Open AccessFacebook: Perils, Perceptions And Precautions
Author(s) -
Mary A. Flanigan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v6i5.1139
Subject(s) - perception , the internet , internet privacy , safer , cyberpsychology , psychology , action (physics) , social media , public relations , online chat , political science , computer science , world wide web , computer security , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Facebook is one of the fastest growing applications of the Internet. Social networking via Facebook provides a popular way for students and others to connect with a wide audience and expand their circle of friends. Facebook account holders have been denied admission to universities, not hired for jobs, lost scholarships, been disciplined by college administrators and arrested for online postings and exercising what they consider to be their right of free speech. A survey of 118 undergraduate students and 45 employers was conducted in an effort to determine their Facebook habits and perceptions about proper postings. Recent cases involving disciplinary action, restrictions on Facebook use and the First Amendment are discussed. Suggestions are made for safer Facebook protocol.