Essays about: "censorship"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 112 essays containing the word censorship.

  1. 16. The Effect Background Traffic in VPNs has on Website Fingerprinting

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Gustav Rehnholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Website Fingerprinting; Virtual Private Network; Deep Learning; Mönsterigenkänning; Virtuellt Privat Nätverk; Djup Inlärning;

    Abstract : Tor and VPNs are used by many to be anonymous and circumvent censorship on the Internet. Therefore, traffic analysis attacks that enable adversaries to link users to their online activities are a severe threat. READ MORE

  3. 17. ''You may exile the journalist, but you can not exile journalism" : a case study of exiled journalists from Turkey living in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Irem Cörekci; [2023]
    Keywords : exile journalism; diaspora; diasporic ambivalences; identity; freedom of expression; censorship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Turkey, the country of failed and "successful" military coups, experienced the latest coup attempt on July 15, 2016, in which it is still unclear how, why, and by whom it originated. However, after this critical event, Turkish media and critical journalists were subjected to very strict censorship and repression. READ MORE

  4. 18. Help! My mother wants to follow me on Instagram! : Which strategies do young adults in Sweden use, when facing context and time collapse.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Malou Andersson; Emma Heed; [2023]
    Keywords : : Context Collapse; Time Collapse; Social Media; Self-presentation; Privacy; Kontext kollaps; Tids Kollaps; Sociala Medier; Självpresentation; Integritet;

    Abstract : Young adults spend a lot of their time on social media where they share their lives with friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, ect. Wesch (2009) explains that things posted on social media such as YouTube can be viewed by anybody, everybody, and nobody, anywhere in the world all at once. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Algorithm Made Me a Le$bean : Algoritmic "Folk Theory" Within the Lesbian Community on TikTok

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Fanny Reje Franzén; [2022]
    Keywords : algorithmic “folk theory”; Community building; Lesbian content creators; TikTok;

    Abstract : Based on the news coverage published 2020 that exposed practices of censorship and shadowbanning of LGBTQ+ creators implemented with the help of the TikTok algorithm the aim of this thesis was established (Ryan et al., 2020). READ MORE

  6. 20. “PS. If I go missing... i have been banned again” - A netnographic study of users’ opposition to algorithmic censorship of the female body on Instagram

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Linnea Strand; [2022]
    Keywords : Algorithms; Censorship; Technology; User Agency; Algorithmic Resistance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As algorithmically-driven content moderation has become a common feature of social media platforms to suppress communications deemed undesirable, scholars have started to examine users’ relations to algorithmic systems and problems of machine bias and governmentality. While most researchers have focused on the negative aspects of censorship, few have explored the possibilities of users to oppose algorithmic control. READ MORE