First Monday

	This month: August 2010 Facebook privacy settings: Who cares? This paper examines how privacy practices have changed over time, focusing on a cohort of undergraduates surveyed in 2009 and 2010, a period during which Facebook made several changes to its privacy settings, company actions that were widely and often critically covered in the media. Overall, these students were far from being nonchalant and unconcerned about privacy matters. The majority of young adult users of Facebook are engaged with managing their privacy settings on the site at least to some extent. The frequency with which they adjust their settings and their confidence in doing so may vary, but most report modifying their settings.

	Also this month! I am a blogging researcher: Motivations for blogging in a scholarly context The number of scholarly blogs on the Web is increasing. In this article, a group of researchers are asked to describe the functions that their blogs serve for them as researchers. The results show that their blogging is motivated by the possibility to share knowledge, that the blog aids creativity, and that it provides a feeling of being connected in their work as researchers. In particular, the blog serves as a creative catalyst in the work of researchers, where writing forms a large part, which is not as prominent as a motivation in other professional blogs.


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