TITLE

Facebook: Some Implications for Academic Freedom, Intellectual Property, and Education

PUB. DATE

December 2009

SOURCE

Distance Education Report;12/15/2009, Vol. 13 Issue 24, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the effects of social networking sites to academic freedom, intellectual property, and education. It stresses that social networking sites, such as Facebook destruct the attention of both students and teachers. It notes that social networking sites also affect the ownership of certain intellectual property, such as photos, text postings and other user's shared information. It cites that social networking sites are also difficult to control.

ACCESSION #

47549223

Tags: ONLINE social networks;  ACADEMIC freedom;  INTELLECTUAL property;  INFORMATION resources;  EDUCATION -- Computer network resources

 

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