My New Volunteer Gig: Social Media Research for Idealist.org

Yesterday I had a virtual orientation with idealist.org/idealistas.org for a social media research position. For a couple hours a week for the next few months with some other awesome volunteers and the idealist.org/idealistas.org staff I will be:

1. Learning about the ethics behind social media when it comes to users, content, and communication
2. Exploring policies that have worked and policies that have failed
3. Brainstorming a policy that will meet idealist.org’s needs and goals

When I stumbled across this opportunity I was excited because it would allow me to put social media in a more critical context and participate in the creation of something important for an organization I admire. However, as someone who uses social media I am also aware of how new challenges and ideas come up all of the time. So what I’d like to do is engage you in my research by writing about what I am learning. This way I can bounce ideas off of you, hear about your experiences with various social media sites, and read articles you find interesting that you may want to share. Social media is a living thing used to foster community so why not take this approach in my research?

I look forward to learning and sharing!

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