Flipbook for FILM260

1. HOW SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECTED THE
CLASS OF DDS 2015 GENTLEMEN
TAYLOR MACKENZIE
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2. EMPLOYERS AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS STUDENT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IN
ORDER TO MONITOR THEIR TEXT AND PHOTO
POSTS, OBSERVE THEIR SOCIAL LIFE AND PROTECT
THEIR COMPANY/SCHOOL AND THE CLASS OF DDS
2015 GENTLEMAN ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS.
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3. “AT DALHOUSIE
UNIVERSITY IN NOVA
SCOTIA, CANADA, IN THE
FALL OF 2014, 13 MALE
STUDENTS IN THE
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
WERE ACCUSED OF
POSTING COMMENTS IN
THEIR PRIVATE FACEBOOK
GROUP THAT ENDORSED
GENDERED VIOLENCE” (6).
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4. DALHOUSIE
UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS WERE
ALERTED AND
ACCESSED THE
FACEBOOK PAGE
TO VIEW THE TEXT
AND PHOTO
POSTS MADE BY
THESE 13 MEN (1).
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5. DALHOUSIE PROFESSOR,
MARGARET DENIKE, SAID
“THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
TIMES I HAVE EVER SEEN
SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE BEING TAKEN
SERIOUSLY BY SO MANY
PEOPLE AT SO MANY LEVELS”
(2).
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6. THE CASE WAS
TAKEN
SERIOUSLY AS
DALHOUSIE
ATTEMPTED TO
PROTECT THEIR
IMAGE AND
DISPLAY HOW
POOR SOCIAL
MEDIA BEHAVIOR
BY STUDENTS IS
NOT
ACCEPTABLE (4).
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7. THIS ISSUE ARISES
AS MANY
STUDENTS
DON’T REALIZE
“THAT COLLEGES
KEEP TRACK OF
THEIR SOCIAL
MEDIA
MENTIONS” (10).
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8. EMPLOYERS AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ARE
ABLE TO ACCESS ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS AND OBSERVE STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEE ACTIONS (10).
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9. A SIMILAR CASE OCCURRED WITH JUSTINE SACCO AS HER
EMPLOYERS OBSERVED HER TWEET, “GOING TO AFRICA. HOPE I
DON’T GET AIDS. JUST KIDDING. I’M WHITE!” AND AS A RESULT,
LOST HER JOB (8).
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10. INDIVIDUALS ARE CONSTANTLY SHARING
THEIR LIVES ONLINE BUT DO NOT
CONSIDER THAT EMPLOYERS AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS CAN OBSERVE
THEIR BEHAVIOR (12).
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11. INDIVIDUALS
CONTINUALLY
ENGAGE IN
“SELF
EXPRESSION
AND SELF
CONSTRUCTI
ON - A KIND
OF VISUAL
DIARY” (7).
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12. IN CREATING THIS VISUAL DIARY, INDIVIDUALS POST TEXT
AND IMAGES THAT DISPLAY THEIR IDEAS AND OPINIONS
ON CERTAIN ISSUES (7).
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13. IN THE CASE OF THE
DALHOUSIE DENTISTRY
GROUP, THEIR OPINIONS
WERE HARMFUL AS THEY
WERE MISOGYNISTIC IN
NATURE (11). “THE GROUP
DISCUSSED USING
CHLOROFORM ON
WOMEN AND VOTED ON
WHICH WOMAN THEY'D
LIKE TO HAVE ‘HATE’ SEX
WITH” (4).
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14. THE COMMENTS
WERE
EVENTUALLY
VIEWED BY
DALHOUSIE’S
PRESIDENT,
RICHARD
FLORIZONE,
WHO STATED
THAT THE
UNIVERSITY
DOES NOT
CONDONE THIS
BEHAVIOR (4).
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15. FLORIZONE STATED,
"THE COMMENTS
HAVE CAUSED HARM
BROADLY — MOST
IMPORTANTLY, TO
THE WOMEN WHO
WERE IMPACTED BY
THESE POSTS, AND
WOMEN IN
GENERAL, BUT ALSO
TO OUR FACULTY
OF DENTISTRY, TO
THE UNIVERSITY
AND TO THE
DENTAL
PROFESSION” (5).
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16. DUE TO THE 13 MEN’S CHOICES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, ACTIONS WERE TAKEN
TO PROVIDE CONSEQUENCES FOR
THEIR BEHAVIOR (3).
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17. AS A RESULT, “THE 13
MEN WHO
BELONGED TO THE
GROUP ARE
SUSPENDED FROM
CLINIC WORK UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
AND IT'S POSSIBLE
THEY WILL ALSO NOT
RETURN TO CLASS
NEXT WEEK” (4).
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18. HOWEVER, INDIVIDUALS DID NOT
THINK THIS WAS ENOUGH
PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR
ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE (2).
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19. LATER, THE MEN
WERE SUBJECT TO
RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE,
WHEREAS
“RESTORATIVE
PRACTICES SEEK
TO IDENTIFY
WHO HAS BEEN
HARMED AND
INVITE THEM TO
ARTICULATE
EXACTLY HOW
AND WHAT THEY
BELIEVE CAN BE
DONE TO REPAIR
IT” (6).
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20. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER HOW YOUR
ACTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT YOUR LIFE, IN
TERMS OF YOUR CAREER AND EDUCATION (9).
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21. IT IS CRUCIAL TO
REMEMBER THAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS ARE
PUBLIC AND CAN
BE VIEWED BY
ANYONE,
INCLUDING YOUR
EMPLOYER AND
UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS (9).
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22. THE CLASS OF DDS 2015 GENTLEMEN
PROVIDE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW
SOCIAL MEDIA CAN AFFECT AN
INDIVIDUALS EDUCATION OR
CAREER, AS EMPLOYERS AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS STUDENT SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS.
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23. WORKS CITED
1. Auld,A. (2015).Dalhousie University suspends 13 dentistry studentsin Facebook scandal.ProQuest.
2. CBC. (2015,January 14). Dalhousie turns over dentistry Facebook post to Halifax police. CBC News.Retrieved from
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-turns-over-dentistry-facebook-posts-to-halifax-police-1.2900989
3. CBC. (2015,May 29). 12 of 13 Dalhousie dentistry students involved in scandal graduate.CBC News.Retrieved from
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/12-of-13-dalhousie-dentistry-students-involved-in-scandal-graduate-
1.3093731
4. CBC. (2014,January 5). Dalhousie suspends13dentistry studentsfrom clinic amid Facebook scandal.CBC News.
Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-suspends-13-dentistry-students-from-clinic-amid-
facebook-scandal-1.2889635
5. Florizone, R. (2014,December 17).Statement from President Florizone on Net Steps to Address Offensive Social Media
Comments.DalNews. Retrieved from http://www.dal.ca/news/2014/12/17/statement-from-president-florizone-on-next-
steps-to-address-offe.html
6. Frank,O., Karp,David R. (2016).Restorative Justice and Student Development in Higher Education:Expanding‘Offender’
Horizons Beyond Punishment and Rehabilitation to Community Engagement and Personal Growth.New York: Nova
Science Publishers.
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24. WORKS CITED
7. Matrix,S.Module 02:Online Friendships.[PDF Document].Retrieved from https://moodle.queensu.ca/2015-
16/mod/page/view.php?id=74575
8. Ronson,J. (2015,February 12).How One StupidTweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life.The New YorkTimes. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0
9. Shwabel.D.(2011,February 28).The Reputation Economy is Coming –AreYou Prepared? Forbes.Retrieved from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2011/02/28/the-reputation-economy/#351182db40dc
10. Singer,N. (2013,November 10).They loved your G.P.A then they saw your tweets.The NewYork Times. Retrieved form
http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.queensu.ca/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA348658208&v=2.1&u=queensulaw&it=r&p=AONE&sw=
w&asid=52d687d805501c666ad06747eeb3ea2cs
11. Spalled,H.,Turner,S.,Donate-Bartfield,E.,Chambers,D.,McAndrew,M., ZArwoski, P.,Karimbux,N. (2015).Social Media in
the Dental School Environment,Part B: Curricular Considerations.Journal of Dental Education,79(10),1153-1166.
12. Turkle,S. (2013,December 16).The Documented Life.The NewYork Times. Retrieved from
http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.queensu.ca/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA352990428&v=2.1&u=queensulaw&it=r&p=AONE&sw=
w&asid=64ed7fd1666adff5f62d1e8fab1a0ca1
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