New Jersey Institute of Technology Digital Commons @ NJIT Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Spring 2008 Appropriation of privacy management within social networking sites Catherine Dwyer New Jersey Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/dissertations Part of the Databases and Information Systems Commons, and the Management Information Systems Commons Recommended Citation Dwyer, Catherine, "Appropriation of privacy management within social networking sites" (2008). Dissertations. 857. https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/dissertations/857 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Digital Commons @ NJIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ NJIT. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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