This dissertation uses Russian social media as a lens for exploring the historically, culturally, socially and politically situated relationship between individuals and online communication technologies. I propose a framework for comparative international analysis that leverages three interconnected elements – history, network structure and media ecology. On the basis of these three elements, this dissertation examines Russia’s social media ecology and its relationship to Russia’s broader socio-political environment, articulating the various factors that have influenced the specific network structure and nature of social media in Russia, its role within the broader online and traditional media ecologies, and its implications for Russian society and politics in general. In the first part, I outline the features of Russia’s distinct social media ecology, and examine the various historic and social factors that have shaped its evolution, highlighting the implications of the intertwined development of the Internet and social media in Russia. In the second section, I present the findings of my case study of the network structure of Russian social media, examining the culture of Russia’s online social networks and providing a detailed analysis of the network structure and patterns of attention in Russian social media between 2009- 2010. In the final section, I consider these findings within the broader context of Russia’s media ecology, highlighting the distinction between “Internet Russia” and “TV Russia” and evaluating the role of Russian social media networks in offline action, particularly the tumultuous events of 2012. Russian social media networks are not a microcosm, reflection or “map” of Russian society. They are created and pursued by an as yet elite, but growing, segment of the population - active and engaged social media users for whom the relatively uncensored Internet serves not only as an independent source of information, but, more significantly, as an avenue for interpersonal connection and communication. Civil participation in Russia, I conclude, has its roots in these interpersonal social networks. My historically, socially and culturally rooted exploration of Russian social media ecology recognizes it as an interpersonal space as well as a public sphere, highlighting the communication and coordination aspect of social media, as much as the informational one. This approach explains the immediate success, “like a fish to water,” of LiveJournal’s social network based blogging platform in Russia, and provides a foundation for understanding the unique structure and nature of Russian social media networks. Finally, it offers context and insight for a more nuanced understanding of the offline social and political ramifications of social media in Russia, as well as a matrix for cross cultural comparison.

Wang Wei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-83). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivations and Contributions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- IEEE 802.11 --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) / Point Coordination Function (PCF) --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Types of Networks --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- The 802.11 MAC Sublayer Protocol --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Why CSMA/CA for Wireless LAN? --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Voice over IP (VoIP) --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Speech Codec --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The H.323 Standard --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Related Work --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Capacity limits of VoIP over WLAN --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Methods for increasing VoIP capacity over WLAN --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Interference between traffic of VoIP and other applications --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- VoIP Multiplex-Multicast Scheme --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Architecture --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Packet Multiplexing and Multicasting --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Header Compression --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- Connection Establishment --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Capacity Analysis --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- VoIP Capacity Analysis for 802. 11b --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Capacity of Ordinary VoIP over WLAN --- p.32 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Capacity of Multiplex-Multicast Scheme over WLAN --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- "VoIP Capacity Analysis for 802,11a and 802.11g" --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3 --- VoIP Capacity with VBR Sources --- p.38 / Chapter 4.4 --- Simulations --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Delay Performance --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Access Delay --- p.42 / Chapter 5.2 --- Extra Delay Incurred by the Multiplex-Multicast Scheme --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- VoIP Co-existing with TCP Interference Traffic --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1 --- Ordinary VoIP co-existing with TCP over WLAN --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Problem Caused by TCP Interference --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Solutions --- p.52 / Chapter 6.2 --- M-M VoIP coexisting with TCP over WLAN --- p.53 / Chapter 6.3 --- 802.11e --- p.56 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- EDCA --- p.56 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- ACK Policies --- p.58 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- VoIP over EDCA --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Experimental Validation --- p.61 / Chapter 7.1 --- Transmission Errors --- p.61 / Chapter 7.2 --- Prototype Implementation --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- VoIP over Ad Hoc Networks --- p.65 / Chapter 8.1 --- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET) and Wireless Distributed System (WDS) --- p.65 / Chapter 8.2 --- The M-M Scheme in WDS --- p.67 / Chapter 8.2.1 --- Modified System Architecture --- p.67 / Chapter 8.2.2 --- Delay Performance --- p.68 / Chapter 8.2.3 --- Analysis of M-M Scheme in WDS --- p.69 / Chapter 8.2.4 --- Capacity Improvement --- p.70 / Chapter 8.2.5 --- Delay Improvement --- p.71 / Chapter 8.2.6 --- Spectrum Reuse --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- Conclusions --- p.76 / References --- p.80

El uso de internet ha facilitado a las editoriales académicas la internacionalización de sus catálogos, gracias a la digitalización de contenidos y la incorporación de la comunicación digital en sus procesos habituales. En este contexto, el área de comunicación del Fondo Editorial PUCP tiene nuevas herramientas para visibilizar su producción y acercarla a su audiencia, tanto nacional como internacional. Para ello ha desarrollado un plan de comunicación y marketing —basado en la teoría de la Comunicación Integrada de Marketing — que contempla un conjunto de estrategias y acciones orientados a ese fin. / Internet has allowed academic publishers to internationalize their catalogs in a faster and easier way, digitalizing their production and using digital communication. In this context, the communications area of PUCP University Press has new possibilities to make its contents more visible and closer to their audience. With that purpose, we have developed a Communication and Marketing Plan based on Integrated Marketing Communications Theory, in which we use a set of strategies and actions in order to increase the visibility and accessibility of our catalog, locally and internationally. / Tesis

