AND why we need to keep reminding students about this! Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:56:06 -0700 >From: "Penley, Julie" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [tips] Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> > >It's like that old commercial...they tell two friends, and they tell two >friends, and so on and so on. I'm not a FB expert but, while Gadsden's posts >wouldn't be seen by non-friends, I believe comments to her posts would be >visible to the poster's friends. Right? > >Depending on where she's doing her FB'ing, universities have the legal >authority to monitor employee's computer use. > >Although a lack of common sense isn't a crime, this case is a good example of >why people should think twice about what they post on social networking sites. >It's hard to convey humor (or sarcasm or whatever she was going for) in >writing. > >Julie > > > >Julie A. Penley, Ph.D. >Associate Professor of Psychology >Special Assistant to the Dean >El Paso Community College >PO Box 20500 >El Paso, TX 79998-0500 >Office phone: (915) 831-3210 >Department fax: (915) 831-2324 >email: [email protected] >webpage: http://www.epcc.edu/facultypages/jpenley > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:44 PM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >Subject: Re: [tips] Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting > >I suppose one of her 'friends' must have supplied the postings to the >relevant people otherwise how would they have it if it was only >visible to her friends? (admitting I don't really know much about >facebook). > >Is freedom of speech still alive? > >--Mike > >On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Pollak, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting >> >> East Stroudsburg University has suspended Gloria Gadsden, a sociology >> professor, for joking comments she posted on her Facebook page that >> apparently were taken seriously, The Pocono Record reported. One comment was >> about wanting to hire a hit man. Another said "had a good day today, DIDN'T >> want to kill even one student :-). Now Friday was a different story." >> Gadsden said that in the meeting where she was told of the suspension, a >> dean referenced last month's murders at the University of Alabama in >> Huntsville. Gadsden said that the humor was clear to her Facebook friends >> and she doesn't know why the university was monitoring her account. >> University officials said that they did not routinely monitor Facebook >> accounts and that they couldn't discuss details of Gadsden's case. >> >> See >> http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100226/NEWS/2260344 >> >> >> >> Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. >> >> Department of Psychology >> >> West Chester University of Pennsylvania >> >> [email protected] >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in >> approximate order of importance. >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=959 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-959-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >To unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13295.327efb45357264e0d764058cad59bba0&n=T&l=tips&o=962 >or send a blank email to >leave-962-13295.327efb45357264e0d764058cad59b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >To unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=965 >or send a blank email to >leave-965-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=970 or send a blank email to leave-970-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
