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Helen Lam, Ph.D., Athabasca University 

The presence of social media at work has raised ethical and legal issues due to employers' use of social media for recruitment, cybervetting, employee monitoring and employee discipline. Both employees and employers are in the process of negotiating the best practice of social media usage in and out of the workplace.

From the employer perspective, using social media for employment decisions may risk crossing the lines of discrimination and infringement on personal privacy. However, employers not using social media may face negligent hiring and damages for improper employee messages posted. For employees, while social media provides a connection tool, messages posted off-duty and thought to be "private" may still be used as evidence in support of disciplinary actions. Read more. 
Kara Alaimo, Ph.D., Hofstra University  
 
Before practicing PR in the Middle East and North Africa, professionals should know which mediums of communication would be most effective in these regions. More than half of the population of the Middle East and North Africa is under the age of 25 and use social media on a daily basis.
The most popular platforms among the youth are Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They prefer social media because it allows them to bypass traditional press censorship and social regulations. Read more.
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