when journalists go backstage: reassessing privacy for social media
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Slides for a talk on social media and privacy oresented at the annual conference of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Saturday 9th August 2008TRANSCRIPT
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
Alfred Hermida
Graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia
AEJMC, Saturday 9 August
Kristen’s story
Kristen’s story
Kristen’s story
Roy Greenslade“When stories break, it is customary for reporters to do all they can to discover as much as possible about the people involved. The willingness of people to place so much material about themselves on the net has made that task much easier for journalists”http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/02/pcc_faces_up_to_facebook_intru.html
The social web
Social media
Erving Goffman
Frontstage
Backstage
Privacy through obscurity
78% would change what they publish about themselves online if they thought it would later used by the mainstream media
78% would change what they publish about themselves online if they thought it would later used by the mainstream media
55% think before posting information that might be used without their consent
78% would change what they publish about themselves online if they thought it would later used by the mainstream media
55% think before posting information that might be used without their consent
89% want clear guidelines about the type of personal information that can be used by the media
78% would change what they publish about themselves online if they thought it would later used by the mainstream media
55% think before posting information that might be used without their consent
89% want clear guidelines about the type of personal information that can be used by the media
http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NTEzMg
Siobhain Butterworth
Siobhain Butterworth“Privacy is about intrusion rather than secrecy and the question is whether you have a reasonable expectation that something is private, rather than whether you have done or said something in public. These concepts are not easy to apply to social networking sites where the point of the exercise is to share information with others.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2236504,00.html
BBC Editorial Policy
BBC Editorial Policy“Consideration should be given to the context in which it was originally published including the intended audience, the impact of re-use on those who may be grieving or distressed, and the legal issues of privacy and copyright”http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/02/pictures_from_the_web.html
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee"Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7302968.stm
