A growing body of research has examined the potential effects of the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) whereby the Fear of Missing Out Scale has become the most popular measure for assessing the construct. However, there is ambiguity regarding FoMO’s conceptualization and dimensionality. Employing a large representative …

Fysieke en digitale sporen worden vaak gebruikt in strafzaken om misdrijven te bewijzen. Fysieke sporen worden meestal geanalyseerd om daarmee de bron van het spoor te achterhalen, maar forensisch onderzoekers toetsen de laatste jaren vaker hypothesen op activiteitniveau aan de hand van fysieke sporen. …

In our network culture totally different and new spaces have developed. In cyberspace there are new forms of location-based communities. No communities based on membership, ideology or doctrine, but open spaces where people find each other in a shared interest: fluid communities, in jargon called ‘affinity …

De digitale revolutie voltrekt zich in hoog tempo. Naar verwachting zullen er in 2020 meer dan 20 miljard laptops, mobiele telefoons en tablets met elkaar verbonden zijn tot een gigantisch wereldwijd netwerk. Spoedig zullen we voortdurend en overal verbonden zijn met internet. De virtuele ruimte die …

Some forms of media use may negatively affect (pre)adolescents’ health, but little is known about the parent’s role herein. Therefore, an online questionnaire among 1,741 Dutch youngsters (10-18 years) explored, a) whether they use electronic media in a healthy manner – i.e., no media during bedtime; …

In this paper we explore the extent to which privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) could be effective in providing privacy to citizens. Rapid development of ubiquitous computing and ‘the internet of things’ are leading to Big Data and the application of Predictive Analytics, effectively merging the real …

This paper describes a concept where products are equipped with agents that will assist in recycling and repairing the product. These so-called product agents represent the product in cyberspace and are capable to negotiate with other products in case of recycling or repair. Some product agents of broken …