Risken att en obehörig part kan komma över och anvÀnda en enskild konsuments identitets-handlingar Àr stor, samtidigt som individens möjlighet att kontrollera hur och nÀr dess iden-titet anvÀnds Àr liten. Problemformuleringen som skulle besvaras var hur identitetsstölder och bedrÀgerier pÄ internet kunde minimeras samtidigt som konsumenten fÄr ett ökat infly-tande över hanteringen av sin identitet.MÄlsÀttningen var att centralisera och skapa ett gemensamt förhÄllningssÀtt för identitets-hantering pÄ internet till förmÄn för konsumenterna, och pÄ sÄ vis minimera spridning av egna lösningar för identitetshantering hos enskilda aktörer.Lösningen resulterade i en systemmodell med förutsÀttningar för att autentisera konsumen-ten, hantera filter för hur enskilda identitetshandlingar fÄr anvÀndas pÄ internet, samt för att möjliggöra kommunikation med konsumenten genom att skicka notifikationer om hÀndelser som uppstÄtt kopplat till en specifik identitet. Genom en anvÀndarportal skulle konsumen-ten kunna administrera sina filter för olika e-tjÀnster och webbutiker samt fÄ en överblick över specifika hÀndelser som intrÀffat.En prototyp togs fram för att demonstrera systemmodellens grundlÀggande funktionalitet i praktiken. Denna kom att innefatta funktionalitet för att autentisera konsumenten, skicka notifikationer om hÀndelser och kontrollera existerande filter för en specifik identitet. Pro-totypen kom att bestÄ av ett förenklat system enligt den modell som tagits fram, med ett tillhörande API samt tvÄ modeller motsvarande en webbutik och en betalningsvÀxel som skulle nyttja funktionaliteten genom att anropa systemets API.Lösningen utvÀrderades baserat pÄ det uppnÄdda resultatet frÄn intervjuer med experter inom problemomrÄdet och genomförd funktionskontroll av den framtagna prototypen.

Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this thesis is to define and analyse how Swedish record companies work with digital musical content distributors. A more narrow aim is to show how the record companies and with the digital musical content distributors iTunes Music Store and Spotify create incentives for consumer?s to use legal digital music channels through the Internet. To further circle the core of the problem following questions have been asked: How does the record companies provide iTunes Music Store and Spotify with digital content and what is done by the record companies to retain control over the material? How do the record companies view digital musical sales and what incentives are given to consumers to buy music digitally? Finally, What position of power do iTunes Music Store and Spotify have on the digital content arena?Material/Method: The data collected for this thesis is retrieved through personal interviews with representatives from three of the four major record companies Universal Music, Warner Music and EMI and their Swedish branches.Main results: The consumer?s access to digital content through iTunes Music Store and Spotify is of the utmost importance and is a prerequisite.

Internet and the digital channels for distribution have meant big changes for the musicindustry. The physical record that has been symbolising this market for a long time is slowlybeing replaced by digital based music. The technical progress during the last ten years has ledto a democratization of music production. The amateur musicians of today can produce highquality music on their laptops and later distribute it via free music sites. MySpace andYouTube are two of the biggest sites for this free distribution and is therefore my main choiseof study.The purpose of this essay was to find out how and if these changes have made a difference formusicians without a record deal to reach an audience by themselves.

The purpose of this Master thesis is to examine and describe dog breeders? information activities. Questions posed in this study are:? What are the information needs of dog breeders?? How does the dog breeder seek and use information?? How can the relationship between serious leisure and information activities be described?The theoretical framework consists of the sociologist Robert A Stebbins? theory about serious leisure. The study is based on a qualitative methodology.

AbstractThe OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm requires all large companies to apply the Swedish Code ofCorporate Governance. A revised code will be applied from July 2008. The purpose of this paper is toidentify the accessibility of information on corporate governance and in particular how the compliance,concerning the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance in the perspective of an internet active generalpublic.This paper is a complete census of the companies at the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm whocomplies with the code. Each company website has been visited and a comparison between the sectorsat the OMX Exchange Stockholm has been performed.Results: 96% of the companies present the members of the nomination committee. 94% presents thenomination committees proposal of the company board members, though only 33% of the companies inthe Energy sector.

Syfte: Att undersöka svenska renodlade Internetbanker - ?PPI-banker?, och utefter deras strategi studera deras lönsamhet samt om de utgör risker för den finansiella stabiliteten.Teori:  Tidigare forskning kring PPI-banker har pÄvisat varierande resultat och fokus har skiftat frÄn PPI-bankernas prestation till deras pÄverkan pÄ den finansiella stabiliteten. Det teoretiska perspektivet vidgas med traditionella teorier kring bankers strategier och risker. Riskerna som behandlas Àr frÀmst likviditetsrisk samt risker för stabiliteten i det finansiella systemet.Metod:  Studien har genom blandad strategi, med kvantitativ metod för datainsamling och en kvalitativ analys studerat svenska PPI-banker. PPI-bankerna har jÀmförts mellan varandra men Àven som grupp mot de fyra svenska storbankerna för att studera strategi och prestation pÄ marknaden.

