I notice many of you are interested in digital literacy as it relates to Facebook. Great topic! I was thinking, some of you might be interested in exploring how so many Web-savvy young people (and older people!) are not digitally literate enough to realize how the content of their MySpace/Facebook pages could impact their professional lives, as evidenced by many examples, including the recent case of Arlington, Ore., Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, whose racy photos of herself on a city fire truck have possibly jeopardized her job.
A couple of years ago, the sheriff of my city (Evansville, Ind.) made an ultimately successful run for Congress (Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-IN, voted the most recent "Capitol Hill's Hottest"), and during his campaign, photos surfaced of his 19-year-old daughter seemingly drunk on Facebook, with what appeared to be a bottle of vodka falling out of her purse. With him being sheriff, that did not bode well.
There are many other examples, and I happen to know that at least some programs at Clemson conduct such online screenings on applicants.
Having thought about this some more, I might be interested in that topic myself.
Just a thought ... .
Joni
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