Performing for one’s imagined audience: Social steganography and other privacy strategies of Estonian teens on networked publics
Vol.7,No.1(2013)
Special issue: Children in cyberspace: Opportunities, risks and safety
privacy strategies; social steganography; imagined audiences; social media; teens
Egle Oolo
Egle Oolo, MA, recently graduated from the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the University of Tartu. Her main field of interest concerns the link between youth and ICT, with a strong emphasis on the usage of online forums and social media among the young. Her Master’s thesis explored how preteens perceive the privacy factor of various social media platforms and make use of privacy strategies.
Andra Siibak
Andra Siibak, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow of Media Studies in the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Tartu. Her present research interests deal with new media audiences, generations and intergenerational relations on social media, mediation of children's ICT use and privacy on social media. Her articles have appeared in Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Cyberpsychology, Northern Lights, Journal of Nordic Digital Literacies, Young, etc.
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