Article
Perceptions of Teachers' Disclosures on Facebook and their Impact on Credibility
Kentucky Journal of Communication
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
This study examines the perceptions of 83 college students about their university professors who are Facebook friends. The relevance and valence of disclosures were compared between disclosures made in the classroom and those made on Facebook and were found to be significantly different. Students’ perceptions of teacher credibility were shown to decrease as relevance of disclosures increased and as negativity increased.
Copyright Owner
Kentucky Communication Association
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Tina Coffelt, Justin Strayhorn and Lou Davidson Tillson. "Perceptions of Teachers' Disclosures on Facebook and their Impact on Credibility" Kentucky Journal of Communication Vol. 33 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 25 - 43 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tina-coffelt/4/
This article is published as Coffelt, T. A., Strayhorn, J., & Tillson, L. D. (2014). Perceptions of teachers’ disclosures on Facebook and their impact on credibility. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 33, 25-43. Posted with permission.