Thesis advisor: Belle Liang / Traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors often experience isolation from their primary support network following their injury (Marsh, Kersel, Havill, & Sleigh, 1998). Computer-mediated support groups (CMSGs) offer a virtual platform for individuals with complex medical concerns to exchange emotional and informational support (Braithwaite, Waldron, & Finn, 1999). To date, no research has examined the use of CMSGs, such as TBI-related Facebook support groups, for TBI survivors. There is also limited research investigating how emotional and informational support provided and received (i.e., supportive exchanges) relate to well-being and online relational health (Liang et al., 2002). This study examined the relationship between four supportive exchanges and well-being and relational health for TBI survivors using TBI-related Facebook support groups, as well as whether a gender norm—emotional control—and network preference moderated these relationships. Participants included 191 TBI survivors recruited across 14 TBI-related Facebook support groups. Multiple regression analyses tested whether four supportive exchanges directly predicted well-being and relational health after controlling for age and extraversion. Results revealed that supportive exchanges did not predict well-being. However, emotional support provided, emotional support received, and informational support received all predicted higher levels of online relational health. Informational support provided predicted lower levels of online relational health. Additional multiple regression analyses tested whether emotional control and four aspects of network preference moderated the relationship between supportive exchanges and well-being and relational health. Although higher levels of emotional control directly predicted lower levels of relational health, and a preference for weak-tie support networks (e.g., online acquaintances) predicted lower levels of well-being, the moderating effects were generally not significant. The findings underscore the importance of supportive exchanges in developing online relational health for TBI survivors using Facebook support groups. It also suggests that this relationship was not dependent on emotional control and network preference. Future research should investigate other factors affecting supportive online communication for TBI survivors and when they may benefit most from online support. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology.

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Submitted by PPG Comunica??o Social (famecos-pg@pucrs.br) on 2018-04-06T20:02:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MAURICIO_BOZZI_TONETTO_DIS.pdf: 11028220 bytes, checksum: b91adfbf59990ccc0dddb5784615505b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br) on 2018-04-19T17:02:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MAURICIO_BOZZI_TONETTO_DIS.pdf: 11028220 bytes, checksum: b91adfbf59990ccc0dddb5784615505b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-19T17:09:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MAURICIO_BOZZI_TONETTO_DIS.pdf: 11028220 bytes, checksum: b91adfbf59990ccc0dddb5784615505b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / Through a study of the Brazilian Free Movement (MBL) in the post-impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, this dissertation analyzes political activism in virtual social networks ? cyberactivism. The MBL was notable in 2015 and 2016 for commanding protests that took millions of people to the streets and influenced the fall of the Workers? Party (PT) of the Presidency of the Republic. The main objectives of this work are to understand how cyberactivism becomes institutionalized in politics, how the group acts after impeachment and how Brazilian cyberactivism has moved from guerrilla to industrialization with MBL. A total of 102 publications of the fanpage of the movement on Facebook are analyzed in three periods of 2017: in the two accusations of Justice against the President of the Republic, Michel Temer, for corruption and other crimes; and the acquittal of Senator A?cio Neves of the PSDB by his parliamentary colleagues who rejected a decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that had removed him from the National Congress for attempting to obstruct Justice in Operation Lava Jato. The method applied was Discursive Textual Analysis, which resulted in metatexts that synthesize the core of the cyberactivism practiced by MBL. We discussed the transformations of cyberspace, the characteristics of the new networked society, virtual social networks and the rise of cyberactivism, as well as topics such as filter bubbles, obscure algorithms, fake news and internet monopoly. Ciberativism, which emerges in tune with the ideal of independence and freedom sought by the creators of the internet, is also an instrument for the propagation of hatred, manipulation and lies, and for the intensification of radicalisms, thus occupying a central role in cyberculture studies and social