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Survey Report Released on New Media's Impact on the Judiciary
A survey report released today gives the judicial community in the United States its first year-to-year comparison data to further unravel how social media and broader changes in the media industry are impacting state and local judges and courts. (Complete report here.)
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Survey Report Released on New Media's Impact on the Judiciary
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A survey report released today gives the judicial community in the United States its first year-to-year comparison data to further unravel how social media and broader changes in the media industry are impacting state and local judges and courts.
The results of the 2011 CCPIO New Media and the Courts Survey reveal:
- While more judges report using social media profile sites than last year, they still cautiously approach their use of social media profile sites in their…
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Court HR Policies Governing Staff Use of New Media
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Does anyone have examples of court-developed human resources policies that govern use of new media platforms by court staff? If not specific to "new media," what about policies addressing "internet"…Continue
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Is anyone out there from a court that entered into the new media fray, but, after some experience, decided for whatever reason to pull the plug on the effort and cease new media activities? If so,…Continue
CCPIO New Media Project IN THE NEWS
Tony Mauro
The National Law Journal
Aug. 31, 2010
On their own time, state judges are experimenting with social media such as Facebook, according to a new survey. But judges doubt that that they could use the new media tools in their professional lives without violating judicial ethics codes.
Those are the findings of a survey conducted by the Conference of Court Public Information Officers conducted in June and released Aug. 26 following a recent meeting of the group, which represents spokespersons for state and federal courts.
"Judges appear to be adopting and accepting new media at about the same rate as the general population," said Christopher Davey, director of public information for the Supreme Court of Ohio, and co-author of a conference report on new media and the courts. "But they are being very cautious, very mindful of the canons."
A Groundbreaking Survey of New Media and the Courts
by John Davidow
Idea Lab
Sept. 8, 2010
Late last month the Conference of Court Public Information Officers released the results of a nearly year-long study entitled, New Media and the Courts - The Current Status and a Look at the Future. I have anxiously been awaiting this report. I believe it will play a major role as we outline the activity of Order in the Court
I first became aware of this study as I prepared my Knight News Challenge proposal. During the submission process, I consulted quite frequently with one of the co-authors of the CCPIO report, Chris Davey. Davey and I agreed that if I was fortunate enough to get funding we would test some of the ideas that surfaced in the CCPIO report.
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