Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 125 Issue 9
Table of contents - Special Issue: Learning with Social Media in an Algorithmic Age: Opportunities and Challenges for Education – Part 1
Guest Editors: Christine Greenhow, K. Bret Staudt Willet, Jeffrey Paul Carpenter
Refreshing the affinity space concept: evolving understandings of learning via social media platforms in an algorithmic age
Anna R. Oliveri, Jeffrey Paul CarpenterThe purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe how the affinity space concept has been used to frame learning via social media, and call for and discuss a refresh of the…
“See results anyway”: auditing social media as educational technology
Marie K. Heath, Daniel G Krutka, Benjamin GleasonThis paper aims to consider the role of social media platforms as educational technologies given growing evidence of harms to democracy, society and individuals, particularly…
Children’s sensemaking of algorithms and data flows across YouTube and social media
Allison Starks, Stephanie Michelle ReichThis study aims to explore children’s cognitions about data flows online and their understandings of algorithms, often referred to as algorithmic literacy or algorithmic folk…
Twisted knowledge construction on X/Twitter: an analysis of constructivist sensemaking on social media leading to political radicalization
Renato Russo, Paulo Blikstein, Ioana LiteratThis study aims to identify how Brazilian followers of an X/Twitter profile engage in theory-building processes leading up to the January 8, 2023 riots in Brasília, the Brazilian…
What sources do individuals use to validate arguments in scientific discourses today? An exploratory study of YouTube comments on vaccination
Ju Hui Kang, Eun-Young Ko, Gi Woong ChoiThis study aims to explore scientific discourses on vaccination in YouTube comments using the Connectivism theory as a foundational guide in the inquiry of understanding knowledge…
Exploring the motives for using social networks for professional development by Spanish teachers
Paula Marcelo-Martínez, Carmen Yot-Domínguez, Ingrid Mosquera GendeSocial networks (SNs) play a significant role as environments supporting teacher professional development. The purpose of this to analyze the motivation and participation roles…
Understanding beginning teachers’ socio-ecological challenges: self-directed learning in the r/Teachers subreddit
Hunhui Na, K. Bret Staudt WilletThe purpose of this study is to explore beginning teachers’ diverse challenges and how these are related to self-directed professional learning through social media.

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