Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) describes the ability to interact with people from different cultures effectively and appropriately. In the impact of globalization and information technology development, social media facilitates intercultural communication and open a new space for intercultural interactions. As the impact of social media on ICC is not often explored, this study would shed light on this unexplored domain and focus on Chinese people who currently live in Sweden by asking the question: How does social media influence the ICC of Chinese people living in Sweden? This study adopts a mixed method: it uses a survey questionnaire followed by individual interviews, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. As a result, two factors stimulating ICC are identified. The role of social media on ICC when residence in the host country is confirmed, and two stages of ICC development associated with social media in the host country are explored. Last but not least, social media seems to influence the ICC of Chinese people living in Sweden in a positive way, however this positive impact is not independent of real social interaction with the host culture. / Interkulturell kommunikationskompetens (ICC) beskriver möjligheten att integagera med människor från olika kulturer på ett effektiv och lämplig sätt. Globalisering och utveckling av informationsteknologin har gjort att det underlättar sociala mediers interkulturell kommunikation och öppnar nya sätt för interkulturella interactioner. Eftersom konsekvenserna av sociala medier angående ICC undersöks sällan ska denna studie lyfta fram denna outforskade domän, focus ska ligga på personer med kinesikt härkomst som för närvarande bor i Sverige genom att ställa frågan: Hur påverkar sociala medier ICC för personer som bor I sverige av med kinesikt härkomst? Denna studie anammar en blandad metod: den använder en enkätundersökning följt av individuella intervjuer, samlar både kvantitativ och kvalitativ data. Som resultat identifieras två faktorer som stimulerar ICC. Sociala mediernas roll på ICC när bosättning i värdlandet bekräftas, och två steg i ICC-utvecklingen i samband med sociala medier i värdlandet utforskas. Sist men inte minst verkar sociala medier påverka den kinesiska befolkningens ICC på ett posetivt sätt, men denna positiva påverkan är beroende av verklig social interaktion med värdkulturen.

Denna uppsats undersöker media-övervakningens påverkan på äldre och yngre generationer på sociala medier genom en kvalitativ undersökning. Studien syftar till att avslöja generationsskillnader i medvetenhet och beteende när det gäller mediaövervakning. Bakgrunden belyser de växande farhågorna kring mediaövervakning i den digitala eran, särskilt på sociala medieplattformar. Genom att fokusera på äldre och yngre generationer utforskar studien hur deras erfarenheter, attityder och kunskap formar deras medvetenhet och beteenden i relation till mediaövervakning. Genom att använda kvalitativa forskningsmetoder (intervjustudie), undersöker studien deltagarnas perspektiv och erfarenheter. Analysen av teman och mönster som framkommer i intervjuerna ger värdefulla insikter i de olika sätt på vilka äldre och yngre generationer uppfattar och reagerar på mediaövervakning på sociala medier. Det är viktigt att erkänna begränsningarna i denna studie, såsom det specifika fokuset på två generationer och användningen av kvalitativ data. Därför kan resultaten inte generaliseras till hela populationen, men det erbjuder värdefulla insikter i den specifika kontexten av mediaövervakning och generationers dynamik. De två teoretiska utgångspunkterna som används är användar-teorin från Balnaves et al. (2009) och övervaknings-kapitalismen som beskrivs av Zuboff (2019). Resultaten och slutsatserna från studien bidrar till en djupare förståelse för hur mediaövervakning påverkar äldre och yngre generationer på sociala medier. Dessutom kan resultaten informera utvecklingen av strategier för att öka medvetenheten, stärka användarna och skydda integriteten i mediaövervakningens sammanhang. / This thesis examines the impact of media surveillance on older and younger generations on social media through a qualitative investigation. The study aims to uncover generational differences in awareness and behavior regarding media surveillance. The background highlights the growing concerns surrounding media surveillance in the digital age, particularly on social media platforms. By focusing on older and younger generations, the study explores how their experiences, attitudes, and knowledge shape their awareness and behaviors in relation to media surveillance. Using qualitative research methods, including interviews, the study delves into the perspectives and experiences of the participants. The analysis of themes and patterns that emerge from the interviews provides valuable insights into the differing ways in which older and younger generations perceive and respond to media surveillance on social media. It is important to acknowledge the limitations of this study, such as the specific focus on two generations and the reliance on qualitative data. Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the entire population, but they offer valuable insights into the specific context of media surveillance and generational dynamics. The two theories used in this study are uses and gratification theory from Balnaves et al. (2009) and the theory about surveillance capitalism by Zuboff (2019). The results and conclusions of the study contribute to a deeper understanding of how media surveillance impacts older and younger generations on social media. Furthermore, the findings can inform the development of strategies to enhance awareness, empower users, and protect privacy in the context of media surveillance.

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The diploma thesis named "Do we need more information? Using of multiple media at the same time" examines the phenomen of simultaneous media usage in young audience aged 18-35 years. This thesis is based on the hypotheses of international surveys that demonstrate a new trend in consumption of media by which people use multiple media simultaneously. The aim of the thesis is to provide an insight into this issue. The first part defines basic concepts such as the media, media audience and related theories. Furthermore, international studies and their conclusions are presented, serving as a starting point for my own research. The second part presents the research methodology. The thesis makes use of a combination of a quantitative and qualitative approach, the so-called mixed research. The methodological section briefly describes the selected method - survey and an semi-structured interview. The next two sections deal with the implementation of the research itself. The sample consisted of 103 young people for the quantitative part of the survey, and 15 young people for the qualitative analysis section. The conclusion summarizes the research results and approaches each thematic area, including the possible hypotheses.

This thesis is about the everyday cultural practices of communal television viewing by urban kampung people. It challenges the institutional frameworks and constructs about the television audience. To achieve this, the thesis looks at the cultural context of the television set and its uses in urban kampung households and the neighbourhood system. Studies on urban kampung community in Indonesia so far have focused on the socio-economic and cultural practices of the people in relation to state ideological matters (e.g. Guinness, 1989; Sullivan, 1994; Brenner, 1998). This thesis is an attempt to extend the investigation about the cultural practices of the kampung community in relation to media use in the era of competitive private television in the early 2000s. As those kampung people have existentially engaged in fashioning their own lives neither as rural subjects nor urban/ity subjects, their narratives in responding to televised images and representations (of women in particular) shape the particularity of the cultural scene of these marginalized subjects. Taking up their social economic background and the particularities of socio-cultural circumstances of the kampung, this present study takes a close look into the day-to-day communal viewing practice of the kampung female viewers of the most-watched local program on Indonesian television, that is sinetron (television drama). / Extending the argument of Ien Ang and others into the Indonesian context, the thesis concludes that the national television audience as a unified, atomistic and controllable entity, as is institutionally imagined, does not exist. Rather, watching television, particularly among the urban middle to lower class community, is a discursive practice overwhelmingly showing the diverse, particular, and unpredictable attitudes, which challenge the account of 'the audience' that characterises the industry, the state and, ironically, also the intellectual critical knowledge producers.

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit wurde das Mediennutzungsverhalten von älteren Menschen untersucht. Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit sind die demographische Entwicklung sowie der Wandel zu einer Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft in Deutschland. Aufgrund der steigenden Lebenserwartung und einer sinkenden Geburtenrate stehen einer zunehmenden Zahl älterer eine sinkende Zahl jüngerer Menschen gegenüber. Die Durchdringung nahezu sämtlicher Lebensbereiche mit Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien stellt dabei für die älteren Bevölkerungsschichten aufgrund steigender physischer und psychischer Beeinträchtigungen eine größere Herausforderung dar. Ziel der Arbeit war es, ein Grundmodell zu entwickeln, welches die Einflussfaktoren auf das Nutzungsverhalten von Senioren in Bezug auf IP-basierte Medien abbildet und eine Vorhersage des Mediennutzungsverhaltens ermöglicht. Als Grundlage des Modells dienten die Theorie des geplanten Verhaltens und der Uses-and-Gratifications-Ansatz. Um das Modell zu entwickeln, wurden neben der Analyse der Literatur Leitfadeninterviews durchgeführt. In die Betrachtung wurde neben der Zielgruppe mit 65 bis 80 Jahren eine Gruppe im Alter von 50 bis 64 Jahren einbezogen. Der Vergleich beider Gruppen zeigte deutlich, dass die 50 bis 65-jährigen Probanden IP-basierte Medien bereits stärker in den Alltag integrieren und auch zur eigenen Unterhaltung nutzen, während die Gruppe der 65 bis 80-jährigen vorangig klassische Medien wie Fernsehen, Radio sowie Zeitung nutzt und fast außschließlich Informationen sucht. Für die jüngere Gruppe waren zudem Produkteigenschaften wie Ubiquität, Mobilität und Zeitunabhängigkeit der Nutzung von größerer Bedeutung. Es stellte sich in der Untersuchung auch heraus, dass die Gruppe zwischen 65 bis 80 Jahren ein sehr heterogenes Mediennutzungsverhalten besitzt. Dieses leitet sich aus der individuell wahrgenommenen Verhaltenskontrolle, der Einstellung gegenüber der Nutzung des Mediums und den Nutzungsmotiven ab, die zu sehr unterschiedlichen Erwartungen und Bewertungen IP-basierter Medien führen können. Aus den Interviews ließen sich außerdem spezielle Anforderungen und Gestaltungsempfehlungen ableiten, welche den Einstieg in neuartige IP-basierte Medien und die Mediennutzung nicht nur für ältere Menschen erleichtern können.

Studiens ämne handlar om förståelsen av risk under en hälsokris utifrån lokal riskkommunikation. Covid-19-pandemin utgör en stor hälsorisk för människor över hela världen. Tidigare forskning visar att riskkommunikation behöver nå och påverka människor så att de kan skydda sig själva mot de pågående riskerna. Därför är det viktigt att studera hur människor uppfattat riskerna med covid-19 från deras lokala kommunikatörer.  Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur studenter på eftergymnasial nivå i Jönköpings kommun förstod riskerna med covid-19 och avsåg att agera utifrån sin riskförståelse, utifrån Jönköpings kommuns riskkommunikation under våren 2020. Den specifika perioden som studeras är mellan 15 mars och 19 juni 2020. För att uppnå studiens syfte har fyra fokusgruppsintervjuer med studenter på eftergymnasial nivå i Jönköpings kommun genomförts och analyserats med en teoribaserad tematisk metod. Det teoretiska ramverket som använts för den tematiska analysen består av Uses and Gratifications Theory, Protection Motivation Theory och Theory of Planned Behavior.  Resultaten av studien visar att studenterna uppfattade riskerna med covid-19 som allvarliga, men att de inte haft avsikten att fullt ut ändra sina beteenden för att undvika riskerna. Deras riskförståelse berodde däremot inte på kommunikation från Jönköpings kommun, eftersom få av studenterna hade tagit del av deras kommunikation under våren 2020. Istället hade de använt källor som Folkhälsomyndigheten och nyhetssidor. Dessutom upplevde studenterna kommunikationen från kommunen som oseriös och bristfällig gällande viktig information. Resultaten visar att studenterna upplevde Jönköpings kommuns kommunikation om beteendeförändringar för att undvika risker som vag och svår att förstå, vilket inte bidrog till deras avsikt att ändra beteende / The subject matter of this study is risk perception during a health crisis based on local risk communication. The covid-19-pandemic is a mayor health crisis for citizens all over the world. Prior science has shown that risk communication needs to reach and affect citizens so they can protect themselves from the ongoing risks. Therefore, it is important to study how citizens have perceived the risks of covid-19 from their local communicators.    The purpose of this study is to examine how students on a post-gymnasium level in Jönköping municipality understood the risks of covid-19 and intended to act upon their perception of the risks based on the risk communication from Jönköping municipality, during the spring of 2020. The specific period examined is between the 15th of March and the 19th of June 2020. In order to achieve the aim, four focus group interviews with students on a post-gymnasium level in Jönköping have been conducted and analyzed through theoretically based thematic analysis. The theoretical framework used for the analysis of the focus group interviews consists of the Uses and Gratifications Theory, Protection Motivation Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior.  The results of the study show that the students perceived the risks of covid-19 as severe, but that they did not intend to fully change their behavior in order to avoid the risks. However, their risk perception was not based on the communication from Jönköping municipality since very few of them had seen their communication during the spring of 2020. Instead, they used sources like the national health authority and news channels. Additionally, the students found the communication from the municipality to be too lighthearted and lacking in vital information. The results show that the students found the municipality’s’ communication about behavioral change as vague and difficult to understand, which didn’t have an impact on their intention to behavioral change.

Mobile applications are an important but fast changing piece of the digital forensics’ world. For mobile forensics researchers and field analysts, it is hard to keep up with the pace of the ever-changing world of the newest and most popular applications teens are using. Mobile forensic tools are quickly becoming more and more supportive of new applications, but with how quickly apps are changing and new ones being released, it is still difficult for the tools to keep up. The research question for this project examines to what extent digital forensic tools support new and emerging applications seen recently in investigations involving teenagers? For this research, a survey was conducted asking digital forensic analysts, and others who investigate digital crimes, what applications they are coming across most frequently during investigations involving teens and whether those applications are being supported by forensic tools. The top three applications from the survey that were not supported by mobile forensic tools, Monkey, Houseparty, and Likee were populated onto a test device and then evaluated and analyzed to see what forensic artifacts were found in those applications. The mobile application artifacts were then compared on two different forensic tools to see which tool obtains the most forensic artifacts from the applications. Through the examination and analysis of the applications and data contained within the apps, it was determined that 61% of the populated forensic artifacts were recovered manually and only 45% were recovered by a forensic tool for the Monkey application. 100% of the populated forensic artifacts were recovered manually and only 29% were recovered by a forensic tool for the Houseparty application. 42% of the populated forensic artifacts were recovered manually and only 3% were recovered by a forensic tool for the Likee application. It was found that the extent of support from digital forensic tools for these types of applications depends greatly on how the application stores the artifacts, but the artifact extraction support was limited for all applications. This research benefits in helping researchers and analysts by understanding the data and artifacts contained within the applications, what forensic artifacts are recoverable, and where to find those important artifacts. This research can help in finding important evidence for future investigations.<br>

The diploma thesis "Fake News: Methods of assessing and verifying fake news by their recipients" is focused on the ways of evaluating media content by their recipients and the factors that affect the assessment process in the context of fake news phenomenon. The purpose of the thesis is to find out how people perceive the content they read; what affects their perception; and what are the criteria that govern their assessment. The theoretical part first defines the concept of fake (false) news, among other things in connection with the overuse of the term fake news. In the next chapters, the current role of the media and the issue of credibility and trust in the media are approached. The conclusion of the theoretical part discusses the social and psychological assumptions that affect the perception and actions of recipients. The second part presents the research background of this thesis. The research is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative inquiry. The qualitative approach is focused on the description of the processes and criteria used by the recipients in assessing and verifying the news. Data collection is therefore realized through eight semi-structured interviews, which are analysed by the open coding method. The quantitative research part is based on hypotheses about the...