Share Paper: Pre-service teachers’ understandings of privacy in social media environments

  1. Henriikka Vartiainen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  2. Matti Tedre, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  3. Juho Kahila, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  4. Teemu Valtonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Tuesday, March 14 4:15-4:45 PM Astor Ballroom 3

Abstract: The changing nature of new media ecology has prompted concerns about privacy in social media environments. However, little is known about pre-service teachers' insights into online privacy despite them playing a key role in educating future generations. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Finnish pre-service teachers (N=14), this study addresses this knowledge gap by exploring their understanding of privacy in social media environments. The qualitative content analysis revealed that pre-service teachers were taking conscious acts when they posted self-produced content in diverse social media services. In addition, pre-service teachers recognized some of their data traces, but had more limited understandings of ...