Thesis I

Student. Yue Li

Prof. Tom Klinkowstein

Social Media & Self-presentation

Design Problems Hypothesis

Before social networking, people can present different personal image among different group of people according to different relations. In this way, people can play different roles in different situations.

But after social networking, the stress of needing to manage their reputation on social media, in some degree, force them to present one personal image to everyone.

According to paper named “Teens, Social Media, and Privacy” by Pew Research Center, Teens shows waning enthusiasm for facebook. Users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.

Books

Thesis I Student: Yue Li Professor: Tom Klinkowstein

Design Problems Hypothesis Books

Thesis I Student: Yue Li Professor: Tom Klinkowstein

I want to study how private concerns affect on behavior subsequent information exposure among young generation?

In order to find out how young generations manage their reputation when they share their personal information on social media.

In order to find out a new information sharing environment for the young generation better expressing themselves.

Design Problems Hypothesis Books

Thesis I Student: Yue Li Professor: Tom Klinkowstein

Youth, Privacy and Reputation (Berkman Center)

Reasonable Expectations of Privacy for Youth in a Digital Age (Mary Graw Leary)

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy (Pew Research Center)

Information revelation and Privacy in online social networks (Ralph Gross and Alessandro Acquisti)

Reflections on friendster, trust and intimacy (Danah Boyd)

Friendster and publicly articulated social networking (Danah Boyd)

Public displays of connection (J Donath and d boyd)

Interestmap: Harvesting social network profiles for recommendations (Hugo Liu & Pattie Maes)

Thesis I Student: Yue Li Professor: Tom Klinkowstein

Design Problems Hypothesis Books