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With the increase in technology, blogging has become a more familiar thing to do amongst people. Many of us even have our own bogs and while some do not wish to write and share their ideas with the world, they are either reading, commenting, liking or sharing other people’s blogs. While blogging gives people the opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas, the work place blogosphere can be a vital problem. Richards and Kosmala familiarise the work phenomenon as ‘a space that has become increasingly associated with employees expressing a wide range of views and opinions related to corporate culture initiatives’ (2013, p.67). As stated by Richards and Kosmala, the workplace blogosphere has given employees the opportunity to vent about their organisations but in most cases this never goes too well. There have been cases where employees have lost their jobs due to sensitive information they have put up online. I remember when I just started working at one of my first jobs at a 'named company', the first thing I was given was a form to sign that no work related information would be taken to the public. I immediately knew that anything I chose to put up online would put my job in jeopardy.
As a student I find blogging as a great to
express one’s opinion and most importantly improve my writing skills. However, when it comes to the workforce, it
tends to be a different matter, as one needs to be careful with what opinions they give especially concerning their particular organisations. This is because in most cases, blogs about an
organisation tend to bring dispute between employees and employers, as
employers would not want to portray a negative outlook to the public.
References:
Richards, J., & Kosmala, K. 2013, ‘in
the end you can only slag people off for so long: employee cynicism through work
blogging’, New technology, work and employment, Vol 28, no.1, pp 67
This is an interesting topic choice; could there be more examples about people losing their job? Or could there be any further or drastic consequences than just job loss? Good referencing in relation to Richards and Kosmala, perhaps you could include links toward any further readings that you could provide for your readers in order to pursue it. I noticed there were not any links found within this blog post, and also the word limit falls short below the 350 word mark, perhaps you could edit it to meet the requirements. All in all, it was a good post.
ReplyDeleteHi, Chichi. I really enjoyed reading your post for this week. Especially the image, it fits the topic perfectly, although I feel sorry for that lady.
ReplyDeleteYour post reminds me of my placement in a primary school. We were not allowed to take any picture of students during the placement, or post any states, comments related to the school online. The coordinator told us the school was monitoring the internet and they would know if we say something about the school on the internet. We understand it is for protecting students’ privacy, but it was really hard to obey it strictly as we got such a lovely time there and we are used to express our feeling on social medium.
Hi Chichi,
ReplyDeleteThis topic his really appealing because everyone seems to be related to it. Nowadays, we use different types of social media platforms to express our emotions, feelings, activities and basically everything. Our social media has become our public diary that sometimes we tend to forget the in the blogsphere, everyone in the this global village can be our audience (including our employers). Therefore, I really do agree on you that we should be more considerate while blogging about our workplace because it can actually backfires us.
Nice post! ;)
Hi Chichi,
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blog post, I thought you raised a valid point, one I was thinking about just before in regards to the dangers of posting opinions about workplaces online and then loosing a job because of it. I too, had to sign a confidentially agreement within my retail workplace on commencement, and I know they take those sorts of things very seriously.
Would have really enjoyed to read a little more in regards to politicians and blogging, whether it be opinions, or opponents and their tactics.
Thanks,
Catherine
Hi Chichi! Great post on Blogging! I would say that this post isn't really about poilitcal blogging, more about workplace blogging, but I found your post really interesting how you defined blogging by using the readings. I enjoyed the way you used your workplace as an example of how blogging about the workplace can jeopardise your career, but it would have been nice to see a case study that really fleshed the idea out.
ReplyDeleteYour blog was very well written, and laid out neatly (loved the picture at the top) however I would suggest you are careful with fonts, as the bottom paragraph is in a different font to the top paragraph.
A few hyperlinks to news stories about case studies or simple definitions like the wikipedia of 'blogging' would have solidified your argument.
A great piece about rethinking how you interact with social media in regards to workplace agreements.
Well done!