What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- The Internet
- Statistics
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Internet privacy, Personally identifiable information, Information privacy, Computer security and Privacy by Design.
Alessandro Acquisti combines subjects such as Phishing, Crowdsourcing, Online research methods, Social media and Data quality with his study of Internet privacy.
His Personally identifiable information research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Information technology, Information security, Data breach, Social network and Empirical research.
His studies deal with areas such as Control, Private information retrieval and Behavioral economics as well as Information privacy.
His Computer security research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Incentive, Variety and User studies.
The concepts of his Privacy by Design study are interwoven with issues in Privacy paradox, Data security, Bounded rationality and Rationality.
His most cited work include:
- Information revelation and privacy in online social networks (1749 citations)
- Imagined communities: awareness, information sharing, and privacy on the facebook (1429 citations)
- Reputation as a sufficient condition for data quality on Amazon Mechanical Turk. (729 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Internet privacy, Personally identifiable information, Information privacy, Computer security and Privacy policy.
He is interested in Privacy software, which is a field of Internet privacy.
His research in Personally identifiable information intersects with topics in Information security, Data breach, Identity theft and Value.
His Data breach research incorporates elements of Redress and Actuarial science.
His work carried out in the field of Information privacy brings together such families of science as The Internet, Public policy and Social network.
His Privacy policy research incorporates themes from Purchasing and Information system.
He most often published in these fields:
- Internet privacy (44.49%)
- Personally identifiable information (23.31%)
- Information privacy (17.80%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Internet privacy (44.49%)
- Personally identifiable information (23.31%)
- Incentive (5.93%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Internet privacy, Personally identifiable information, Incentive, Advertising and Action.
His Internet privacy study combines topics in areas such as Social media and Data collection.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Information privacy, Behavioral economics, Paternalism and User testing in addition to Personally identifiable information.
His research integrates issues of Social information processing, Social psychology, Affect and Relevance in his study of Incentive.
His Social psychology research integrates issues from Crowdsourcing, Data quality and Online research methods.
His Advertising study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Economic impact analysis, Online advertising and Product.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Beyond the Turk: Alternative platforms for crowdsourcing behavioral research (566 citations)
- Nudges for Privacy and Security: Understanding and Assisting Users’ Choices Online (140 citations)
- Beyond the Privacy Paradox:: Objective Versus Relative Risk in Privacy Decision Making (21 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- The Internet
- Statistics
His primary scientific interests are in Internet privacy, Opt-out, Information system, Personally identifiable information and Social psychology.
Alessandro Acquisti undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Internet privacy and Internet of Things through his research.
His studies in Opt-out integrate themes in fields like Targeted advertising, email marketing, Information retrieval, Set and Data analysis.
His study in Information system is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Social media, Consumer privacy and Normative.
His Personally identifiable information study is concerned with Computer security in general.
His Social psychology research includes elements of Crowdsourcing, Data quality and Online research methods.
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