Social Media

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Digital Citizenship & Your Online Self

Consequences of Online Behavior

Digital Citizenship
With regard to social media:

Do you consume or do you participate?

If you participate, do you add value or you do

do yourself a disservice?

Student Leaders Online

Lines blur between
you as an individual vs. you as a representative

of your program and UT

Duty to meet new students where theyre at

responsibly and intentionally
Use many platforms (ex. Twitter, Fb, Instagram)
Purpose: provide information, create community &
enable engagement

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social

Media

1.) Post Illegal Activities

Or dont participate in illegal activities. Period.

Cara Joyner, January 14, 2014

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/5-questions-ask-posting-social-media

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social

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2.) Bullying

3.) Trash your teachers (Profs, TAs, Staff etc.)

"I had several students tweet with excitement when I cancelled a class, ready to have a slightly easier
Monday...What they didnt know was that I cancelled class to take my wife to the emergency room. It
still makes my blood boil."
-Dan Farkas, instructor of strategic communication at Ohio University

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social Media

4.) Post objectionable content from school

computers or networks
That goes for illegal downloads as well
Review the Information Security Offices
Guidelines, Standards and Policies
http://security.utexas.edu/policies/aup.html

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social

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5.) Post Confidential Information

6.) Overly Specific Location Check-ins

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social

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7.) Lie/Cheat/Plagiarize
8.)Threaten Violence
9.) Ignore School-Specific Policies

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social

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10.) Unprofessional Public Profiles

11.) Never Rely on Privacy Settings 100%
12.) Post Emotionally

5 Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Media

Cara Joyner, January 14, 2014 http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/5-questions-ask-posting-social-media

1.) Am I Seeking Approval?

5 Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Media

2.) Am I Boasting?

5 Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Media

3.) Am I Discontent?

5 Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Media

4.) Is this a moment to protect?

Not every great moment needs to be shared. In fact,
some of the best times are most enjoyed privately. If
we suspend the present in an attempt to capture its
beauty in 140 characters or less, we sacrifice our
experience of the moment itself. We also rob each
other of something that has been lost in our digital
agekeeping a handful of memories between us and
those we are closest to

#BePresent #PutthePhoneDown

5 Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Media

5.) Is it kind?

Recommendations
THINK BEFORE YOU POST
Who is my intended audience? Who could see
it? Why post it at all?
Is it funny? Thought-provoking? Celebratory? Cathartic? A look-at-me moment? Crass or inappropriate?

Consequences?

Recommendations
Spring Cleaning
Review your profiles and remove/untag any
questionable or damaging content

Would you want your mother to see?

Would you want your future boss to read?

Recommendations
Start thinking about your digital dossier
What do you want to record or keep?
vs.
What do I want to share? Say?
What do I want friends, family, the UT community, the
world to know or see?

Thoughts? Questions?