– Identify the risks and benefits of engaging with a public audience in a media space – what are the risks for a public figure or person in a position of trust (educator, lawyer, government official)?

Engaging with a public audience in a media space has benefits. Which is people in different identity, social status, occupation and cultures. But they all in the same media space, which makes them sharce their different thinking. Also, there are some risks for a public figure or person in a position of trust engaging in a media space. For example, if they publish false information or inappropriate remarks, this will affect people’s trust in them, and even cause people to hate them.

– How to best address negative replies and critiques reflective of your personal values and employer social media policy?

Firstly, accept negative replies and critiques reflective. Accepting the opinions of others can make others feel respected. Secondly, try to make changes to reduce these negative replies and critiques reflective. Just try to reduce, don’t worry about avoiding all negative replies and critiques reflective because you cannot make everyone satisfied.

– How do notable individuals use social media?

The social media has very fast information dissemination speed, so the notable individuals should be very carful to use the social media. They should show their positive side, and reduce the chance to show their negative speech or actions. The notable individuals are paid attention to when they use the social media, so they can easily influence people, especially children. Therefore, promoting positive things is what notable individuals should do on the social media.


– What are the benefits of being in the public eye and having a PLN?

Being in the public eye and having a PLN will make the person’s speech more credible. When this person is sought after, others will believe what he/she says. The person can affect the direction of public opinion. Also, he/she can get more income by having a PLN. For example, the person who are being in the public eye and having a PLN which has many followers can promot products on his/her PLN. So he/she can increase his/her income and get a better life.


– Building community with online tools provided by the employer can be limiting, what are the perceived restrictions and benefits?

The limiting is that the speech will be monitored by employer. People can only talk about work-related content, and cannot express their opinions as they please. For example, dissatisfaction with the company or complaints. The benefits is that employer can manage their employees better. Also, the online tools can block some bad words, or illegal words.


– Delivering information in a connected society requires verifiable resources, how to build a PLN to rely on?

Add academic citations when publishing articles or opinions when you build a PLN. This will greatly increase the credibility of the article, and people will be more willing to believe in evidence-based content.


– How do those, who are veteran storytellers, minimize risk in sharing misinformation?

Repeatedly confirm whether there is any deviation in what you are telling, and tell things based on facts and evidence.

Reference：

Hirst, M. (2018). Navigating Social Journalism: A Handbook for Media Literacy and Citizen Journalism (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/10.4324/9781315401263

Miller. (2021, June 7). Jody Vance – Media Voices [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NnpQJdl0A