Thanks for the link Monica and the discussion. I've just finished a session with a PhD student I am working with who's just about to jump into the field and follow the development and implementation of social media at a network solutions company - her focus is on the possible implications for 'home' and 'work' life. Of course we found ourselves talking about the telework research of the 80s, but also the pre-industrial revolution cottage industries of the UK! I'm sure we could go back further :O) Ben. Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Director IS, Organisations and Society Research Centre Acting Associate Head of School - Research School of Media, Music and Performance The University of Salford Adelphi House Salford M3 6EN www.smmp.salford.ac.uk www.benlight.org www.isos.salford.ac.uk On 8/4/09 17:20, "Lois Ann Scheidt" <lscheidt@umail.iu.edu> wrote:
As always, well said Rhiannon...it does get so old the idea that all of this is new. The only thing that's new here is the reach of the communication...in that "rifling" can now be done privately and more thoroughly than just going through a desk.
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-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rhiannon Bury Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:42 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook posts used to fire people in Australia
The public/private bites back, for sure, but this is not new to facebook. Years ago, I made a mildly negative comment about a former department in an email to a new colleague. She promptly forwarded it to the Chair because, unbeknownst to me, she had an agenda and wanted a program I ran closed down. It didn't work but the Chair called me in and I had some explaining to do. Very embarrassing to say the least. A situation like this can happen with any form of written communication. A friend of mine was fired on the spot when her new boss her rifled through her desk and found a photocopy she had taken on the office machine for her own business.
The lesson for facebook is the same for any other "traceable" communication--think before you post and in the words of Deep Throat from The X-Files, "trust noone." :)
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