Educators and synoptic prudentialism: Educator reflections on educator training, student surveillance and using technology for student outreach.

Surveillance plays several interrelated and essential roles in contemporary education. In the current article, we explore the understandings and experiences of educators related to surveillance; especially the 'vertical' surveillance 'from below' students themselves direct towards educators both inside and outside of the classroom (referred to as 'sousveillance'). We also explore the prudential 'intrapersonal' and reflexive surveillance undertaken by educators to align and adjust to the expectations of educator professionalization, including during educator training, especially in terms of their social media use and under a context of synoptic prudentialism in schools. Synoptic prudentialism refers to the reflexive actions and adjustments by individuals and organizations in response to an acute awareness of widespread social surveillance-the many watching the few. Educators noted risks posed by surveillance, including sources of potential harm, both personal and professional. Findings reveal that, reinforced by the legal scare stories encountered during educator training programs, educators feel overwhelmingly vulnerable to the potential sousveillance of students, and are receiving little advice beyond the requirement to 'be careful'. We explore educators' privacy management strategies in response, for example, in response to concerns over students capturing videos in the classroom where situations may be taken out of context. This prudential framework, moreover, may also be inhibiting educators' ability to conduct outreach with students to detect and respond to online mediated conflict and harm.

La surveillance joue plusieurs rôles interdépendants et essentiels dans l'éducation contemporaine. Dans cet article, nous explorons la compréhension et les expériences des éducateurs en matière de surveillance, en particulier la surveillance "verticale" "d'en bas" que les étudiants eux-mêmes exercent sur les éducateurs, tant à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur de la salle de classe (connue sous le nom de "sousveillance"). Nous explorons également la surveillance prudentielle "intrapersonnelle" et réflexive entreprise par les éducateurs pour s'aligner et s'adapter aux attentes de la professionnalisation des éducateurs, y compris pendant la formation des éducateurs, en particulier en termes d'utilisation des médias sociaux et dans un contexte de prudentialisme synoptique dans les écoles. Le prudentialisme synoptique fait référence aux actions réflexives et aux ajustements des individus et des organisations en réponse à une prise de conscience aiguë de la surveillance sociale généralisée-le plus grand nombre surveillant le plus petit nombre. Les éducateurs ont noté les risques posés par la surveillance, y compris les sources de préjudice potentiel, tant sur le plan personnel que professionnel. Les résultats révèlent que, confortés par les histoires d'épouvante juridique évoquées dans les programmes de formation des éducateurs, ces derniers se sentent majoritairement vulnérables face à une éventuelle sous-surveillance des élèves et ne reçoivent guère d'autres conseils que celui d'être "prudents". Nous explorons les stratégies de gestion de la vie privée des éducateurs en réponse, par exemple, aux préoccupations concernant les vidéos filmées par les élèves en classe, où les situations peuvent être prises hors contexte. En outre, ce cadre prudentiel peut également entraver la capacité des éducateurs à mener des actions de sensibilisation auprès des élèves afin de détecter les conflits et les préjudices liés à la médiation en ligne et d'y répondre.

CCWORK protocol: a longitudinal study of Canadian Correctional Workers' Well-being, Organizations, Roles and Knowledge.

INTRODUCTION: Knowledge about the factors that contribute to the correctional officer's (CO) mental health and well-being, or best practices for improving the mental health and well-being of COs, have been hampered by the dearth of rigorous longitudinal studies. In the current protocol, we share the approach used in the Canadian Correctional Workers' Well-being, Organizations, Roles and Knowledge study (CCWORK), designed to investigate several determinants of health and well-being among COs working in Canada's federal prison system. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: CCWORK is a multiyear longitudinal cohort design (2018-2023, with a 5-year renewal) to study 500 COs working in 43 Canadian federal prisons. We use quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments (ie, surveys, interviews and clinical assessments) to assess participants' mental health, correctional work experiences, correctional training experiences, views and perceptions of prison and prisoners, and career aspirations. Our baseline instruments comprise two surveys, one interview and a clinical assessment, which we administer when participants are still recruits in training. Our follow-up instruments refer to a survey, an interview and a clinical assessment, which are conducted yearly when participants have become COs, that is, in annual 'waves'. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: CCWORK has received approval from the Research Ethics Board of the Memorial University of Newfoundland (File No. 20190481). Participation is voluntary, and we will keep all responses confidential. We will disseminate our research findings through presentations, meetings and publications (e.g., journal articles and reports). Among CCWORK's expected scientific contributions, we highlight a detailed view of the operational, organizational and environmental stressors impacting CO mental health and well-being, and recommendations to prison administrators for improving CO well-being.

