Thesis (M. Bibl.)--University of Pretoria, 2001.

Univ., Diss.--Göteborg, 2002. / Zsfassung in engl. Sprache.

Organizing for and conducting effective public affairs (PA), public diplomacy (PD), and psychological operations (PSYOPS) in support of national security objectives is a complex endeavor. In many instances, the desired psychological "effects" are contingent on the efficiency of the organizational structure conducting the programs themselves along with the development and dissemination of appropriate messages and themes. At the present, the USG's ability to influence on a global scale is deficient due to fragmented organizational structure and underdeveloped doctrine relating to strategic influence. Duplication of efforts, inconsistent themes, and the lack of a long-term, strategically focused, integrated information strategy have been inhibiting factors to American foreign policy success. This thesis will examine public diplomacy, public affairs and psychological operations, and look at how the U.S. Government (USG) has organized for and conducted strategic influence as it relates to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

For the first time in history one billion subscribers are creating records using a single software platform: Facebook. Subscribers create historically significant Facebook records every day, yet there is no concerted effort to preserve these records. Archivists do not agree on whether or how these records will continue to exist, nor do they agree on the best way to preserve these records. At the same time, privacy advocates are concerned that social networking records will continue to exist "forever" and therefore have serious privacy implications. In this study I examine the seemingly opposing viewpoints of privacy scholars and archivists. I find that privacy scholars are concerned that the lack of subscriber control over social networking records threatens privacy over time. Archivists address this lack of control through the concepts of donor agreements and the trusted digital repository, but the application of these concepts to the long-term preservation of Facebook records depends on who will preserve these records. I explore four different ways Facebook records may be preserved. I examine whether the U.S. federal government can and should play a role in encouraging Facebook to preserve records. I find that the U.S. federal government is unlikely to take action. I take a first step in empirically examining the likelihood that individual Facebook subscribers will preserve their own records using both an online survey (n = 144) and focus group to ask Facebook subscribers what they expect to happen to their Facebook records. I find that Facebook subscribers do not trust Facebook, do not think about preservation when they use Facebook, and do not expect their Facebook records to exist forever. This research makes four contributions to existing literature: a discussion of the value of social networking records and whether they should be preserved, a close examination of the differing opinions of archivists and privacy scholars about these records, a discussion of the role public policy might play in the preservation of Facebook records and privacy in the United States, and an empirical exploration of the attitudes and behaviors of a small group of Facebook subscribers related to preservation and privacy. / text

Questa tesi considera tre aspetti di Environmental Regulation. Il primo riguarda i fallimenti del mercato e le azioni correttive corrispondenti del governo. Il secondo prende in esame gli effetti delle politiche di regolamentazione e valuta interventi pubblici efficienti. Il terzo osserva diversità delle normative e indaga le loro interazioni. / This dissertation examines three aspects of incentive problems in Environmental Regulation. The first deals with market failures and the government's corresponding corrective actions. The second examines the effects of regulatory policies and asks which kind of government interventions is efficient. The third observes diversity of regulations and investigates their interactions.

Thesis (PhD) -- AUT University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (2 v. leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 306.42 GRE)

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Marcella Genz, Florida State University, School of Information Studies. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 27, 2005). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Information Systems and Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Hy Rothstein, Steve Iatrou. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-63). Also available online.

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MA (Library and Information Science))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Information Science / unrestricted

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 99-100).