Legal stuff: What is libel? What is slander? How do they differ? Do employers have recourse against an employee for their online comments? Why or why not? Do employees have recourse against the employer for wrongful termination for online comments about their employer?
Libel is for written words and slander is for spoken words, is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may negatively affect a business, person, or organization. I feel that employers may have recourse if the company, employer, or another employee is named online by a company employee. This is bad press for the company! Recourse could be given by way of an official reprimand, warning, meeting with management, or public apology.
If an employee can show that the post was ambiguous, than yes, an empoyee should be able to take recourse. In the event that this cannot be proven, I believe that the employee should be warned or terminated depending upon the severity of the comment.
Monday, August 3, 2009
FB Online Identity - Pt. 2
Why was the employee terminated in this case and do employers have the authority to limit your online activity? As a social media expert, what would you advise your company to do in order to prevent these types of issue?
The employee was terminated because she spoke openly about her work in what was viewed by her employer as a negative comment. As a media expert, I would talk to my employees about the company's reputation and that as employees of the company, we should maintain a positive image and morale. Depending upon the work of the company, I would maybe draw up some kind of clause that would prevent my employees from publishing thoughts about their career.
The employee was terminated because she spoke openly about her work in what was viewed by her employer as a negative comment. As a media expert, I would talk to my employees about the company's reputation and that as employees of the company, we should maintain a positive image and morale. Depending upon the work of the company, I would maybe draw up some kind of clause that would prevent my employees from publishing thoughts about their career.
FB Online Identity - Work Life Pt. 1
What implications does Facebook have for your work life? Cite any specific examples of pre-employment, and employment related issues that your or an friend/acquaintances have experienced as a result of participation in social networking?
I have not had any FB related work issues. I do construction for a living and neither by boss or company owner are members of FB. In the past, I was a sales rep for a liquour distribution company and also worked for a headhunting agency. I have not seen or heard from anyone in either of these fields.
As far as friends go, their jobs highly benefit from social networking but do not rely on it. Because they are both in the lines of sales and promotions, FB helps them when properly targeted.
I have not had any FB related work issues. I do construction for a living and neither by boss or company owner are members of FB. In the past, I was a sales rep for a liquour distribution company and also worked for a headhunting agency. I have not seen or heard from anyone in either of these fields.
As far as friends go, their jobs highly benefit from social networking but do not rely on it. Because they are both in the lines of sales and promotions, FB helps them when properly targeted.
FB Trends in Friends
During my first week as a FB member, i had 13 friend requests in 4 days. In the month that I have been a member, I have 24 friends and I have denied 6 requests. Out of the 24 friends that I do have, 3 of them are friends of my parents, who are in their 60's. The rest are friends from high school and people that I have met through them. I have found that the rate in which people request my friendship has decreased dramatically.
I spoke to a few friends who have over 1,000 friends on FB, one of whom has been a student since 2003. I asked her if she knows each one personally and she said yes, minus the few who are friends by a romantic association of one of her friends. She has met 99% (so she says) personally and will not add anyone she does not know. She has never de-friended anyone but has been de-friended by an ex boyfriend, by which she was deepy offended. Katie, my friend, will be graduation in December and will be trimming down her friends list as she in concerned abour her online image.
Overall, my request manager is slow, not constant, as I keep my FB profile private, both online and in reality.
I spoke to a few friends who have over 1,000 friends on FB, one of whom has been a student since 2003. I asked her if she knows each one personally and she said yes, minus the few who are friends by a romantic association of one of her friends. She has met 99% (so she says) personally and will not add anyone she does not know. She has never de-friended anyone but has been de-friended by an ex boyfriend, by which she was deepy offended. Katie, my friend, will be graduation in December and will be trimming down her friends list as she in concerned abour her online image.
Overall, my request manager is slow, not constant, as I keep my FB profile private, both online and in reality.
FB: Relationship Manners
I believe that all Facebook manners are important because I am old enough to know better than to publicly air my business. When I joined FB for this class, I was amazed at how many friend requests that I received in the first week. It's crazy how the "People You May Know" tool actually finds the people that you know! I agree with the FB rules of etiquette, especially the embarassing photo rules and discretionary wall posts.
Because I am a Morgantown local, and the friends that I have on FB are all local, I like to keep my profile and information to the minimum - this isn't a class reunion!
Because I am a Morgantown local, and the friends that I have on FB are all local, I like to keep my profile and information to the minimum - this isn't a class reunion!
FB Friend or Foe: Background Information
Facebook's advent of technology into social networking has created a "critical mass" into society and over 200 million users. In February of 2004, Mark Zuckerburg founded TheFacebook, which was later incorporated simply as Facebook. Based off of a Harvard College networking concept, Zuckerburg created 4 convenient networking categories: city, workplace, school, and region.
Facebook generates revenue from advertising, mostly banner ads, which are exclusively from Microsoft. In 2007, Microsoft and Facebook, Inc. made a $240 million dollar deal. Gifts and referral marketing are the most recent ways of bringing in cash. "We are trying to provide the antidote for the consumer rebellion against interrruptive advertising," says Sheryl Sanders, Facebooks' chief operating officer and Zuckerburg's consigliere.
Engagment ads ask users to become fans of of products and companies, and invitation ads ask users to vote in some way or another about the brand. For each vote and fan-page addition, the company pays Facebook for this member participation.
Since its foundation, Facebook, Inc. has received over $600 million in financing. One of the first investors, Peter Thiel of PayPal, put $500k cash into this growing site. Accel Partners invested $12.7 million in venture capital; Greylock Partners $27.5 million; and most recently, Russia's Digital Sky Technologies invested $200 million for a 1.96% stake in the company. Digital Sky is not on the Board, but is working almost exclusively with Facebook on figuring out how to make money in its European market. (Note: It is a prominent Internet investor in Russia and Europe, where it owns stakes in Web companies that account for 70 percent of all page views on the Russian-speaking Internet, according to the firm. nytimes.com)
With this boom of technology came the definition of the law of information by Herbert Simon which staes, "The rapid growth of information causes scarcity of attention." Attention Economy is to create a marketplace where consumers are happy. It is an exchange of consumer's attention for a retailer's services. There are two keys, relevancy and privacy. Steve Gimor and Seth Goldstein have constructed Attention Trust. Property, economy, and transparency are three things that are a part of the Attention Economy. In the Orlando Business Journal, New Statistics say that Facebook beats out Myspace worldwide. Facebook has about three times the users and has about 1 billion chat messages everyday.
Facebook generates revenue from advertising, mostly banner ads, which are exclusively from Microsoft. In 2007, Microsoft and Facebook, Inc. made a $240 million dollar deal. Gifts and referral marketing are the most recent ways of bringing in cash. "We are trying to provide the antidote for the consumer rebellion against interrruptive advertising," says Sheryl Sanders, Facebooks' chief operating officer and Zuckerburg's consigliere.
Engagment ads ask users to become fans of of products and companies, and invitation ads ask users to vote in some way or another about the brand. For each vote and fan-page addition, the company pays Facebook for this member participation.
Since its foundation, Facebook, Inc. has received over $600 million in financing. One of the first investors, Peter Thiel of PayPal, put $500k cash into this growing site. Accel Partners invested $12.7 million in venture capital; Greylock Partners $27.5 million; and most recently, Russia's Digital Sky Technologies invested $200 million for a 1.96% stake in the company. Digital Sky is not on the Board, but is working almost exclusively with Facebook on figuring out how to make money in its European market. (Note: It is a prominent Internet investor in Russia and Europe, where it owns stakes in Web companies that account for 70 percent of all page views on the Russian-speaking Internet, according to the firm. nytimes.com)
With this boom of technology came the definition of the law of information by Herbert Simon which staes, "The rapid growth of information causes scarcity of attention." Attention Economy is to create a marketplace where consumers are happy. It is an exchange of consumer's attention for a retailer's services. There are two keys, relevancy and privacy. Steve Gimor and Seth Goldstein have constructed Attention Trust. Property, economy, and transparency are three things that are a part of the Attention Economy. In the Orlando Business Journal, New Statistics say that Facebook beats out Myspace worldwide. Facebook has about three times the users and has about 1 billion chat messages everyday.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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