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Negotiating identity and integrity on social network sites for educators
Citation
Robards, BJ, Negotiating identity and integrity on social network sites for educators, International Journal of Educational Integrity, 6, (2) pp. 19-23. ISSN 1833-2595 (2010) [Non Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Discussion around the use of social network sites, especially amongst young people,
is pervaded by sentiments heralding the decline of privacy. In this context, it is
important for scholarship in this area to attend to the array of ways in which
individuals are managing their information and identity-projects in these spaces in
highly strategic ways, such as audience segregation. Drawing in part on empirical
data collected through an ethnography of young Australian users of MySpace and
Facebook, this article seeks to draw out the tension between authenticity and integrity
that operates in these spaces. In doing so, I suggest that educators must be
especially cognisant of the complexity occurring in the strategic management of these
spaces, given the ongoing push for universities and agents within the university to
engage with these spaces, along with the tension such engagement can bring to the
teacher-student relationship.
Item Details
Item Type: | Non Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | youth, education, social network sites, privacy, Facebook |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Communication and media studies |
Research Field: | Communication technology and digital media studies |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | The media |
UTAS Author: | Robards, BJ (Dr Brady Robards) |
ID Code: | 85700 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2013-07-30 |
Last Modified: | 2014-09-03 |
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