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