Mediated Misbehaviors: The Implications of Faculty on Facebook

• In Event: Adapting to Change: Facebook as a Constructive Media in the Faculty – Student Relationship

Abstract

This paper will discuss various mediated misbehaviors used by faculty and their influence on students' perceptions of credibility and motivation to engage in communication with the professor. Further, the pedagogical potential and implications instructors use of facebook may have, including building external classroom networks, discovering audience analysis techniques, and the potential for alternative identity formations is examined.

Author

• Richard Murphy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln