping Strategies of Young Polish Job Candidates under Cybervetting

Open Access
|Apr 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Comparison of coping behaviors (profile privacy and self-censorship) by type of social media platform used Source: Own elaboration

Figure 2.

Self-censorship vs. profile privacy level on social media platforms Source: Own elaboration

Figure 3.

Relationship between time spent on social media and profile privacy, and between time spent on social media and level of self-censorship Source: Own elaboration

Average levels of profile privacy and self-censorship among users of professional vs_ general-purpose platforms

Comparison TypeVariableMean – Professional GroupMean – General-Purpose Groupp-valueInterpretation
Professional vs. GeneralProfile Privacy1.772.100.011Professional group -greater attention to privacy
Professional vs. GeneralContent Self-Censorship1.821.900.565No significant difference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2026-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2449-8939 | Journal ISSN: 2449-8920
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 61
Published on: Apr 10, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Ilona Pawełoszek, Rafał Niedbał, published by Jagiellonian University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.