movements. / Atrav?s de um estudo do Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL) no p?s-impeachment de Dilma Rousseff, a disserta??o analisa o ativismo pol?tico nas redes sociais virtuais ? o ciberativismo. O MBL notabilizou-se, em 2015 e 2016, por comandar protestos que levaram milh?es de pessoas ?s ruas e influenciaram na queda do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) da Presid?ncia da Rep?blica. Os objetivos principais do trabalho s?o compreender como o ciberativismo se institucionalizou na pol?tica, de que forma o MBL atua depois do impeachment e como as pr?ticas ciberativistas passaram da guerrilha ? industrializa??o no Brasil. S?o analisadas 102 publica??es da fanpage do movimento no Facebook em tr?s per?odos do ano de 2017: nas duas den?ncias da Justi?a contra o Presidente da Rep?blica, Michel Temer, por corrup??o e outros crimes; e na absolvi??o do senador A?cio Neves, do PSDB, pelos colegas parlamentares, que rejeitaram decis?o do Supremo Tribunal Federal que o afastara do Congresso Nacional por tentar obstruir a Justi?a na Opera??o Lava Jato. O m?todo aplicado foi a An?lise Textual Discursiva (ATD), que resultou em metatextos, que sintetizam o ?mago do ciberativismo praticado pelo MBL. Debatemos as transforma??es do ciberespa?o, as caracter?sticas da nova sociedade em rede, as redes sociais virtuais e a ascens?o do ciberativismo, al?m de temas como bolhas de filtros, algoritmos obscuros, fake news e monop?lio da internet. O ciberativismo, que emerge sintonizado com os ideais de resgate da independ?ncia e da liberdade, almejados pelos criadores da internet, revela-se tamb?m um instrumento para a propaga??o de ?dio, manipula??o e mentiras, e para o acirramento de radicalismos, ocupando, portanto, um papel central em estudos de cibercultura e de movimentos sociais

Este trabalho aborda a (in) visibilidade das juventudes (tribos) na pós-modernidade, tendo como pressuposto que nos espaços virtuais de confluência entre a tecnologia e a arte elas podem ganhar visibilidade. A abordagem ancora-se teoricamente, principalmente, no pensador francês Michel Maffesoli, tendo como método a sociologia compreensiva. A sustentação teórica articulou o pensamento maffesoliano às juventudes como categoria ou metáfora de um modo de ser juvenil e às implicações tecnológicas no processo de interação, mediação e potencialização das expressões estéticas juvenis. Utilizamos as noções de Maffesoli como categorias para compreender as novas formas de socialidade das tribos por meio de suas diversas manifestações artísticas na cibercultura. As descrições e análises das manifestações de Flash Mobs postadas em vídeos do Youtube e grupos que mantêm Site/páginas de Facebook destinados à divulgação de encontros artístico-culturais mediados pelo ciberespaço permitiram perceber que nem todas as tribos funcionam por meio da mesma dinâmica, o que nos levou a elaborar a ideia de intensidade das práticas juvenis tanto em termos das formas de apropriar-se, como do modo de relacionar-se com o que foi apropriado. O viés estético-emocional conduz a identificação do modo de ser juvenil com um espírito dionisíaco. Assim como a metáfora de Afrodite (sensualidade que se refere não apenas à sexualidade, mas à liberdade que se busca na vivência sem regras, a um retorno à natureza) que, para nós, também ronda o estar-junto das tribos. Deparamos, portanto, com muitas possibilidades de visibilidade das juventudes nas tramas artísticas que dialogam na interface físico-virtual e ocupam os espaços públicos da cidade. / This text addresses the (in) visibility of youths (tribes) in postmodernity, with the assumption that in the virtual spaces of confluence between technology and art they can gain visibility. The approach is anchored in theory, especially in the French thinker Michel Maffesoli, whose method the comprehensive sociology. The theoretical framework articulated the maffesoliano thought to youths as a category or metaphor way of being youthful and technological implications in the process of interaction, mediation and empowerment of youth aesthetic expressions. We use Maffesoli notions as categories to understand the new forms of tribes sociality through their various art forms in cyberspace. Flash Mobs descriptions and analyzes demonstrations posted on YouTube videos and groups that maintain website / Facebook pages for dissemination of artistic and cultural meetings mediated by cyberspace allowed realize that not all tribes operate through the same dynamic, which it led us to develop the idea of intensity of youth practices both in terms of the forms of ownership, such as how to relate to what was appropriate. The aesthetic-emotional bias leads to identify the mode of being youthful with a Dionysian spirit. As Aphrodite's metaphor (sensuality referred not only to sexuality, but freedom is sought in living without rules, a return to nature) that, for us, also round the being-together of the tribes. Therefore we find in the artistic frames a visibility of youths plenty the dialogue on physical and virtual interface and occupy public spaces in the city.

Cultura científica y comunicación científica son conceptos que guardan relación entre sí. El modo de difundir los contenidos de esta área es determinante para la comprensión, retención y replicación de la información a un público no científico. Por otro lado, los jóvenes estudiantes de Lima Metropolitana tienen participación total en medios sociales, especialmente en Facebook, y crear una fanpage en donde se realiza comunicación científica puede contribuir a generar interés en contenidos de esa índole y crear más cultura científica. Diversas teorías socioculturales de la comunicación comulgan con las características de la Web 2.0 (caracterizada por los softwares sociales) y los internautas jóvenes. Además, las potencialidades de los medios sociales borran la distinción entre espacios de aprendizaje, espacios sociales y de ocio, sugiriendo la utilidad de juntar estos tipos de actividades. Por ello, la comunicación científica debe adaptarse a los cambios en los medios de comunicación y en la forma de interactuar con sus audiencias. Se desarrolla, ejecuta y administra por 2 años una fanpage en Facebook dedicada a la divulgación científica, previo estudio de factibilidad (entrevistas y focus group). En dicho periodo se evalúa su rendimiento en 3 ocasiones y, finalmente, indaga la respuesta y percepción (entrevistas) hacia la fanpage por parte del público objetivo. Se observa que, emplear el entretenimiento, identificar e incluir aspectos científicos en situaciones de la vida cotidiana constituyen los métodos más efectivos para realizar comunicación científica, Así también, las promociones off line son más ventajosas: tanto para conseguir más seguidores como potenciales colaboradores. Se concluye que la comunicación científica fortalece su implementación a través de la Web 2.0, ya que ésta permite saciar necesidades como la comunicación, la socialización y la participación en los intereses compartidos de los internautas. Todo ello propicia una comunicación científica afín a los intereses de los jóvenes universitarios. / Scientific culture and scientific communication are concepts related to each other. The way of disseminating the contents of this area is determinant for the understanding, retention and replication of the information to a non-scientific public. On the other hand, Lima Metropolitana university students have full participation in social media, especially in Facebook. Thus, creating a fanpage where run scientific communication can contribute to generate interest in such content and create more scientific culture. Several socio-cultural theories of communication commune with the characteristics of Web 2.0 (characterized by social softwares) and young internet users. In addition, the potentialities of social media erase the distinction between learning spaces, social and leisure spaces, suggesting the usefulness of bringing together these types of activities. For this reason, scientific communication must adapt to the changes in the media and in the way of interacting with its audiences. After a feasibility study (interviews and focus group), it develops, executes and manages for 2 years a fanpage on Facebook dedicated to scientific dissemination. During this period, its performance is evaluated three times and, finally, it investigates the response and perception (interviews) towards the fanpage by the target audience. It is observed that, using entertainment, identifying and including scientific aspects in everyday situations are the most effective methods for scientific communication. Also, offline promotions are more advantageous: both to get more followers and potential collaborators. It is concluded that scientific communication strengthens its implementation through Web 2.0, since it allows satisfying needs such as communication, socialization and participation in the shared interests of Internet users. All this fosters a scientific communication related to the interests of university students. / Tesis

El presente estudio tiene como fin presentar un plan comercial con énfasis en el análisis del marketing en redes sociales, el cual podría impactar de manera positiva en el desarrollo y posicionamiento de una marca. La investigación se realiza mediante el estudio de una empresa del subsector moda – retail, específicamente del caso de una marca peruana de moda femenina, para la cual se realizará la propuesta en mención sobre la base estratégica del marketing tradicional y su aplicación hacia el marketing de redes sociales. Esta propuesta fue seleccionada debido a que hoy en día las redes sociales son uno de los medios para influir en la relación entre los clientes y las marcas. Las inversiones en el marketing de redes sociales cada vez toman mayor protagonismo en las estrategias generales de las empresas, ya que están más cerca de usuarios y tienen mayor repercusión en ellos. Facebook, Twitter e Instagram son las redes sociales que hoy en día están más cerca de los usuarios y están logrando mayor repercusión en el desarrollo y posicionamiento de una marca (Datum, 2017). A lo planteado anteriormente se suma el crecimiento de la moda juvenil femenina, el cual está tomando fuerza en los últimos años. Es importante indicar que para este tema se conversó con representantes de la moda peruana, quienes mencionaron que el crecimiento de la moda también se debe al mayor y mejor uso de las redes sociales debido a que el público objetivo son los llamados millennials, quienes nacieron entre los años 1980 y 2000. Este grupo, a diferencia de los demás grupos, pasa más tiempo frente a una computadora o algún aparato electrónico (celulares, tablets, entre otros), lo que hace que estén más conectados a las redes sociales, chats, blogs o webs. Además, hoy en día, las marcas de ropa son un claro ejemplo de que a través del apoyo de las redes sociales uno puede llegarse a posicionar en el mercado, sin descuidar el marketing tradicional. Por lo tanto, en el presente estudio se plantean objetivos que responderán la situación actual de la marca, lo que permitirá contribuir con su desarrollo y posicionamiento presente. / Tesis

