Serbia: “Better on Facebook Than in the Streets”

Radovanovic, Danica Serbia: “Better on Facebook Than in the Streets”. Global Voices Online, 2010. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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English abstract

The new school year in Serbia is about to start, and Serbian daily newspapers and journals publish numerous articles on the bad effects of the most popular social network1, Facebook, frightening both parents and young people with negative and techno anti-utopian statements. A survey2 on the usage of Facebook among the youth in Serbia has been published recently, too, however, and its results suggest that things aren't really that bad. Having in mind such an environment, the online public sphere created on the networking sites is no different, and the problems are magnified. There are numerous places where young people in Serbia spend their time online, and one of the most popular ones is Facebook.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Social Network Sites, Facebook, Social Media,Cyber-Activism, Development, Education, Internet & Telecoms, Media, Technology, Youth
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
G. Industry, profession and education. > GC. Computer and telecommunication industry.
L. Information technology and library technology > LA. Telecommunications.
L. Information technology and library technology > LB. Computer networking.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GA. Information industry.
L. Information technology and library technology > LC. Internet, including WWW.
Depositing user: Danica Radovanovic
Date deposited: 05 Oct 2010
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:17
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/14941

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