The move came in the backdrop of a spate of instances in which the institute claimed that a section of students and faculty had tried to disturb the 'harmony' of its campus by posting 'inflammatory' content on social media.
In a bid to maintain an 'academic' environment at its campus, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has introduced a new section on 'use of social media' in its code of conduct this year where the premier media institute urged the new joinees to maintain 'highest ethical standards' while posting anything on social media.
"Any post even made in personal capacity on social media has risk to become public in view of its nature. The students at the IIMC should be careful and maintain highest ethical standards and integrity in behaviour while posting anything on personal social media accounts," the institute stated in its code of conduct list for the students.
The move came in the backdrop of a spate of instances in which the institute claimed that a section of students and faculty had tried to disturb the 'harmony' of its campus by posting 'inflammatory' content on social media. In January this year, a Hindi journalism student at IIMC was suspended for making 'sweeping statements' against the institute on social media. His suspension was later revoked after he assured the institute of not violating any 'code of conduct' in future.
Calling it an 'essential' move, IIMC Director General KG Suresh said that the institute encourages its student to use the medium for 'productive' work and not to make it a 'destructive' tool. "When you write something on social media it automatically comes in the public domain. A section of students used the medium in propagating false information to malign the institute's image last academic session. This time, we are not going to tolerate any such activity," he said.
"If a student has some issue and grievance from any faculty or the institute, he or she should discuss it with the administration rather than making sweeping statements on the social media," Suresh said.
Besides, IIMC is also conducting individual counselling sessions for students wherein they are being told to 'focus' on academics. "We were told not to indulge in social media activism and focus on our studies," said an English Journalism student, who has recently enrolled in the course.
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