二零一零年一月，全球最大的互联网搜索引擎谷歌在其官网上宣布了他们由于不满中国政府长期以来的网络审查制度而有意退出中国市场的决定。西方主流媒体及评论家对于中国的网络审查制度惯常以负面评价为主。中国民众对此又持怎样的态度呢？这个研究将焦点放在了中国的海归派身上。由于长年游走在中国大陆及海外之间，他们常常可以体验及比较不同地区的网络世界，故此对网络审查比一般的中国大陆民众有更深的体会及更详尽的洞悉。本研究旨在探索这群曾在或仍在中国境外居住的中国人是如何理解中国的互联网审查制度的。 / 在此研究的受访对象中，有些人将网络审查视为一个来自政府的负面干涉，并认为它代表了一个不诚实的政府。而另一些人则认为由于中国社会及中国文化的特殊性，网络审查制度有其存在的道理。虽然受访对象的看法多样，但他们在谈论这个话题的时候都表现出了一种充满矛盾感的民族主义情节 ---他们会竭力为一个另自己蒙羞的政府辩护。通过深入分析了这种充满矛盾感的民族主义情节：它是如何产生的，又意味着什么，它与网络审查制度又有何相关，笔者力图强调，本研究受访对象的国家认同感在这个辩护过程中得到了加强。此分析有助于更好的了解中国的网络审查制度，以及它的合理性是如何被塑造出来的。 / In January, 2010, the biggest internet search engine, Google, announced its potential exodus from the Chinese market due to China’s practice of censorship. Many foreign commentators have criticized China’s practice of censorship. But what are the views of Chinese citizens? This research focuses on a special group of Chinese netizens called “returnees“ [overseas Chinese who are living in between China and elsewhere], who have experienced both the domestic and overseas cyber-worlds. Through studying their perspectives on censorship, this research seeks to understand how those who have lived outside China understand internet censorship within China. / Some informants view internet censorship as a negative intrusion and a representation of an untruthful government while others consider it as a necessity in managing China’s cyberspace due to the special cultural context of Chinese society. Though their perceptions vary, my informants expressed a paradoxical nationalism, defending a government they felt ashamed of; this was expressed repeatedly during interviews. In this thesis, by bringing censorship and nationalism together, I analyze in depth my informants’ paradoxical and conflicting attitude toward these two concepts, in order to better understand Chinese censorship and how it may be justified. I argue that by defending censorship, my informants’ Chinese identities have been reinforced. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Chang, Xinyue. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-165). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Introduction: “The Google-China Affair“ --- p.2 / Chinese Returnees --- p.4 / TheNascent Public Sphere, Censorship, and the Google-China Affair --- p.5 / AnHistorical Perspective --- p.13 / Methodology --- p.21 / Chapter Breakdown --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter2. --- Literature Review --- p.26 / The Anthropology of Cyberspace --- p.26 / China’s Cyberspace --- p.36 / Nationalismand Chinese Nationalism --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter3. --- The Google-China Affair --- p.53 / TheSage of Google and China --- p.58 / Reviewing the Saga through the Eyes of Chinese Returnees --- p.63 / Follow-Up --- p.77 / Conclusion --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter4. --- Freedom of Information --- p.79 / Universal Human Rights vs. Cultural Relativism --- p.79 / Individual Agency vs. State Control --- p.85 / Market Domination vs. State Control --- p.90 / The Concept of Rationality --- p.92 / Responses to Moral Discipline --- p.97 / Conclusion --- p.101 / Chapter Chapter5. --- Freedom of Speech --- p.103 / Freedom in Relation to Speech --- p.105 / Twitter and Sina Weibo --- p.109 / Liu Xiaobo --- p.116 / Ai Weiwei --- p.119 / The Chinese Jasmine Movement --- p.122 / Conclusion --- p.124 / Chapter Chapter6. --- Conclusion: Censorship and Chinese Nationalism --- p.129 / The Conundrum of Self-Flagellating National Pride --- p.130 / Repressive Hypothesis --- p.136 / Presentation of Self and Rituals of Rebellion --- p.141 / Collective Memory Construction --- p.149 / Conclusion: Censorship and Nationalism --- p.151 / Bibliography --- p.156

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Orientador: Vera Teresa Valdemarin / Banca: Adriana Mattar Maamari / Banca: João Olímpio Tognolli / Resumo: Este trabalho focalizou as potencialidades do uso do repertório de conhecimento disponível na rede virtual, mais especificamente a Wikipédia, como material auxiliar da escolarização. Para tanto, foi realizada pesquisa de cunho bibliográfico que identificou, na perspectiva histórica, outras tentativas de reunir o conhecimento produzido, colocando-o à disposição dos leitores. Foi estabelecido um quadro de referências sobre a produção, circulação e redação dos livros desde a época moderna até os dias atuais, orientado, principalmente, pelas proposições de Peter Burke e Robert Darnton, que possibilitou abordar questões referentes à organização e controle do conhecimento e do público leitor; a credibilidade das informações; os espaços e locais de leitura e o patrocínio das publicações. Essas questões orientaram a análise dos mesmos verbetes nas seguintes obras: Enciclopedie francesa, elaborada no século XVIII; Enciclopédia Barsa; Grande Enciclopédia Delta Larousse; Enciclopedia e Dicionário Koogan Houaiss Digital e Wikipédia. Com esses procedimentos foi possível constatar a mudança de sentido sofrida pelos verbetes ao longo do tempo e a produção da indistinção entre conhecimento e informação que vigora atualmente / Abstract: Not available / Mestre

Submitted by Cristiane Chim (cristiane.chim@ucpel.edu.br) on 2017-12-13T16:03:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GISELE BARTZ DE ÁVILA.pdf: 1196093 bytes, checksum: f26ce46b0380c7586e23f5138c61c5f6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-13T16:03:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GISELE BARTZ DE ÁVILA.pdf: 1196093 bytes, checksum: f26ce46b0380c7586e23f5138c61c5f6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-03 / Objective: The present study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of internet addiction in adolescent students of the Pelotas Campus of the Instituto Federal Sul-Riograndense. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, with a sample of students aged 14 to 20 years as the target population. The sample selection was performed in a random way, in order to be representative of the 4083 students enrolled in the institution. Internet addiction was assessed through the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Presence of anxiety and / or depressive disorders was studied with the Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Results: The prevalence of internet addiction was 50.6%, being higher among individuals who presented positive screening for depressive or anxious disorders than among those who did not. There was an association between internet addiction and use of games. There was a tendency for the association between work / study-related access content and the presence of internet dependence. Conclusion: Further studies are needed to confirm the high prevalence of Internet addiction and to explore the characteristics of this phenomenon. The association of this dependence with positive screening for anxiety and / or depression makes it important to implement measures such as psychoeducation and the availability of treatment. / Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou avaliar a prevalência de dependência de internet em alunos adolescentes do Campus Pelotas do Instituto Federal Sul-Riograndense. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, tendo como população-alvo uma amostra de alunos com idade entre 14 a 20 anos. A seleção amostral foi realizada de forma aleatória, de modo a ser representativa dos 4083 alunos matriculados na instituição. A dependência à internet foi avaliada através do Teste de Dependência a Internet (Internet Addiction TestIAT). Presença de transtornos ansiosos e/ou depressivos foi estudada com o Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Resultados: A prevalência de dependência de internet foi de 50,6%, sendo maior entre os indivíduos que apresentaram screening positivo para transtornos depressivos ou ansiosos do que entre os que não possuiam. Houve associação entre dependência de internet e uso de jogos. Houve uma tendência à associação entre o conteúdo de acesso relacionado ao trabalho/estudo e a presença de dependência de internet. Conclusão: São necessários mais estudos que confirmem a alta prevalência de dependência de internet e explorem as características desse fenômeno. A associação dessa dependência com screening positivo para ansiedade e/ou depressão torna importante a implementação de medidas como psicoeducação e a disponibilização de tratamento.

張大衛. / Thesis submitted in: May 2009. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-39). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhang Dawei. / 文章摘要 --- p.II / Chapter 1. --- 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- 網上教會模式 --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- 「第二人生」（Second Life)虛擬世界教會 --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- 網誌空間新興教會（emerging church blogosphere) --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- 網上聖餐和洗禮 --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- 現場錄像直播模式 --- p.8 / Chapter 2.5 --- "社交網絡服務(SNS, social networking service)教會網站" --- p.9 / Chapter 2.6 --- 小結 --- p.11 / Chapter 3. --- 網上教會研究 --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- 互聯網與社會變遷 --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- 網絡空間(cyberspace)的虛與實 --- p.14 / Chapter 3.3 --- 靈性空間（spiritual space ) --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4 --- 身份建構(identity construction) --- p.18 / Chapter 3.5 --- 虛擬社群(virtual community) --- p.20 / Chapter 3.6 --- 網上信徒群體（Christian community online) --- p.20 / Chapter 3.7 --- 禮儀(ritual) --- p.22 / Chapter 4. --- 虛擬與真實 --- p.24 / Chapter 4.1 --- 取代與補足 --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- 教會事工與虛擬網絡 --- p.25 / Chapter 4.3 --- 由上而下的網絡空間 --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4 --- 網絡空間與神學 --- p.28 / Chapter 4.5 --- 文化神學（theology of culture) --- p.29 / Chapter 4.6 --- 文化性神學(cultural theology) --- p.31 / Chapter 4.7 --- 有形教會（visible church )與無形教會（invisible church ) --- p.32 / Chapter 4.8 --- 從身體與靈魂看虛擬真實（virtual reality) --- p.33 / Chapter 4.9 --- 聖靈與網上教會 --- p.33 / Chapter 5. --- 結論 --- p.34 / 參考書目 --- p.36

Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2010

Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Major Telecomunicações). Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009