Abstract
This chapter argues that to align social media with community partnership building, all participants must develop a critical sensibility about these media. This sensibility must rearticulate social media to leverage their use toward the goals of the community action. A more thoughtful understanding of social media and their potentials and constraints can help to foment stronger, sustainable partnerships between higher education and community partners. This discussion is situated in a specific servicelearning professional writing course and offers strategies to rearticulate personal use toward more critical deployments of social media.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships |
| Subtitle of host publication | Concepts, Models and Practices |
| Publisher | IGI Global |
| Pages | 235-244 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781609606237 |
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| State | Published - 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences