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Umgås på Internet eller på ett café? : – en studie om Internetanvändningens sociala konsekvenser.

<p>Abstract</p><p>Title: See each other on the Internet or on a café? A survey about social consequences of Internet usage. (Umgås på Internet eller på ett café? – en studie om Internetanvändningens sociala konsekvenser.)</p><p>Number of pages: 34 (including enclosures).</p><p>Author: Carolin Johansson.</p><p>Tutor: Else Nygren.</p><p>Course: Media and Communication Studies C.</p><p>Period: Fall 2007.</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University.</p><p>Purpose/Aim: The purpose is to get increased knowledge about the social consequences that may come up when young people at the age of 16-20 are using the Internet.</p><p>Material/Method: The material consists of a questionnaire that I made with questions about Internet usage that 84 young people from five classes (from three different upper secondary schools) answered.</p><p>Main results: To have access to a computer and Internet and the fact that broadband is more inexpensive now than before leads to an increased usage of the Internet. I found out that chatting, music/movies, searching for information and using the Internet for entertainment is what most of the participants spent the most time on while using the Internet. I also found out that an increased usage of the Internet could lead to decreased time together with friends/family.</p><p>Keywords: Internet usage, social consequences, Instant Messaging, Community, online communication.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-9150
Date January 2008
CreatorsJohansson, Carolin
PublisherUppsala University, Media and Communication, Uppsala : Medier och kommunikation
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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