La presente investigación es un estudio que aborda las interacciones comunicativas de un grupo de adolescentes en Facebook (que hacen, que dicen, como lo dicen) para observar los rasgos de su identidad digital. Por tanto, el problema que nos hemos planteado es ¿Cuáles son las características de la identidad digital en adolescentes del VII ciclo de EBR en su interacción en la red social Facebook? En ese sentido, el objetivo de la investigación fue describir las características de la identidad digital en adolescentes del VII ciclo de EBR de una institución educativa pública en su interacción en la red social Facebook. Para este propósito la metodología utilizada fue el estudio de casos, enmarcado en el enfoque cualitativo y en un nivel descriptivo. Los adolescentes participantes de esta investigación fueron 14 estudiantes de 15 a 16 años de edad. Para la recolección de la información se utilizó la técnica de la observación y como instrumento de recolección de datos se usó una ficha de observación, la cual permitió registrar las interacciones de los adolescentes en Facebook en función de cuatro subcategorías: gestión del Facebook, identidad declarada, identidad activa o actuante e identidad calculada. Asimismo, los datos hallados fueron analizados mediante la búsqueda de patrones e interpretación objetiva (Yin, 1994) en función de los objetivos. Las observaciones realizadas sobre el comportamiento de los adolescentes en su interacción en Facebook reflejan que la mayoría de los adolescentes informantes construyen su identidad digital de manera inconsciente motivada por obtener mayor popularidad y visibilidad en la red; de tal modo que exponen su vida íntima y reputación sin considerar la influencia de estos comportamientos en su desarrollo personal y a posteriori profesional y laboral. Por otro lado, se identificó que el grupo de adolescentes informantes requieren de mecanismos de control y regulación (Boyd, 2002), competencias digitales e informacionales (Giones & Serrat, 2010) para gestionar adecuadamente su identidad digital en el Facebook. / The present paper is a study about the communicative interactions of the teenagers group in Facebook (what do, what say, how say) to observe the features of the digital identity. Therefore, the problem that we have considered is ¿what are the features of the digital identity in teenagers of the VII level of EBR in their interaction in the Facebook network? Thus, the paper aim was describe the digital identity features in teenagers of the VII level of EBR to the public educative institution when they interaction in the Facebook social network. For this purpose, the methodology that we have used is the case study on the basis in qualitative approach and a descriptive level. The teenagers of this paper were fourteen students who are 15 to 16 years old. For the collection data has used the observation technique and as collection data instrument has used a data sheet; it allowed to register the teenagers’ interactions in the Facebook on the basis of four subcategories: the management of the Facebook, declarative identity, active identity and the calculated identity. Furthermore, the data finded were analyzed through the pattern matching and objective interpretation (Yin, 1994) on the basis of the aims. The observations were made about the teenagers’ behavior when they were realizing interactions in the Facebook. They have reflected that most teenagers build their digital identity of unconscious way who are motivated by obtain most popularity and visibility on the network; as that the teenagers show their private life and reputation without consider the influence of this behaviors in their personal develop and a posteriori in workplace and professional life. On the other hand, we have identified that the teenagers group require of control’ and regulation mechanisms (Boyd, 2002) and digital and informational competence (Giones & Serrat, 2010) for a proper management of their digital identity in the Facebook. / Tesis

El presente documento es un intento de visibilizar a las adolescentes usuarias del programa informático Facebook (feisbukianas), como creadoras y portadoras de una subjetividad potencialmente empoderada que es guiada a través del deseo en las prácticas creativoafectivas de producción y consumo (prosumisión) que realizan dentro del espacio on line. Ello sugiere una resignificación de los valores y representaciones sobre sí mismas opuestas al viejo sistema de representación de género. Las preguntas que cohesionan la articulación del texto parten de poder conocer ¿Qué valores proponen las feisbukianas consciente o inconscientemente sobre el sistema tradicional de representación de género? y ¿Qué representaciones de sí mismas se oponen a las ya establecidas? / Tesis

The aim of this work is to map fake Czech profiles on social networks Facebook and Twitter. "Fake profiles" in this case mean those where authors are acting as a well-known person, company or institution. Best known Czech profiles are Twitter's @schwarzenbergk, @kardinalvlk or @ovcacek_jiri and Facebook profile @jiriovcacekunofficial. After a general introduction to the topic, which includes, among other things, a brief look at the topic of political satire and the introduction of social networks, including the regulation they take to protect personality, the main part follows. It analyzes 8 different Czech false profiles. The content of the posts, the account statistics, the most successful posts and possibly other related information are presented. An important part of the work are interviews with authors of these profiles as well as with counterparts: real people or companies. This offers a close look at the backstage of the creation and running of the profile and, on the other hand, the possibility to gain the reaction of the concerned party. A comparative analysis of false and real Jiří Ovčáček's Facebook profiles is conducted in this part as well. The next section is included in order to bring a wider view of the issue. It is devoted to similar profiles abroad, which gives the possibility...

