Social networks and their misuse

This thesis concentrates is about influence and abuse of social networks on the infor-mation society of today. The work is divided into two general parts. The first part deals with the theoretical part of the issue. There are terms such as: data, information, knowledge, social networking and communication. These concepts are discussed with regard to the issue being addressed and how it can contribute. The second part is devoted to an experiment on the social network Facebook. Discusses creating fake profiles and the possibility of their misuse. There is also a comparison with already the passed experiment. Outcome of this work is to evaluate the success of the experiment and evaluate its im-pact on today's society