To summarize, this thesis started by setting a context by providing background
information, the research problem and justification for the research. The research questions
along with the aims of the study, central definitions and limitations completed the context for
this study.
A brief review of the literature which was relevant in this study was the purpose for
Chapter 2, while Chapter 3 detailed the methodology used. The data was collected and
analysed according to methods discussed in Chapter 3.
Chapter 4 contains the result of data collection and analysis. This chapter presented the
interviews in an extensive way, then a summary was provided and at the end of the chapter, a
discussion confronting the results with the literature addressed in Chapter 2 was provided.
This final chapter presented conclusions about the findings of this thesis in relation to
the research questions. Implications for theory and practice have been suggested in the form of
ideas for further research on this area of study.
Information behavior in social networks is an interesting and pertinent area of research.
They are part of society now and rather to dismiss them, we should study them in order to
understand better how this technology can be used for different serious purposes. They are
very powerful tools we can use to engage users to use and produce information, but we have to
understand how the users behave with them in order to implement them successfully.
In conclusion, the participants interviewed were very willing to embrace and support
social networks. However, there is a dark side to them; we have to be conscious about the
negative consequences social networks can bring and as with everything: we have to handle
them with care.