Search for dissertations about: "Facebook"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the word Facebook.

  2. 1. Everyday Life Information Practice : Affordances and Strategies within a Facebook Group

    Author : Ameera Mansour; Noora Hirvonen; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social media; social networking sites; Facebook groups; information practices; sociocultural theory; affordances; cognitive authority; situated learning; community of practice; communication privacy management; imagined audience; context collapse; everyday life; parents; mothers; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Social networking sites are integral in reshaping how we access and interact with information and others. This doctoral thesis aims to offer an in-depth understanding of engagement in an everyday life information practice within a private Facebook group. READ MORE

  4. 2. Exploring the relationship between awareness information and user activities online

    Author : Stefan Nilsson; Lars Svensson; Ann-Britt Enochsson; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Social media; awareness information; Facebook; Twitter; Linkedin; Socila interaction; Informatics; Informatik; Informatics; Informatik;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the domain of awareness information. Awareness information can be viewed as a fundamental building-block of social media, visualizing people and their activities in an online setting. READ MORE

  5. 3. Impacts of Facebook hedonic usage on students’ academic achievement : the role of culture and personality characteristics

    Author : Sana Rouis; Anita Mirijamdotter; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informatik; Informatics; Elektronisk handel; Electronic Commerce;

    Abstract : The largest online social network in the world, Facebook continues to prompt debate about users’ behaviors. The effects of online activities on themselves and their interactions with others have been discussed extensively. READ MORE

  6. 4. Legal Implications of Data Mining : Assessing the European Union’s Data Protection Principles in Light of the United States Government’s National Intelligence Data Mining Practices

    Author : Liane Colonna; Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg; Antonina Bakardjieva-Engelbrekt; Dan Svantesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; data mining; data protection; privacy; Directive 95 46 ec; data transfers; EU law; US law; rättsinformatik; Law and Information Technology;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses some of the data protection challenges that have arisen from globalization, technological progress, terrorism and seamless cross-border flows of personal data.  The focus of the thesis is to examine ways to protect the personal data of EU citizens, which may be collected by communications service providers such as Google and Facebook, transferred to the US Government and data mined within the context of American national intelligence surveillance programs. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Public Interest in the Data Society : Deconstructing the Policy Network Imaginary of the GDPR

    Author : Maud Bernisson; André Jansson; Johan Lindell; Katharine Sarikakis; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GDPR; EU policymaking; Critical discourse studies; degree of preference attainment; theory of the imaginaries; policy network theory; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : When Facebook censored the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph The Napalm Girl, it provoked a global outcry. It also showed digital media’s ability to redefine freedom of expression and information. Redefining fundamental rights and freedoms involves drawing limits upon other fundamental freedoms and rights like the right to privacy. READ MORE