a little bird told me: social media and academic identity(s)
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A Little Bird Told Me: Social Media and
Academic Identity(s)Chris Ashford
Reader in Law and SocietyFaculty of Business and Law
@lawandsexuality
Jorn Barger, ‘weblog’ in 1997
Peter Merholz – ‘blog’ 1999
Evan Williams, Biz Stone – Pyra Labs
Twitter - 2006
Arab Spring The Stephen Fry Twitter Phenomenon Blur – single launch Rio 2012 – 1992
In excess of 500 million users by April 2012
The Culture Shift
140 characters – ‘tweets’ On your desktop or mobile device Integrated – e.g. iPad ‘Friends’ and ‘Followers’
Sharing information Social
What the devil is this befuddling tool of wonder?
Mention Favourite Direct Messages (DM) The Hashtag # Follow Friday #ff RT - Retweet HT - HatTip
Twitter Mechanics
Twitter https://twitter.com/ Echofon http://www.echofon.com/ Tweetdeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/ Tweetdeck (yellow)
http://theultralinx.com/2012/03/old-tweetdeck-download.html
Tweetbot http://tapbots.com/software/tweetbot/ Hootsuite http://hootsuite.com/
Platforms
Using Twitter: Professional
Using Twitter: Audience & Clarity
Using Twitter: Personality
Using Twitter: Engagement & Impact
Using Twitter: Beyond the Lecture
Using Twitter: Be Social!
Acceptability
What am I saying? To whom am I saying it? What about student usage? Private Vs Public speech The Law – ‘flaming’ – Twitter Joke Trial
Paul Chambers Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve
got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!
Twitter Joke Trial
A person is guilty of an offence if he— (a) sends by means of a public
electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
The Communications Act 2003
Who am I? Teacher? Researcher? Husband? Wife? Civil Partner? Manager? Celebrity? Politician? Academic? Breaking out of the Academy? Challenging ‘professionalisation’ of
academia?
Status
Identity Authenticity? Goffman – ‘performance’ of identity Cownie – application to the Law Teacher
@uoslec2012
What are the boundaries?
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