Framing Week 10 (Social Networks)

In the article, Social Network Sites: Public, Private, or What? the author brings up a lot of good points about young people and social networking websites. Some of the questions that popped into my head were the following:

1.) I really liked the idea of the young people “sticking it to the man” and creating fake beer events to fool the watchful eyes of authority. This makes me wonder, is it really effective for people to use social networks as a trustworthy resource for disciplinary action?

2.) I also like how the article pointed out that some educators are embracing social media as a learning tool. Is this a promising strategy or were educators right to be wary of the dangers of social media?

Tags: social networks