{"id":2714,"date":"2023-06-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:08:08","slug":"social-media-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/social-media-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media permeates today&#8217;s society &#8230; and that&#8217;s especially true for schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But numerous studies show that <em>negative <\/em>or <em>false <\/em>information travels far faster and farther than the truth! Humans are actually hard-wired to attend to inflammatory information. So it&#8217;s vital that educational leaders understand this dynamic, and that they have specific plans to deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/news\/why-i-ignore-social-media-mostly-advice-for-school-leaders\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a>, principal and author, Michael Gaskill, suggests that without proactive strategies, the power of social media will quickly lead us into its toxic swamps. He believes that in addition to creating a positive social presence for your school, you must also teach your students how to effectively navigate through the dangers of social media. The result can be a stronger, more intelligent social network in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media permeates today&#8217;s society &#8230; and that&#8217;s especially true for schools. But numerous studies show that negative or false information travels far faster and farther than the truth! Humans are actually hard-wired to attend to inflammatory information. So it&#8217;s vital that educational leaders understand this dynamic, and that they have specific plans to deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[499,320,327,317],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adam-grant","tag-michael-gaskell","tag-school-culture","tag-social-media","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}