Virtuality and the 24/7 Workweek's Impact on Freedom of Expression

• In Event: Virtual Freedom: Issues of Freedom of Speech in the Virtual Workplace

Abstract

Incidents where virtual communication behaviors in a variety of contexts have cost company employees their positions have cropped up in the news at regular intervals in recent years. The virtual landscape has blurred the lines between public and private to such an extent that position and place of employment may cause higher profile employees to deliberately censor all communications. This trend could conceivably pose a problem, overall, for the prospect of an open public dialogue.

Author

• Julie Woodbury, Hamline University