Socializing Online Case Study of ‘Media Educators’- A Facebook group of Media Professors in India

This article is an attempt to analyze the process, problems and prospects of online socializing among media professors in India with focus upon the Media Educators as a case. A thorough content analysis of the posts in this group is conducted with an endeavor to find out intricacies of online interactions and sharing. Being founder and moderator of the group, author also recollected his experiences to reach on certain conclusions. Study concludes that young teachers are more active in responding during online dialogue. Posts containing visual inputs attract more comments and likes. Online socializing increases face- to- face, telephonic interaction and real life dialogues among its users. Members don’t like posts containing matters of self propagation and publicity. The Media Educators is mostly used for sharing the information about conferences, workshops, seminars, courses etc., whereas it is hardly used for serious debates, discussions and dialogues on issues related to media education