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When journalists go backstage:
Reassessing privacy for social media

Alfred Hermida
Graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia


AEJMC, Saturday 9 August
Kristen’s story
Kristen’s story
Kristen’s story
Roy
Greenslade
“When stories break, it is customary
for reporters to do all they can to
discover as much as possible about
the people involved. The willingness of
people to place so much material
about themselves on the net has
made that task much easier for
journalists”
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/02/pcc_faces_up_to_facebook_intru.html
The social web
Social media
Erving Goffman


 Frontstage


 Backstage
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media
When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media

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When journalists go backstage: Reassessing privacy for social media