CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA

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

Facebook

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

Facebook

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: carolyn.hank@mcgill.ca

Phone: (001)514.398.4684

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THANKS TO …

ALISE 2012 RESEARCH GRANT