Is Employer Monitoring of Employee Social Media Justified?
Yes: Brian Elzweig and Donna K. Peeples, “Using Social Networking Websites in Hiring and Retention Decisions.”
https://www.sweetstudy.com/files/partone-pdf-7233665
No: Steven Greenhouse, from “Even if It Enrages Your Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected,” The New York Times Magazine:
I want you to take the assigned topics and post a 4 – 5 five page critical paper in which you first present the ideas of the two authors and then provide your critical analysis of what the authors have to say about the topic and, most importantly what you think about it and why
Instructions for the Critical Papers
I want you to imagine that a friend has found out you’re taking this course and expressed an interest in one of the assigned topics in the syllabus and they asked you about the things you’ve been reading about it in class and, more importantly what do you think about the issue. Think of the critical essays as your thoughtful response to your friend’s inquiry.
The first thing you need to do is pick one of the topics from the syllabus and decide what you’re going to say about it. Maybe you think they are responsible, maybe you don’t, maybe you’re not sure, ANY of these approaches is perfectly fine with me.
I tend to be a bit of a traditionalist so I always like so see a good beginning, middle and an end. I will now go through the basic structure I’m looking for.
The Beginning:
Your introduction should provide three important pieces of information:
1. What is the topic?
2. Why is it important/interesting?
3. What are you going to say about it?
The Middle:
Since your friend has not read the two essays on the topic you chose you are going to have to provide a summary of the issue and an account of what the assigned authors have so say about it. Provide a summary of the important points raised by BOTH authors so your friend will be able to follow the discussion. Once you have provided this foundation, I want to see you dig in and critically evaluate what the authors have to say about the topic. What did you like and/or dislike, did if find it convincing or not and, most importantly, I want to know your reasons for accepting/rejecting what they said.
What I basically want you to do is convince me that you understand the issue, what the authors have to say about it, that you have evaluated it critically and that you have a thoughtful position on the issue. I want you to try to convince me you’re right about the issue.
The End:
Provide a nice summary, tie up any loose ends, draw your conclusion and you’re done.