ProblemomrÄde: Idag har Internet blivit var mans egendom. Detta innebÀr tyvÀrr en hel del problem. Det tydligaste vi stÄr inför idag Àr att IP-adresserna hÄller pÄ att ta slut. För att bli av med problemet anvÀnds olika temporÀra lösningar ("lappningsteknik") men Àven en permanent lösning utvecklas, nÀmligen Ipv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).Det nya protokollet löser adressbristen men har Àven mÄnga andra funktioner sÄ som sÀkerhet och bÀttre routinglösningar. Vi stÀllde oss dÄ frÄgan varför har ingen övergÄng skett trots dessa fördelar. FrÄgestÀllning: Var i övergÄngen mellan IPv4 och IPv6 stÄr vi idag? Varför har inte övergÄngen mellan IPv4 och IPv6 redan skett? Vilka Àr de största anledningarna och vilka fler möjliga finns det? Slutsats: Arbetet visar att tiden för en övergÄng Ànnu inte Àr inne.

In this paper we describe the issues of credibility in web applications and internet communities. We bring up examples of how other designers have solved credibility-problems. Further we discuss the features we have created for our community, Stickling, to make any visitor to perceive it as credible..

Kina har de senaste Ären genomgÄtt en omfattande utveckling pÄ det informationstekniska omrÄdet och den ekonomiska tillvÀxten i landet har ökat explosionsartat. Medieklimatet och den kinesiska statens kontroll över Internet genomgÄr i och med det hÀr stora förÀndringar. Trots att Internet skapar en till synes större frihet och ger nya möjligheter, anvÀnder den kinesiska staten Internet för att ytterligare öka sin kontroll över informationsflödet i landet. Genom cyberattacker frÄn kinesiska IP-adresser mot InternetjÀtten Google i början av 2010 lyftes Kinas Internetpolitik fram Àven i internationella medier, inklusive svenska. Genom att undersöka engelsksprÄkiga kinesiska nyhetsartiklar i dagstidningar pÄ Internet, om Google och Internetcensuren i Kina, Àmnade vi granska hur regimsupport respektive regimkritik yttrar sig i tvÄ kinesiska nyhetstidningar.

Young men who commit sexual abuse is a complex topic. This study is based on litterature on the subject and the material is processed through a qualitative content analysis. The study aims to study how the litterature describes the reasons why young men commit sexual abuse. It also aims to explore what is described to be effective treatment of young men who committed sexual abuse. The study found that most of the young men who commit sexual abuse comes from families where violence and psycohological abuse occurs. Many have themselves been victims of sexual abuse.

The purpose of this Master thesis is to examine theinformation use and information seeking behaviour amongpersons who actively work with information. For this study,interviews have been conducted with a group of six personswho work with information in information intensiveorganizations. The aim is to answer the following questions:What kind of information is connected to the respondents?work tasks? What is the purpose of their search forinformation? Which information sources do they use and whatkind of information sources do they demand? The theoreticalframework consists mainly of Wilsons information needs andinformation seeking model.The results of this study show that none of the respondentshad any strategic model for their work with information. Theinformation that the respondents were searching for is ofdifferent content and depends on the organization in which therespondent operates.

Online shopping is growing and its turnover increases each year. Internet hastherefore become an important retail location for companies. Web shops lack thephysical room for marketing as well as face-to-face interaction between customer andsalesperson. Therefore there is a need to develop marketing and customercommunication methods for this way of shopping. In physical shops the customer hasthe ability to try on the garments and be pampered by the staff.

The share of problem gamblers increased for men between 18-24 years old during the period 1999-2009, while the share were steady or decreased for other classes of population. This study examines the relation between this development of problem gambling and the Swedish gambling market. The factors that are studied are the functioning of the market with a focus on the new Internet market for gambling, the games and the underlying risk factors in those, the marketing and other factors outside the gambling market. First a large literature review was made to map the development as detailed as possible. After that a qualitative analysis of the content in television commercials was done to see if they were made for the problem group.

My study is focused on one organization with is Unicef, the organization that is workning on a UN mission. The mission is about children's rights and Unicef has brought children's actions since 1946.The purpose of this essay was to research whether the images can be used alone or as a complement to the text that the communication organizations use. By examining the way images are used, I hoped to be able to deduce the results of image use. I study if the effect out messages with only pictures will be more effective than the message in which the verbal mixed with the non-verbal.Theoretical part of this essay has a communication perspective. The essay is structure by tree elements, non-verbal communication, mass communication and intercultural communication.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to examine virtual reading groups, and which meaning the users perceive that the virtual reading groups offer. In addition, the study inquires which details can be improved to further amend the needs and wants among the users of virtual reading groups. Through these outlines, it is discussed how libraries and librarians can make use of virtual reading groups as a resource. The study is based upon qualitative interviews, consisting of asynchronous e-mail interviews with a total of sixteen members in two different virtual reading groups.