First Hour: Social media and privacy protection laws
Second Hour: Author Sonja Livingston and “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book”
Students in a South Carolina high school are petitioning for the return of a teacher who resigned after a student shared nude pictures of her on social media. The student found the unlocked phone on the teacher’s desk, scrolled through the photo gallery, and took his own picture of the nude photo. He then spread it to other students via text messages and social media platforms. The incident raises questions about privacy laws and social media: how does the law regulate accessing the phone and sharing the images? We explore these issues and privacy protection related to social media with our guests:
- Mike Johansson, senior lecturer of communications at RIT, and social media consultant at Fixitology
- Scott Malouf, attorney whose practice is focused on the intersection of social media and the law
In our second hour, author and Rochester native Sonja Livingston discusses her memoir, Queen of the Fall. The book was selected for this year’s “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book” program at Writers & Books. Livingston joins us in studio to talk about the writing process, memoir as a genre, the power of memory, and her “Rochester Reads” events. Our guests:
- Sonja Livingston, author of Queen of the Fall
- Chris Fanning, public relations associate, Writers & Books
