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Josie Ahlquist California Lutheran University Dissertation Proposal Defense April 15 th 2014 Developing Digital Student Leaders A mixed methods study of student leadership, identity and decision making on social media

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The purpose of my dissertation research is to explore: -Experiences of student leaders’ use of social media. -Meaning made of digital technologies in student leaders college experience. -Explore identity meaning making, digital decisions and online leadership behavior. Goal: Provide evidence and direction in what works in developing digital student leaders, both for student affairs administrators, leadership educators, as well as student leaders themselves.

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Josie AhlquistCali fornia Lutheran Universi tyDissertat ion Proposal Defense

Apri l 15 t h 2014

Developing Digital Student LeadersA mixed methods study of

student leadership, identity and decision making on social media

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College

Student

Leaders

High Users

+/- Impact of Social

Media Use

Student Identity

Development

Current Leadership

TheoriesLittle or no education on digital technologi

es Privacy in

Digital Global

Environment

Career Bound

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Purpose of the Study• Experiences of student

leaders’ use of social media.

• Meaning made of digital technologies in their college experience.

• Explore identity meaning making, digital decisions and online leadership behavior.

Provide evidence and direction in what works in developing digital student leaders, both for student affairs administrators, leadership educators, as well as student leaders themselves.

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1. What ro le does soc ia l media p lay in the ident i ty and exper iences of co l lege student leaders?

2. What patterns o f behav ior ex ist for social media activity of co l lege student leaders in how leadership , ident i ty and decis ion-making are portrayed onl ine?

3. Do the self-reported exper iences of co l lege student leaders represent the ir actual behavior as documented on soc ia l media?

What is a #DigitalStudentLeader ?

Research Questions

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State of Social Media Use by Teens & Young Adults

90-99% of college students useAt minimum 30 minutes per day

(Pempek, Yermolayeva & Calvert, 2009), and climbing up to two hours (Junco, 2012)

Differences between men & women usage (Ahn, 2011)

Average 300 Facebook friends (Mangao, Taylor & Greenfield, 2012)

Freshman more active than seniorsUsing self-presentation/performance

tools (Chen & Marcus, 2012; Birnbaum, 2013) On most social media platforms,

teens and college-aged users are #1 active participants

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Positive Negative

(+) Expressing true self(+) Building social

capital(+) Increased self-

esteem(+) Transition to

college(+) Academic success(+) Student

engagement(+) Campus

involvement

(-) Increased stress(-) Study disruptions(-) Grade attainment(-) Class attentiveness (-) Cyberbullying(-) Internet addiction(-) Poor digital

decisions

Literature Review: Impact of Social Media

(DeAndréa et al., 2012),  (Ellison, Steinfield & Lampe, 2007), (Junco, Elavsky & Heiberger, 2012), (Gray, Vitak, Easton & Ellison, 2013) (Gonales & Hancock, 2011) & (Pempek et al., 2009)

(Adams & Lawrence, 2011), (Gemmill & Peterson, 2006), (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011), (Kim & Davis, 2002), (Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010) (Lifer et al., 2010) & (Yang & Brown, 2013)   

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Literature Review: Digital Realities

Literacies (Ng, 2012)

Identity (Goode, 2010)

Citizenship (Greenhow & Robelia, 2009)

Leadership (Lewis & Rush, 2013)

Digital

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Theory + Practice = Digital & Leadership Research Framework

Student Development

Theory

Relational Leadershi

p

Digital Citizenshi

p

Identity Developme

nt

Social Change Model

Digital Literacies

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Digital Leadership

CongruencyIn-Person & Online

(Social Change Model)

Safely & Strategically

Exploring Identity Digitally

Collaborative Partners

(Relational Leadership)

Social Media Social

Change Agents

Developing Digital

Leadership Competencies

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Mixed Methods ResearchSequential Exploratory

Design Creswell & Plano

Clark, 2011

Tashakkori & Teddlie 1998;

2009

Sequenced PhasesQUAL + QUANPragmatic WorldviewTells Complete Student Leader

Social Media Story Green, Caracelli and Graham

(1989) five purposes of Mixed MethodsTriangulation Complementar

y Initiation

Development Expansion

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Research Participants

Two Southern California universities30 Student LeadersPurposeful & Theoretical SamplingRequirements

Juniors & Seniors One year in leadership-related role Good standing in position On at least two social media platforms

Same 30 Participants = Focus Groups + Survey Research + Digital Social Media Analysis

Student Leader is defined as a college student whom is involved in a traditional student leader role for which they were selected, nominated, hired or elected.

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Phase I

Qualitative Collection of Focus Groups

Qualitative Analysis

Survey

Phase II Qualitative

Collection of Social Media

Grounded Theory

Analysis

Development of Rubric

Quantitative Analysis

Phase III

Mixed Methods Analysis

Focus Groups

+Rubric

+Survey

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Phase I: Focus Groups & Survey ResearchNominations from Student

Affairs Administrators from two Southern California universities

4-6 Focus Groups: 90 MinutesAt minimum 30 participantsSocial Media Usage and Self

Assessment Survey to capture activity and self reported data

Student Nominations

Focus Groups

Social Media Usage & Self Assessment

Survey

Qualitative Analysis

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Phase II: Rubric Development & Social Media Activity

10-20% of Social Media

Activity

Qualitative Grounded

Theory Analysis

Social Media Rubric

Develop Instrument

Quantitize Social Media

Activity

Quantitative Analysis

Quantizing DataDefined by Teddlie and Tashakkori (2009) as “the process of converting qualitative data into numbers that can be statistically analyzed” (p. 27).

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Social Media Rubri

c

Focus Group

Analysis

Social Media Survey

Grounded Theory

Analysis

Student Development Theory

Digital Citizenship

& Literacies

Leadership Theory (Social Change Model)

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Phase III: Social Media Analysis

Phase III

Analysis

Phase I

Results

Phase II

Results

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“Graphic or matrix displays are a way of getting the trees located in the

forest in such a way as to see not only what the forest looks like, but also how it would look like if the trees

were moved around”

Huberman & Miles (1989, p. 286)

Cross-Site Analysis

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Within StudyExplore how college

student leaders use social media

Define college student digital leadership through self reported and actual behavior

Discover how identity is played out on social media for student leaders

Use student experience to teach new/future college students about social media

Integration of social media as positive devices in student leadership practices

Development of student leader competencies for leadership programs

Long TermImplications

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