Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) AMCIS 2009 Proceedings Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 1-1-2009 I Didn't Know You Could See hat: he Efect of Social Networking Environment Characteristics on Publicness and Self-Disclosure Jacqueline C. Pike University of Pitsburgh, jpike@katz.pit.edu Patrick J. Bateman Youngstown State University, pjbateman@ysu.edu Brian S. Butler University of Pitsburgh - Bradford, bbutler@katz.pit.edu Follow this and additional works at: htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009 his material is brought to you by the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in AMCIS 2009 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Pike, Jacqueline C.; Bateman, Patrick J.; and Butler, Brian S., "I Didn't Know You Could See hat: he Efect of Social Networking Environment Characteristics on Publicness and Self-Disclosure" (2009). AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. Paper 421. htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/421