A content analysis of social media policy for school districts

• In Event: K-12 School policy, practice and structures

Short Description

This study examines social media policies for school districts in Florida to identify current trends of social media usage in education. A total of 96 documents in 46 counties were collected and analyzed using content analysis. Results show that the social media policies focused on employees’ (not students) prudent usage of social media rather than specific guides for using social media to support education. Suggestions for educational usages of social media for researchers and practitioners will be included.

Authors

• Presenter: YUJIN PARK, Florida State University

• Presenter: Vanessa Dennen, Florida State University

• Presenter: Dawn Adolfson, Florida State University

• Presenter: Chih-Pu Dai, Florida State University