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Don’t shame youth who post racist tweets, educate them

Posted by reyjunco on November 19, 2012 in Commentary | ∞

Recently, Jezebel engaged in the public shaming of teens who posted racist tweets after the election. The doxxing began on the comment thread to the original “racist teens” post and then the Jezebel writer ran with the mob mentality. Now, I’m not trying to give those teens who posted the racist tweets a “pass;” however, the way [...]

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Civil Discourse in the Age of Social Media

Posted by reyjunco on October 29, 2010 in Research | ∞

For centuries, issues of civil discourse only arose concerning written and oral communication. But now, new technologies for communication and social interaction, particularly social media, have dramatically expanded the potential for human interaction. They generate significant challenges for institutional policies and practices to encourage and sustain civil discourse for the critical social and personal issues [...]

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