El objetivo de la investigación fue conocer, según un estudio transversal, cómo se relacionan el uso de Facebook, el soporte social (percibido y virtual) y la satisfacción con la vida en jóvenes universitarios que viven en Lima. La muestra, no probabilística, estuvo constituida por 488 estudiantes, agrupados en variables sociodemográficas y educativas (sexo, edad, ciclo actual de estudios y carrera). La variable uso del Facebook incluyó las dimensiones de frecuencia, intensidad y tipo; categorizadas en tres niveles de uso: alto, mediano y bajo. Para medir las variables soporte social percibido, soporte social virtual y satisfacción con la vida se emplearon tres pruebas que mostraron altos niveles de consistencia interna respectivamente: la Escala Multidimensional de Apoyo Social Percibido (MSPSS) (α= .91) (Zimmet, Dahlem, & Farley, 1988), Soporte Social en Redes e Internet (ISSIR-A) (α=.77) (Kina, 2011) y la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (ESV) (α=.80) (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985). El estudio reveló que uso de Facebook se relaciona positivamente con soporte social percibido (rs (488)=.11, p<.05) y virtual (rs (488)=.17, p<.01) y soporte social percibido se relaciona positivamente con satisfacción con la vida (rs (488)=.40, p<.01). Un análisis de regresión múltiple permitió precisar que el soporte social percibido (β estandarizado=.38, p<.01), la edad (β estandarizado=-.11, p<.01) y el nivel socioeconómico percibido (β estandarizado=-.14, p<.01) predicen la satisfacción la vida. Esta investigación permite comprender la relevancia del uso Facebook asociado al soporte social de las personas y demuestra su importancia en la satisfacción con la vida de estudiantes universitarios. / The aim of this research was to know, through a cross sectional study, how are the variable Facebook’s use, social support (perceived and online) and life satisfaction are related in a university students sample from Lima. The non-probabilistic sample was constituted by 488 students, grouped in socio-demographic and educational variables (sex, age, current course of study and career). The variable use of Facebook implies frequency, intensity and type; it allowed to categorize three levels of use: high, medium and low. Three scales whit high levels of internal consistency were applied in order to measure the variables perceived social support, virtual social support and life satisfaction: the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (α = 0.91) (Zimmet, Dahlem, and Farley, 1988), Social Support Network and Internet (ISSIR-A) (α = 0.77) (Kina, 2011) and the Scale of Satisfaction with Life (ESV) (α = 0.80) (Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin, 1985). The results pointed out that Facebook use is positively related with perceived social support (RS (488) =. 11, p <.05) and virtual social support (r (488) =. 17, p <0.01) and perceived social support is related with life satisfaction (r (488) =. 40, p <0.01). A multiple regression allowed to specify that perceived social support (standardized β =.38, p<.01), age (standardized β =-.11, p<.01) and socioeconomic perceived level (standardized β =-.14, p<.01) predicts life satisfaction. This research helped us to understand the relevance of Facebook’s use on the social support of university students and clarify how this variables are associated, also demonstrate its importance in students’ life satisfaction. / Tesis