Editorial preface

The second issue of JIPS, 2016 contains four interesting research articles. The first article titled, “The impact of exposure to news about electronic government surveillance on concerns about government intrusion, privacy self-efficacy, and privacy protective behavior” is authored by Stanislav Mamonov and Marios Koufaris. The authors observe that the exposure to news about government surveillance results in an increase in the level of concerns about government intrusion. They also find that this exposure has a negative impact on privacy self-efficacy. The second article titled, “The impact of attitudinal factors on intention to report workplace Internet abuse,” by Matt Campbell, Antonis Stylianou, and Jordan Shropshire found that employees are not always rational and unemotional, and that the importance of attitudinal factors matter. They developed a structured equation model (SEM) and tested it, finding that factors such as perceived organizational risk and social influence are highly significant in explaining intention to report workplace internet abuse. The third article titled, “Twibel: A matter of Internet privacy,” by Raymond Placid and Judy Wynekoop deals with the important issue of communications on a social media website. They observe that the legal precedent indicates that the nature of the website (i.e., Twitter) is generally less important than the nature of the communication. They also note that when a private tweet is released into the public domain unintentionally, the law is unclear. The fourth article titled, “Social media policies in the Department of Defense—Do they address the risk?,” by Katherine “Suzy” Cole-Miller, William “Doug” Ward, Ann Fruhling, and Kathryn Dempsey Cooper examines the social media policies of the U.S. Department of Defense. The study provides recommendations based on the analysis and review of the policies. In the Book Review section, Faruk Arslan reviews the book, Discovering Computers 2016: Tools, Apps, Devices, and the Impact of Technology, by Misty E. Vermaat, Susan L. Sebok, Steven M. Freund, Jennifer T. Campbell, and Mark Frydenburg. Faruk observes that the textbook is well suited for a one-semester undergraduate-level introduction to computer information systems course. We acknowledge services of Dr. Adolfo S. Coronado (Department of Computer Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne) as a book reviewer. We thank him all for his thoughtful book reviews. Thanks are also due to our Editorial Board members and Associate Editors for their untiring efforts to provide critical reviews in a timely manner.