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Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies
ALISE 2012 ▪ 18 JANUARY 2012 ▪ DALLAS
TEACHING
IN THE AGE OF FACEBOOK
AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
LIS FACULTY AND STUDENTS’ FRIENDING
AND POKING IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE
WHO
WHY
HOW
2012 ALISE Research
Grant Competition
Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Jeff Pomerantz
Co-PI (UNC)
Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Jeff Pomerantz
Co-PI (UNC)
Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Jeff Pomerantz
Co-PI (UNC)
Fred
Stutzman,
Advisor
(CMU)
SOCIAL NETWORK SITES (SNS)
Data Source: Hampton et al. (2011)
Image Source: Donovan (2010)
59%
OF ADULT
INTERNET USERS
USE 1+ SNSs
BASED ON 79% OF AMERICANS WHO
REPORT USING THE INTERNET (N=2,255)
SNS USERS ON FACEBOOK
Source: Hampton et al. (2011)
92%
FACULTY USE OF FACEBOOK
57%
VISITED FACEBOOK IN
THE PAST MONTH (N=1,920)
Source: Moran et al. (2011)
FACULTY USE OF FACEBOOK
43%
POSTED TO FACEBOOK IN
THE SAME PERIOD (N=1,920)
Source: Moran et al. (2011)
STUDENTS
OR
FACULTY.
STUDENTS
AND
FACULTY?
“… web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and transverse their list of connections and those made by others with the system.”(boyd & Ellison, para. 4)
SNSs are …
Source: boyd, d.m., & Ellison, N.B. (2007).
NETWORKING
“… instead, they (users) are primarily communicating with people who are already a part of their extended social network.” (boyd & Ellison, para. 5)
SNSs are …
Source: boyd, d.m., & Ellison, N.B. (2007).
FRIENDS
Source: Hampton et al. (2011)
HIGH SCHOOL
EXTENDED FAMILY
CO-WORKERS
COLLEGE FRIENDS
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
PEOPLE FROM VOLUNTEER GROUPS
NEIGHBORS
229 FACEBOOK FRIENDS REPORTED, FOR AVERAGE FACEBOOK USER IN SAMPLE
FACULTY &
STUDENT
FRIENDS (?)
“… a professional tries
to simultaneously fill
two or more different
roles.” Rupert & Holmes, 1997, p. 661
DUAL RELATIONSHIPS
TEACHER
MENTOR
SUPERVISOR
EMPLOYER
COLLABORATOR
COLLEAGUE
FRIEND
GUIDANCE
HONOR
CODES/
CODES OF
CONDUCT
SNS
POLICIES
(Metzger et al. (2010)
RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
Describe LIS faculty and
student interactions via
OBJECTIVES
Inform social network and
communication policy
decision-making at LIS
programs
OBJECTIVES
Inform future approaches
and methods for other
academic units, regardless
of discipline, to investigate
connections between
pedagogy and social
network tools, including
HOW? Develop and pilot test an
approach to studying …
… LIS faculty, students’ and
administrators’ perceptions,
experiences, practices, and
decision-making for managing
communications with one
another, if at all, via Facebook;
… their expectations for such
communications, including
issues related to disclosure
and privacy;
… and the impact of classroom
and institutional policies, if any,
on such interactions.
RESEARCH DESIGN
MCGILL
IUB
UNC
SETTINGS
TOOLS
FOCUS
GROUPS INTERVIEWS
RESEARCH DESIGN
FACULTY
STUDENTS
-UG
-MLIS
-PhD
1:1
INTERVIEWS
FOCUS
GROUPS
WEB-BASED
SURVEYS
POLICY
ANALYSIS
ASSOC. DEANS/
DIRECTOR
SYLLABI
SOCIAL MEDIA
INST’L POLICIES
-SCHOOL
-FACULTY
-UNIVERISTY
Q1: FACULTY
Q2: STUDENTS
EXPLORATORY DESCRIPTIVE
FEB-MAR-APR 2012 MAY-JUN-JUL 2012 AUG-SEPT-OCT 2012
boyd, d.m., & Ellison, N.B. (2007). Social network sites: Definition, history, and
scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article
11. http://jcms.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html
Hampton et al. (2011). Social networking sites and our lives. Washington, DC:
Pew Internet & American Life Project. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/
Technology-and-social-networks.aspx
Moran, M., Seaman, J., & Tinti-Kane, H. (2011). Teaching, learning, and
sharing: How today’s higher education faculty use social media. Boston,
MA: Pearson Learning Solutions. Retrieved from
http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/educators
/pearson-social-media-survey-2011-bw.pdf
Rupert, P.A., & Holmes, D.L. (1997). Dual relationships in higher education:
Professional and institutional guidelines. Journal of Higher Education, 68(6),
660-678.
[Image Source] Donovan, K. (2010, January 29). Social media heart collage.
Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdonovan_gaddy/4314365065/
SOURCES
SEE YOU
NEXT YEAR!
THANK YOU …
CAROLYN HANK Email: [email protected]
Phone: (001)514.398.4684
SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/carolynhank/alise2012
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QUESTIONS?
THANKS TO …
ALISE 2012 RESEARCH GRANT
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