Essays about: "VKontakte"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word VKontakte.

  1. 1. The Defender vs. the Censor: CDA Analysis of 2017 Russian Web-Source Ban in Ukraine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Anna Sliesarieva; [2020]
    Keywords : censorship; Internet regulation; freedom of expression; digital media; information warfare;

    Abstract : With the new challenges of the digital world associated with disinformation, data breaches, and cybercrimes (Cadwalladr & Graham-Harrison, 2018; Connolly et al., 2016; Shipley & Bowker, 2013) many countries nowadays discuss approaches to Internet regulation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Listening to Digital Media: Analysis of Music Consumption Pattern on the Example of Russian Social Networking Site VKontakte : A user-focused research based on in-depth interviews

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Iuliia Kyryllova; [2018]
    Keywords : digital music; institutional approach; consumption; social networking site; Russia; Ukraine; habits; in-depth interviews; user experience; copyright; sharing; downloading; owning; prosumer; content; free;

    Abstract : The present paper represents an overview of the most popular Russian social networking site VKontakte and its role in the formation of modern music consumption pattern in post-Soviet countries. Until spring 2017, it was known as the biggest platform for free music consumption in the region. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mourning on VKontakte : An exploratory study of the process of mourning in the context of national culture and global digitalization

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Elena Bazina; [2016]
    Keywords : mourning online; digital death; memorial pages; death studies; continuing bonds theory; personal community; new model of bereavement;

    Abstract : The digital age has changed the way we live and die. A large variety of social networking services (SNS) have become our everyday context. Profiles on SNS register all important moments of a user’s life. Death, one of the most essential concepts of human existence, is also reflected on SNS in different ways. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Commerce: Factors that stimulate sellers to engage in C2C commercial activity on social networking platforms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Ning Bao; Alla Volkovynska; [2016]
    Keywords : Social Networking Platforms; Social Commerce; Customer to Customer Social Networking Platforms C2CSNP ; Facebook; VKontakte; WeChat; Key Factors.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Along with the increased popularity and wide usage of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, social commerce is emerging as an important category of e-commerce. In this study, we refined one type of C2C social commerce naming as C2C social commerce on social networking platforms (C2CSNP). READ MORE

  6. 5. Against the trend: why Russians prefer a local social networking site over the global leader of the industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Roman Rogozhnikov; [2014]
    Keywords : social networking sites; SNS; Facebook; Vkontakte; Russia;

    Abstract : The proliferation of social networking sites (SNS) over the last 20 years is a techno-social phenomenon of our age. Since it emerged in 2004, Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, steadily outcompeted its rivals in the overwhelming majority of countries. READ MORE