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- Title
Learning in Public: Faculty and Student Opinions About Social Media in the Classroom.
- Authors
Hickerson, Andrea; Kothari, Ammina
- Abstract
For communication instructors charged with safely and constructively educating students, incorporating social media in communication coursework presents a variety of problems. Among them are how to grade social media and how to respond to students’ social media mistakes, knowing these mistakes and corrections could follow students into their careers. This project surveyed journalism faculty (n = 125) and students (n = 323) to learn how each assess the challenges and opportunities of using social media in journalism coursework. Both groups expressed concerns about privacy, but faculty were also concerned about the legal consequences of students making mistakes publicly online.
- Subjects
SOCIAL media in education; JOURNALISM education (Higher); INTERNET privacy; JOURNALISTIC errors; JOURNALISM teachers; JOURNALISM students
- Publication
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2017, Vol 72, Issue 4, p397
- ISSN
1077-6958
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077695816660639