Thesis advisor: Ted Gaiser / This study explores the alteration of gossip as a result of new technology. Specifically, this study examines the social implications of Facebook, a popular social networking website, on college students using the Boston College undergraduate population as a lens to study the college student population in general. Drawing from the theories of Simmel, Mead, and Goffman, and others, I outline how college students present themselves on Facebook’s online environment. I employed a mixed-method research approach, collecting data from a survey of Boston College undergraduates and, subsequently, conducting a series of in-depth face-to-face interviews in order to gain an understanding of how Facebook altered the social scene and, specifically, how Facebook affects gossip. Facebook is a communication tool widely used by college students in order to present themselves online and maintain relationships. I found that due to the pervasive nature of Facebook, in junction with the simplicity of posting information about oneself and others on Facebook, an important shift occurs in which private matters are publicized to a large audience. This shift facilitates the flow of gossip amongst college students. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Sociology Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology.

Sociala medier som datorförmedlad kommunikationsform online har 83 procent av den svenska befolkningen tagit sig an. Denna kommunikationsform har förändrat sättet som individer inte-ragerar med varandra samt hur de väljer att presentera sig själva. Att visa ”vem man är” har blivit en central del i människors liv då deinte lägre föds in i en gemenskap eller klass. I och med att vara uppkopplad på sociala medier och ständigt presentera sig själv genom inlägg i form av text eller bild kan individer förkroppsliga självet, som i sin tur gör att personer kan hitta gemenskaper med likasinnade presentationer. Med dessa gemenskaper och grupperingar som skapas på dessa plattformar följer både positivitet och negativitet genom exempelvis att ständigt jämföra sig själv med övriga ”gruppmedlemmar” och på så sätt möjligen känna att vem man är eller det man gör inte duger till eller måste ändrats på. Denna uppsats har för avsikt att påvisa hur sociala medier skapar möjligheter till ett identitetsskapande och varför är det viktigt för många av dagens yngre människor att presentera sig själva på ett tillrättalagt sätt genom dessa plattformar.För att ta reda på detta användes ett kvalitativt angreppssätt med fyra respondenter, två tjejer respektive två killar. Gemensamt för alla respondenter var att de studerade på Luleå Tekniska Universitet samt att personerna var mellan åldrarna 20 –30år. Ur intervjuerna tematiserades jämförelse, kommunikation, kultur, fasad och grupptryckfram, dessa har i sin tur fungerat som övergripande teman som vidare beskrivs och fördjupas i resultatet. Trots att fenomenet är en individuell tolkning visade resultatet och analysen att det finns en rödtråd i hur personerna valde att konstruera deras online-identitet genom att vara noggrann med iscensättningen av inläggens struktur. Det vill säga att texten eller bilderna var väl planerade hur de skulle utformas för att förmedla rätt mening som i sin tur ska reflektera tillbaka på individen själv. Samt genom att presentera sig själv med sociala medier som verktyg och på detta sätt kunde individer mäta sin egen relevans när de befann sig inom en grupp, vilket visades vara oerhört viktigt för alla re-spondenter–att vara relevant som individ i dagens samhälle.Vad detta grundar sig i och hur detta tolkas av mig som författare presenteras i den slutgiltiga diskussionen

A maioria da população forma a sua opinião pelo senso comum, influenciada pelas informações divulgadas pela mídia, principalmente quando envolve acidentes. Normalmente, as notícias são veiculadas acentuando somente os seus aspectos negativos de forma dramática, o que em muito amplia o alcance espaço/temporal do impacto contrário de qualquer evento proveniente de ação antrópica, ou seja, não natural. Esse é o caso da Tecnologia Nuclear que, enquanto ciência e tecnologia, sofre as consequências decorrentes das duas bombas atômicas lançadas em 1945 sobre as cidades de Hiroshima e Nagasaki e dos acidentes com material radioativo. Até hoje, o público tem sérias restrições à sua utilização porque desconhece os benefícios que ela propicia para a sociedade, por terem a sua opinião formada pelo senso comum. Para o desenvolvimento da metodologia optou-se por trabalhar com grupos de professores como população amostral, haja vista que seus alunos são vetores para a disseminação do conhecimento adquirido em sala de aula, por serem profissionais críticos em relação às metodologias e aproximar a universidade aos profissionais de ensino. Este trabalho apresenta um roteiro de apresentação, como proposta para a divulgação da Tecnologia Nuclear para qualquer público, composta por cinco etapas: Questionário Inicial; Trecho de um Vídeo de uma reportagem do acidente com um aparelho de radioterapia; Palestra Elucidativa; Atividade Final e informações técnicas para Interação no Espaço da Tecnologia Nuclear. / Most of the people form their opinion through common sense, influenced by the information disclosed by the media, especially when it involves accidents. Usually, the news is conveyed accentuating only its negative aspects in a dramatic way, which greatly enlarges the space / time reach of the contrary impact of any event coming from anthropic action, that is, unnatural. This is the case of Nuclear Technology, which as science and technology, suffers from the consequences of the two atomic bombs launched in 1945 on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and from accidents with radioactive material. To this day, people have serious restrictions on its uses, because they are not aware of its benefits to the society, due to their common sense forget opinion. For the development of the methodology it was decided to work with groups of teachers as sample population, since their students are vectors for the dissemination of the knowledge acquired in the classroom, also because they are critical professionals in relation to methodologies and to bringing the university closer to education professionals. This work introduces a presentation screenplay as a proposal for the dissemination of Nuclear Technology to any public, composed of five stages: Initial Questionnaire; Video of news reporting the accident with a radiotherapy equipment; Elucidative Lecture; Final Activity and technic information to the Interaction in the Nuclear Technology Space.

Thesis advisor: Paul Gray / There is an image associated with BC students that most, if not all, undergraduates can describe. Though the more superficial explanation only includes expensive preppy brand names, Apple products, and working out at the Plex, the BC image is more multifaceted. A study of consumerism, fashion, status, narcissism, collective consciousness, the self and the generalized other, and even Jesuit ideals provides the theoretical background to the analysis. The data were collected through focus group interviews, surveys, pictures, and observations to form a complete idea of BC image. This thesis explores the many sources of this image, its definition, and the extent to which students identify with it. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology.

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People are motivated to self evaluate and undertake this in their interactions with others. Interactions with others are increasingly taking place online, including via social networking websites, which can contain several differences to face to face interaction. This thesis examined how specific self-evaluation factors (self-esteem, social comparison tendency and self-concept clarity) affect various behaviours on and psychological outcomes of engaging with social media sites, including Facebook. Self-esteem predicted positive mood during Facebook use, whilst one’s relationship with the site (i.e. how emotionally connected to the site one is – or ‘Facebook intensity’) predicted engagement with activities interpreted as indicative of a ‘fear-of-missing-out’ (e.g. finding out what friends were up to). High scorers in performance and appearance self-esteem reported a positive mood shift after profile editing whilst low scoring counterparts reported the reverse. Those who compared to others frequently experienced a negative mood shift after viewing the Facebook newsfeed possibly reflecting the cognitive effort associated with social comparison. Self-esteem predicted use of positive emotions in status updates whilst number of Facebook friends was negatively predicted by self-concept clarity and positively by social comparison tendency. Participants textually described both their actual and ideal self enabling consideration of the implications for self-presentation attempts in certain online environments. Low self-esteem individuals decreased their use of anxious language when idealising the self whilst those with low self-concept clarity increased their use of positive emotions. The discrepant word count between actual and ideal selves suggested that the actual self appeared more easily articulated, most 4 pronounced amongst those who infrequently compared themselves to others. When others rated these self descriptions it appeared high scorers in self-esteem and self-concept clarity and those who compared frequently to others were generally most positively received. It appears that whilst those with unclear self-concepts and low self-esteem can present a more positive and less anxious idealised self than actual self, the overall thesis findings appear to support the rich-get-richer hypothesis (Valkenburg, Schouten, & Peter, 2005) with high scorers on these self-evaluation factors garnering the most benefits from social media. Whilst those who compare frequently may be adversely impacted by viewing the Facebook newsfeed, idealisation of self attributes appears to benefit these individuals in terms of positivity of impressions formed by others. Findings suggest that social media engagement may hold advantages and disadvantages for users dependent on the type of activity engaged with and the individual differences variables of the user.

A maioria da população forma a sua opinião pelo senso comum, influenciada pelas informações divulgadas pela mídia, principalmente quando envolve acidentes. Normalmente, as notícias são veiculadas acentuando somente os seus aspectos negativos de forma dramática, o que em muito amplia o alcance espaço/temporal do impacto contrário de qualquer evento proveniente de ação antrópica, ou seja, não natural. Esse é o caso da Tecnologia Nuclear que, enquanto ciência e tecnologia, sofre as consequências decorrentes das duas bombas atômicas lançadas em 1945 sobre as cidades de Hiroshima e Nagasaki e dos acidentes com material radioativo. Até hoje, o público tem sérias restrições à sua utilização porque desconhece os benefícios que ela propicia para a sociedade, por terem a sua opinião formada pelo senso comum. Para o desenvolvimento da metodologia optou-se por trabalhar com grupos de professores como população amostral, haja vista que seus alunos são vetores para a disseminação do conhecimento adquirido em sala de aula, por serem profissionais críticos em relação às metodologias e aproximar a universidade aos profissionais de ensino. Este trabalho apresenta um roteiro de apresentação, como proposta para a divulgação da Tecnologia Nuclear para qualquer público, composta por cinco etapas: Questionário Inicial; Trecho de um Vídeo de uma reportagem do acidente com um aparelho de radioterapia; Palestra Elucidativa; Atividade Final e informações técnicas para Interação no Espaço da Tecnologia Nuclear. / Most of the people form their opinion through common sense, influenced by the information disclosed by the media, especially when it involves accidents. Usually, the news is conveyed accentuating only its negative aspects in a dramatic way, which greatly enlarges the space / time reach of the contrary impact of any event coming from anthropic action, that is, unnatural. This is the case of Nuclear Technology, which as science and technology, suffers from the consequences of the two atomic bombs launched in 1945 on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and from accidents with radioactive material. To this day, people have serious restrictions on its uses, because they are not aware of its benefits to the society, due to their common sense forget opinion. For the development of the methodology it was decided to work with groups of teachers as sample population, since their students are vectors for the dissemination of the knowledge acquired in the classroom, also because they are critical professionals in relation to methodologies and to bringing the university closer to education professionals. This work introduces a presentation screenplay as a proposal for the dissemination of Nuclear Technology to any public, composed of five stages: Initial Questionnaire; Video of news reporting the accident with a radiotherapy equipment; Elucidative Lecture; Final Activity and technic information to the Interaction in the Nuclear Technology Space.

A presente pesquisa acompanha e analisa o desenvolvimento do projeto “________(título)” entre os anos 2012 e 2015. Este projeto consiste em um experimental de arquivamento , edição e apresentação de uma série de livros e instalações em espaços expositivos que contam com a participação de outros artistas. Na pesquisa, são abordadas questões como formação pessoal, performatividade e formas de apresentação e arquivamento em arte. Como resultado da pesquisa, será apresentada uma nova versão impressa do livro “________(título)” e uma experimentação expesitiva na Pinacoteca Barão de Ângelo do Instituto de Artes. / The present research monitors and analyzes the development of the project “________(title)” between the years 2012 and 2015. This project is an experimental process of archiving, editing and presentation of a serie of books and installations which include the participation of others artists. In the research are discussed issues like formation, performativity, forms of presentation and archiving in contemporary art. As result of the research are presented a new printed version of the “________(title)” book and the experimental installation at Pinacoteca Barão de Ângelo do Instituto de Artes.

Knowledge transferred during meetings is often ephemeral in nature and thus must be captured if it is to be retained. Ideally, a capture solution should be able to 1) accommodate any number of screens without sacrificing image quality and 2) allow dynamic access to a complete media capture while the capture is taking place. Both students and employees can benefit from the information captured during the lectures and meetings for enhanced discussion and afterward for knowledge retention. Current systems do not support multiple screen capture well, and no system supports dynamic access to the active meeting capture during the meeting. We built a central display server that manages communication to all participants and presenter, manages what is shown on each display, captures all media sent to it and allows playback of that capture on the fly. Static media (images, video, and audio) can be referenced, along with dynamic media (desktop sharing), by any participant's notes in order to initiate and direct playback of the meeting capture – in other words, rewind the presentation. We validated the functionality of our tool by simulating a three screen class lecture where each student performed tasks requiring them to access the capture both during and after the meeting. With basic training, all participants successfully engaged in the rewind interaction and review process.

abstract: Broadcast journalists often report on people dealing with illness or physical hardship, their difficulties and triumphs. But what happens when journalists personally experience those kinds of health-related issues? This study explores how 24 local and national on-air journalists share how they manage life with illness and hardship using personal narratives shared on their professional social media pages, detailing how the journalists navigate sharing a deeply personal experience while maintaining a professional journalistic persona. Thematic analysis found the journalists’ performed three acts when sharing personal health information in a public forum: they reported on their illness, they were transparent, and they justified their actions. Within the three themes a range of expression – from personal to professional – and influences over content were found, leading to the final overarching theme, implications and consequences on content creation. This dissertation finds a complicated struggle to maintain a professional self while acknowledging the urge to connect with others through a deeply personal experience. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Journalism and Mass Communication 2019