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Abstract
Social networking is increasingly ubiquitous, and there is growing demand for professors and public administrators to use social networking to engage with students and citizens in new and more collaborative ways. However, using such tools effectively poses challenges for professors and public administrators. The focus of this paper is to explore the implications of using social networking for learning, professor-student relationships, and civic engagement. Using social networking applications in public affairs classrooms may provide an opportunity for professors to connect with students in new ways to enhance student empowerment and learning and enable students to learn how to more effectively use these tools for citizen empowerment and engagement.
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Angela M. Eikenberry
Angela M. Eikenberry is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she also serves as the advisor for the nonprofit concentration in the MPA program. Her main research interests include philanthropy and nonprofit organizations and their role in democratic governance. Her book, Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association, Democracy (Indiana University Press, 2009), won the CASE 2010 John Grenzebach Research Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy.