Imagined Communities: Awareness, Information Sharing, and Privacy on the Facebook

@mastersthesis{citeulike:2701009, abstract = {Online social networks such as Friendster, MySpace, or the Facebook have experienced exponential growth in membership in recent years. These networks offer attractive means for interaction and communication, but also raise privacy and security concerns. In this study we survey a representative sample of the members of the Facebook (a social network for colleges and high schools) at a US academic institution, and compare the survey data to information retrieved from the network itself.}, author = {Alessandro and John and Data and Carnegie}, citeulike-article-id = {2701009}, keywords = {communities, imagined}, posted-at = {2008-04-22 12:41:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Imagined Communities: Awareness, Information Sharing, and Privacy on the Facebook}, year = {2006} }

TY - THES ID - citeulike:2701009 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2701009 N2 - Online social networks such as Friendster, MySpace, or the Facebook have experienced exponential growth in membership in recent years. These networks offer attractive means for interaction and communication, but also raise privacy and security concerns. In this study we survey a representative sample of the members of the Facebook (a social network for colleges and high schools) at a US academic institution, and compare the survey data to information retrieved from the network itself. TI - Imagined Communities: Awareness, Information Sharing, and Privacy on the Facebook KW - communities KW - imagined AU - Alessandro AU - John AU - Data AU - Carnegie PY - 2006/// ER -