An analysis of how internet users construct their identities within the dialectic of structure and agency considering the context of online surveillance by political and economic actors

The dissertation deals with the question of individual identities in consideration of the phenomenon of online surveillance by political and economic actors placing a focus on the way in which users construct their identity within the dialectic of structure and agency. Empirical research is conducted in order to analyse wider issues of online surveillance and its implications for educational and self-identificatory processes. The dissertation is set within the theoretical context of the educational sciences, more precisely within the academic field of media pedagogy.