dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Schäfer, M.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schie, G.A. van | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-02T17:00:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-02T17:00:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/20216 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is looking at the moral medaition of privacy in mobile instant messaging apps. First,I will investigate why privacy has become a topic of discussion in this era of big data. Secondly I will investigate how these points of discussion are reflected in the affordances of WhatsApp and Telegram. Thirdly, I will show how privacy is mediated in both services using Verbeeks theory of moral mediation, both on the level of the platforms and the level of corporate communication. Finally, I will argue that moral mediation, as described by Verbeek, lacks two features: It does not take into account that communication technologies often are accessible only as a black box (their true workings are hidden) and it does not appreciate the importance of existing power relations at its true value. As a combination these two features can problematize protection of human rights and ultimately, democracy. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 1906016 | |
dc.format.extent | 1906016 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | When Icarus Flew too High: Moral Mediation in Mobile Instant Messaging Apps | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Mobile Instant Messaging Apps; WhatsApp; Telegram; Moral Mediation; Materialism; Privacy; Big Data; | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur | |