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The thesis analyzes issues concerning the processing of personal data by private actors in social networks. It takes into account current developments in privacy law, particularly the changes set forth by the General Data Protection Regulation. It discusses how both, operators of social networks, whose headquarters are often within the USA, and users of such networks, are bound by European privacy laws and, if applicable, by privacy laws of member states of the EU. Furthermore, the thesis evaluates the lawfulness of the processing of personal data in social networks by users, operators of social networks, and third parties. With regard to transfers of personal data from the EU to the USA, the thesis also analyzes the processing of personal data in U.S. privacy law.

The well established effectiveness of follow-up contacts to increase mailed questionnaire response raises a strategic question: Does the inclusion of a replacement questionnaire in a follow-up contact produce an actual increase in the response rate from contacts without a second instrument? Analysis of 32 published studies suggests that including a second copy of the questionnaire in the follow-up does not increase overall response rates. Thirteen experiments were conducted & it was found that a second questionnaire adds less than 2% to a final response. Those studies with a replacement obtained a 30.4% response to a second mailing while those without got 27.5% (p less than .01). The effectiveness of a reminder appears to be due more to increasing the perception of importance rather than reducing the costs of responding. In cases where costs appear high to Rs, a replacement questionnaire can yield useful increases in the final response rate. The postage savings of not including a questionnaire in a second mailing are modest. If, however, the choice is between a second mailing with no replacement copy or no second mailings at all, the reminder even without a questionnaire appears to yield substantial increases in final response rates. 1 Table. AA.

Abstract This paper examines the relationship between rural socialization and hunting participation. Assessments of the cultural significance of hunting as a "way of life" in rural areas echo traditional assertions of the importance of rurality, but do not consider the interplay between rural residence and other variables that affect hunting participation. Although previous research has demonstrated that rural residents are more likely to participate in hunting, as are males and those who are influenced by family, the interaction of these variables is poorly understood. A national survey used a socialization framework to explore the more specific conditions under which rural upbringings were associated with increased hunting participation. Rural upbringings fostered an increase in hunting primarily when the socialization relationship between agent and target was unlikely to do so and when participation was consistent with gender norms: rural males whose fathers did not hunt were more likely to hunt than urban males whose fathers did not. In no other cases did rural upbringings result in an increased propensity for hunting. Therefore we suggest that broad statements about the cultural significance of hunting to rural life be made more cautiously, with the effects of other variables taken into account.