Orig. title: "Mingid bikiinides pildid ei ole OK!" Õpetajate enesepresentatsioon ja interaktsioon sotsiaalmeedias: õpilaste arvamused ja kogemused
Engl. transl.: Bikini pictures are not OK. Teachers’ self-representation and interaction on social media: opinions and experiences of students
Keywords
interaction
self-representation
social media
students
teachers
Publication details
| Year: | 2018 |
| Issued: | 2018 |
| Language: | Estonian |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page: | 91 |
| End Page: | 106 |
| Editors: | |
| Authors: | Siibak A.; Otsus M. |
| Type: | Journal article |
| Journal: | Ariadne’s Clew |
| Topics: | Social mediation; Internet usage, practices and engagement; Wellbeing |
| Sample: | The results are derived from focus group interviews (n=8) conducted in the spring of 2018 with students of Estonian lower-secondary (n=23) and upper-secondary students (n=20). |
| Implications For Educators About: | Other |
Abstract
The article aims to introduce students’ opinions about teacher-student social media interaction and about teachers’ self-representation on social media. The results are derived from focus group interviews (n=8) conducted in the spring of 2018 with students of Estonian lower-secondary (n=23) and upper-secondary students (n=20). Based on the experiences of students who interact with their teachers on social media we analyze interaction and self-representation practices characteristic of teachers on social media and the role of social media friendship in the teacher-student relationship in the school environment.
Outcome
"Qualitative content analysis of the interviews demonstrates that checking out teachers’ social media profiles has become a regular practice among students to find more information about the teacher’s person (including interests, hobbies, values, private life)." (Siibak & Otsus, 2018, p. 151). "Students who participating in the study had a very clear sense of teacher-student social media etiquette and practices teachers should not engage in." (Siibak & Otsus, 2018, p. 151).