Hi, a few thoughts ... Screen names are often creations/public projections and forms of agency, important/expressive in their own way. Signature selections are integral to the full social media message. Exclusion, then, is a form of censorship. If you choose to exclude, you will have to explain why. If the only reason is because someone who uses social media may not understand that their content is public and can therefore (legally) be reproduced or re-mediated on any platform, the same logic could apply to reproducing public content of any type. Very risky. The only cases I could justify such editorializing (selecting which parts of a communication to share) parallel general defamation and hate speech limitations. Social media is public, and of the public sphere; those who want to create private/privileged communication use peer-to-peer, offline, direct messaging, telephone *et al.* Paula *Paula Todd* B.A., LLB.(J.D.), PhD Can. (Digital Journalism) York & Ryerson Universities Toronto, Canada On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 2:23 AM, Hayes, Rebecca M <hayes2r@cmich.edu> wrote:
Dear All, Can you please weigh in on the decision to include or not include screennames when we cite tweets in a book? The book is on new media and crime, and we are using tweets in a few places as examples of some different discussions.
We are back and forth on whether we should include the screennames and at others or disclude them. The arguments we have seen thus far, are to include them because it was made public and we are citing someones words. The other argument is to disclude them as the person did not consent to have it printed in that way persay, and the screenname attached in our book could be used to find and harass the person. What are your thoughts?
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