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The Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the
concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital
revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture,
assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the
larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments
regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by
privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge. C. Waite defines
individualism as the ways in which the American culture
traditionally strives to balance the rights of the individual
against the needs of the group. Americans struggle to understand
what it means to be responsible both for one's self and for the
welfare of others. They struggle with this not as an academic
might, but in concrete and specific cases, often caught at
cross-purposes with conflicting goods. This is a historic struggle,
intrinsic to the very fabric of America's democratic society, as
illustrated by its laws and customs. The American democracy has
supported a view of the person as an autonomous individual. Yet
that concept of American individualism no longer adequately
captures the role of the self in the social world. The digital
environment challenges that autonomy by creating new avenues for
speech and new forms of social networks. Though the transition from
a print-based culture to the digital domain entails a global
revolution, American culture will suffer the consequences of that
revolution more profoundly than other cultures because the concept
of American individualism is foundational to its democratic way of
life.
"The Digital Evolution of an American Identity "details how the
concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital
revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture,
assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the
larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments
regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by
privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge.
C. Waite defines individualism as the ways in which the American
culture traditionally strives to balance the rights of the
individual against the needs of the group. Americans struggle to
understand what it means to be responsible both for one s self and
for the welfare of others. They struggle with this not as an
academic might, but in concrete and specific cases, often caught at
cross-purposes with conflicting goods. This is a historic struggle,
intrinsic to the very fabric of America's democratic society, as
illustrated by its laws and customs.
The American democracy has supported a view of the person as an
autonomous individual. Yet that concept of American individualism
no longer adequately captures the role of the self in the social
world. The digital environment challenges that autonomy by creating
new avenues for speech and new forms of social networks. Though the
transition from a print-based culture to the digital domain entails
a global revolution, American culture will suffer the consequences
of that revolution more profoundly than other cultures because the
concept of American individualism is foundational to its democratic
way of life.
Given the ubiquity of online technologies in the lives of high
school and college students, universities are increasingly turning
to social media for the purpose of organizational communication.
This book shines a light on these practices in order to better
understand how platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and
Snapchat are being used within the realm of student affairs. Each
chapter will explore a different dimension of student affairs
(e.g., admissions, career services, student health services) to
provide an overview of key challenges and how new social media
tools can be used to solve them. By providing examples that
illustrate these evolving trends, this book is intended to help
higher education professionals develop creative social media
solutions that are appropriate for their own situations as they
seek to strategically integrate social media into their student
affairs efforts.
Given the ubiquity of online technologies in the lives of high
school and college students, universities are increasingly turning
to social media for the purpose of organizational communication.
This book shines a light on these practices in order to better
understand how platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and
Snapchat are being used within the realm of student affairs. Each
chapter will explore a different dimension of student affairs
(e.g., admissions, career services, student health services) to
provide an overview of key challenges and how new social media
tools can be used to solve them. By providing examples that
illustrate these evolving trends, this book is intended to help
higher education professionals develop creative social media
solutions that are appropriate for their own situations as they
seek to strategically integrate social media into their student
affairs efforts.
The purpose of this book is to help higher education professionals
approach social media initiatives strategically. It presents a
framework for systematically thinking about the Internet Technology
Environments (ITE) in which faculty, staff, and administrators
operate. By foregoing a one-size-fits-all approach to social media
use on campuses for one that is based upon structured inquiry,
individuals can discern their unique campus environment and prepare
for the challenges and opportunities they are likely to encounter.
In addition to explaining why social media use on college campuses
is glaringly inconsistent, the book highlights the approaches
faculty and staff might take when designing and implementing social
media initiatives, given the type of environment in which they
work. It also introduces strategies these actors and administrators
can utilize to strengthen their ITEs, ultimately facilitating the
successful incorporation of social media technology into campus
communications.
The purpose of this book is to help higher education professionals
approach social media initiatives strategically. It presents a
framework for systematically thinking about the Internet Technology
Environments (ITE) in which faculty, staff, and administrators
operate. By foregoing a one-size-fits-all approach to social media
use on campuses for one that is based upon structured inquiry,
individuals can discern their unique campus environment and prepare
for the challenges and opportunities they are likely to encounter.
In addition to explaining why social media use on college campuses
is glaringly inconsistent, the book highlights the approaches
faculty and staff might take when designing and implementing social
media initiatives, given the type of environment in which they
work. It also introduces strategies these actors and administrators
can utilize to strengthen their ITEs, ultimately facilitating the
successful incorporation of social media technology into campus
communications.
Female service-members are serving in more complex occupational
specialties and are being deployed to combat operations,
potentially leading to increased health risks. Similar to their
male counterparts, female service-members must maintain their
medical readiness; however, they have unique health care needs that
require access to gender-specific services. This book examines the
extent that the Department of Defense's (DoDs) policies for
assessing individual medical readiness include the unique health
care issues of female service-members; the availability of health
care services for female service-members on domestic Army
installations; and the extent to which the DoD's research
organisations have identified a need for research on the specific
health care needs of female service-members who have served in
combat.
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