In episode 11 of Liberal Arts Voices, Schreyer Honors College Dean Brady and Onward State founder and publisher Davis Shaver join Dean Long, Heather Summerlin, and Jillian Balay to discuss issues related to web identity and social media.
As more and more schools, businesses, and individuals are using social networks, managing one’s web identity is becoming an increasingly central debate. The group considers how web identity relates to the public, private, and professional divides.
Reflecting on their own personal and professional experiences, the group considers a variety of questions and topics that arise. Is it better to keep one’s personal and professional identities completely separate? Should one maintain a singular web presence? What information is appropriate to share? With whom? And how? How is one’s web identity shaped by being a representative of an institution like Penn State? What responsibilities do we have as students, professors, or administrators in this online landscape? How can we navigate personal and institutional identities? How are personal and professional relationships affected in these social networks?
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Liberal Arts Voices: Episode 11
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Visit Dean Long’s blog to see how the initial discussion of online identity got started.
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