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Purpose: This exploratory study explores usage habits in music streaming applications (MSA) and their influence on various dimensions, such as: changes in personal music management (PMM) and musical information retrieval; sense of ownership over songs being stored on MSA; and privacy concerns when using those applications. It also investigates the potential effect of demographic factors and personal musical preferences on the tested variables. Design/methodology/approach: This is examined by using a mixed methodology that is consisted of two phases – qualitative and quantitative: The qualitative phase includes semistructured interviews with three MSA users, and the quantitative phase includes the distribution of closed-ended questionnaires among 192 users of MSA. Findings: It seems that the musical information management methods have changed dramatically with the introduction of MSA. Also, the findings show that even though users are only moderately concerned about their privacy within MSA, they are willing to pay for premium services that will ensure privacy protection. Interestingly, personal musical preference was found to affect the belief in the potential of using MSA as part of a social activity and on the willingness to pay for premium services within them. Originality/value: This paper represents an extension of the article by Weinberger and Bouhnik (2019). It appears to be the first academic research to investigate the issue of musical information retrieval and PMM among MSA. In addition, it is the first study that takes into account privacy-related issues among MSA users. Peer review: The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2020-0118 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes and influential factors of users' knowledge and use of the tools designated for controlling and enhancing online privacy, which are referred to as online privacy literacy (OPL). Particularly, inspired by the protection motivation theory, a motivational factor is defined as comprising several variables which reflect users' motivation to protect their online privacy. Design/methodology/approach -- To this end, a user study was conducted based on the quantitative method with the participation of 169 students from the Israeli academia who were administered closed-ended questionnaires. Findings -- Generally low to moderate levels of OPL were obtained. Interestingly, the multivariate linear regression analysis showed that motivational factors, such as users' concern for personal information protection on the internet and users' privacy self-efficacy and sense of anonymity when visiting a website, were among the strongest predictive factors of users' OPL level. Social implications -- This research has social implications that might contribute to an increase in the OPL among internet users. Originality/value -- The direct influence of the examined factors on users' OPL was not previously discussed in the literature. As a result of the study, a comprehensive model of user online privacy behavior was constructed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]