Who speaks for teachers? Social media and teacher voice
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Who speaks for teachers? Social media and teacher voice |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Book Title | Education research and the media: challenges and possibilities |
Authors | Thomson, Pat (Author) and Riddle, Stewart (Author) |
Editors | Baroutsis, Aspa, Riddle, Stewart and Thomson, Pat |
Page Range | 119-134 |
Chapter Number | 7 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | Abingdon, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780815355861 |
9781351129114 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351129114-7 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351129114-7/speaks-teachers-social-media-teacher-voice-pat-thomson-stewart-riddle |
Abstract | The advent of social media has allowed teachers to speak in, with and to publics in new ways. The chapter considers what kind of ‘teacher voice’ is on offer through social media. Does social media enhance the ways in which teachers might ‘have a say’ in decisions that concern them - about curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, working conditions and so on? Or does it promote a highly individualised and antagonistic conversation in which position-taking and celebrity-making are paramount? After considering the mediatisation of teacher voice, and three key ways in which teachers use social media to ‘speak’, the authors argue that better theorisations of educational social mediatisation are urgently needed. An example of the benefits of bringing social theory to the social media phenomenon is provided through the Deleuzean lens of the assemblage. |
Keywords | mediatisation, social media, voice, education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390203. Sociology of education | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Nottingham, United Kingdom |
School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4z77/who-speaks-for-teachers-social-media-and-teacher-voice
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