Social Media in Higher Education: Examining Privacy Concerns among Faculty and Students

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Author(s): Laura Aymerich-Franch (CNRS-AIST JRL (Joint Robotics Laboratory), France)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 24
Source title: Implications of Social Media Use in Personal and Professional Settings
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vladlena Benson (Kingston Business School, Kingston University, UK)and Stephanie Morgan (Kingston Business School, Kingston University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7401-1.ch001

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Social Networking

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This chapter analyses privacy concerns of students and faculty resulting from the adoption of social media as teaching resources in higher education. In addition, the chapter focuses on privacy concerns that social media can cause to faculty when they are used for social networking. A trans-cultural study was carried out which involved three Spanish universities, a Colombian university, and an American university. A focus group was organized with PhD students to brainstorm the topic. Afterwards, 94 undergraduate students completed a survey and 18 lecturers participated in a written interview. Results indicate that social media are widely adopted in the university and are perceived as valuable resources for teaching. However, privacy concerns can easily emerge among students and faculty when these applications are used for this purpose. Concerns may appear when social media are used for social networking as well. The text also offers some guidelines to overcome them.

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