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Tweeting Social Justice: How Social Work Faculty Use Twitter, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Seongho An, Jia Xue, Allison E. Thompson, Chao Guo
Tweeting Social Justice: How Social Work Faculty Use Twitter, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Seongho An, Jia Xue, Allison E. Thompson, Chao Guo
Johanna K.P. Greeson, PhD, MSS, MLSP
Social media are considered useful tools for academic purposes. Our exploratory study offers insight into the use of Twitter by social work faculty in the USA. Employing an online survey, this study investigates Twitter usage among a sample of social work faculty (n 1⁄4 274) from the top-fifty-ranked MSW programmes in the USA. Slightly more than half of the participants had Twitter accounts, the majority of whom use Twitter as part of their academic work. The most common motivations for using Twitter include promoting one’s research, raising awareness about an area of research and engaging in networking with peers. …
Leaning Out: Exploring Organizational Advocacy Activities From An Open Systems Perspective, Lauri Goldkind
Leaning Out: Exploring Organizational Advocacy Activities From An Open Systems Perspective, Lauri Goldkind
Lauri Goldkind
This article explores the effect of organizational culture on engagement with advocacy activities, both traditional and electronic. The Competing Values Framework offers a model for understanding how organizations’ culture influences behavior. Using a sample of nonprofit providers from across the country, the author hypothesized that organizations that use electronic advocacy tools are more involved with advocacy activities of all types. A paper and pencil survey was used to collect data on organizational culture, advocacy tools and techniques, perceived effectiveness of the advocacy tools, policy goals, organizational sustainability goals as well as barriers and facilitators of electronic advocacy. The study used …