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“Technology is serving you, you’re not serving it” (Hodson, 2018)
Social media has helped turn communications into an interactive dialogue. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are just a few of the popular social media tools available. With its growth, comes the questions of ‘what is the impact of social media on society’ and ‘how is it changing the way we communicate’? Dr. Jaigris Hodson is someone who can help shed some light to these questions. Her research has brought insight and understanding on social media and how it’s changing the way people communicate and interact by using computer-assisted discourse and content analysis of large multi-modal online and digital texts (Academia, n.d.).
I was first introduced to Dr. Hodson on April 16, 2018 when I watched her virtual symposium session entitled, “Navigating a Dangerous Landscape”. Dr. Hodson had suggested that to be “SM/indfulness”, we, as educators, must keep the following three points in mind: (1) “You need to be the expert”, (2) “You need to provide options”, and (3) “You must be the most critical” (Hodson, 2018). These points have resonated with me.
Dr. Hodson is an educator, a speaker, a social media consultant, a digital researcher and research collaborator on The Social Media Lab team. She has published research in a variety of academic and non-academic publications and has recently been featured in the news with our professor, Dr. George Veletsianos, on the topic of online harassment of women in higher education.
Here are some other links to Dr. Jaigris Hodson:
References:
Academia. (n.d.). Jaigris Hodson. Retrieved from https://royalroads.academia.edu/JaigrisHodson.
Bio (Jaigris Hodson ). (n.d.). In Royal Roads University. Retrieved from http://www.royalroads.ca/people/jaigris-hodson
Hodson, J. (2012, December). Life Lessons Stripped Down [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-vV1s4b-8
Hodson, J. (2018, April). Navigating a Dangerous Landscape. In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Lay of the Land. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.
Veletsianos, G., & Hodson, J. (2018). Social Media as a Weapon to Harrass Women Academics. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/29/dealing-social-media-harassment-opinion
Thanks Joyce for this post! I was quite thrilled when I watched Dr. Hodson’s TedX talk as she is quite the vibrant speaker and her article written with George Veletsianos discussing women dealing with social media harassment was a great read! Thank you for highlighting yet another innovative and engaged faculty member at Royal Roads University!
Hi Christy,
Thanks so much for your comment!
Dr. Hodson made an impression when I watched her virtual session, so I really wanted to find out more about her. I especially was so happy to find her TedX talk and articles. Glad you enjoyed!
Cheers!