'We're both here to do a job and that's all that matters': Cisgender correctional officer recruit reflections within an unsettled correctional prison culture.

Reflecting on new trans prisoner placement policies within Canadian federal prisons, in light of recent changes instigated under the Canadian Liberal Trudeau government, we provide knowledge from cisgender correctional officer (CO) recruits regarding these policy changes and underscore their views of working with officers who identify as transgender. Canada's new policies recognize the presence of trans prisoners and create new protocols accordingly, simultaneously challenging some of the foundational tenets of the carceral system. While overwhelming support exists from cisgender recruits for their trans colleagues, support among a relative minority of COs is contingent upon notions like safety and security grounded in a dominantly cisgender prison culture; a culture we situate within the wider context of an unsettled correctional prison culture.

Smartphone and social media addiction: Exploring the perceptions and experiences of Canadian teenagers.

"Addiction" to internet-connected technology continues to dominate media discourses of young people. Researchers have identified negative outcomes, including decreased mental health, resulting from anxieties related to technology, e.g., a fear of missing out and social connectivity related to online technologies. Not enough is known, however, regarding young people's own responses to these ideas. This paper highlights discussions with teenagers around the idea of internet addiction, exploring their experiences and perceptions regarding the idea that "kids today" are addicted to their devices, especially smartphones and the social network sites they often access from them. Thirty-five focus group discussions with 115 Canadian teenagers (aged 13-19 years old) center on their use of information communication technologies, especially contemporary social network sites such as Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook. Our discussions reveal (1) that teens are actively embracing the label of addiction; (2) their ironic positioning occurs despite a felt sense of debased agency in relation to the power of the algorithms and affordances of the technologies mediating their use; and (3) rather than a stark divide between adults as "digital immigrants" versus young people as "digital natives," our teens positioned themselves in contrast to both their parents and younger siblings, both of whom are criticized as addicted themselves. A consistent theme is the influence of peer groups who socially compel addictive behaviours, including the fear of missing out, rather than the technologies per se. Wider implications for thinking beyond solely young people as suffering from online addiction are considered.

La dépendance aux technologies liées à Internet continue de dominer les discours médiatiques sure les jeunes. Les chercheurs ont identifié des résultats négatifs, y compris une diminution de la santé mentale, résultant d'anxiétés liées à la peur de passer à côté et de la connectivité sociale liée aux technologies en ligne. Cependant, on ne sait pas assez sur les réactions des jeunes à ces idées. Cet article rend compte des discussions avec des adolescents sur la dépendance à Internet, explorant leurs expériences et leurs perceptions concernant l'idée que les jeunes sont dépendants de la technologie, en particulier des smartphones et des sites de réseaux sociaux. Trente-cinq groupes de discussion avec 115 adolescents canadiens (âgés de 13 à 19 ans) portent sur leur utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication, en particulier les sites de réseaux sociaux tels que Snapchat, Instagram et Facebook. Nos discussions révèlent ce qui suit: (1) les adolescents adoptent activement l'étiquette de dépendance; (2) leur positionnement ironique se produit malgré un sentiment ressenti d'agence dégradée par rapport à la puissance des algorithmes des technologies médiatisant leur utilisation; et (3) plutôt qu'un fossé entre les adultes en tant qu '«immigrants numériques¼ et les jeunes en tant que «natifs du numérique¼, nos adolescents se sont positionnés en contraste avec leurs parents et leurs frères et sœurs plus jeunes, qu'ils critiquent comme également dépendants. Un thème constant est l'influence des groupes de pairs qui encouragent les comportements addictifs, y compris la peur de passer à côté, plutôt que les technologies en soi. Les implications d'une réflexion plus large sur la dépendance en ligne sont prises en compte.

A New Privacy Paradox? Youth Agentic Practices of Privacy Management Despite "Nothing to Hide" Online.

Focus groups conducted with Canadian teenagers examining their perceptions and experiences with cyber risk, center on various privacy strategies geared for impression management across popular social network sites (SNS). We highlight privacy concerns as a primary reason for a gravitation away from Facebook toward newer, more popular sites such as Instagram and Snapchat, as well as debates about the permeability of privacy on Snapchat in particular. The privacy paradox identifies a disjuncture between what is said about privacy and what is done in practice. It refers to declarations from youth that they are highly concerned for privacy, yet frequently disregard privacy online through "oversharing" and neglecting privacy management. However, our participants, especially older teens, invoked a different mindset: that they have "nothing to hide" online and therefore do not consider privacy relevant for them. Despite this mindset, the strategies we highlight suggest a new permutation of the privacy paradox, rooted in a pragmatic adaptation to the technological affordances of SNS, and wider societal acquiescence to the debasement of privacy online.