My final presentation of #SMSociety Day 3 was on The Synthetic Self for our panel on Algorithmic Childhood co-convened with & chaired by Jessica, & Harry as discussant. I shared progress on my conceptualisation: The Synthetic Self, & what it means for Digital Literacy & Intimacies in the age of AI.

Can someone please send this to the UK government so they can stop debasing themselves

My 3rd presentation of #SMSociety was Day 2 w @adityadeshbandhu.bsky.social & Aparna on The Platform Turn in Online Games chaired by Vincenzo We extend scholarship by theorising movement of games towards platformisation & coining the new phenomenon: supergames More soon @socialmediaandsociety.org

Unfettered access to chatbots can harm educational outcomes Using AI while solving problems improves performance by 48% (GPT base). When access to AI was taken away, students actually performed worse than those who never had access (17% reduction in grades) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

My 2nd presentation of #SMSociety was on Day 2 on my collaborative multi-country project, 'Hacking HigherEd' with Swatantra & Kealeboga in the Digital Education session chaired by Harry; we were in excellent company in this session! Our work examines policies across 3 countries...(1/2)

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

Activists damage the building foundations of data centre 🫡 > The group said that they threw water balloons filled with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, salt, and acrylic paint at the under-construction facility.

Netflix's Q2 report is perhaps the most interesting it has issued in years, in large part because the issue of engagement is now becoming the main driver of the share price. This problem has been growing for a while and now Nflix is making it worse by moving goalposts. (1)

My 1st presentation of #SMSociety was on Day 1 with Jessica Ringrose at the opening reception. We were invited to give the Community Keynote for the panel we co-convened, 'Algorithmic Childhood, Intimacies & Literacies: Networked & synthetic selves & relationships.' This panel...(1/2)

Huge thanks to VP Rachel Sandison, External Relations teams, Tom Rice. An honour to be supported by 575th anniversary celebration. The venues support have been incredible: @glasgow.ac.uk | @uofgarc.bsky.social | Glasgow University Union 7/n

Thanks to @uofgussp.bsky.social Annette Hastings, presented one of the prizes at our awards ceremony, noting the leadership of interdisciplinary digital/AI research in the Division and @uofgsps.bsky.social 6/n

Grateful to have senior leaders in @glasgow.ac.uk offering support: @uofgsocsci.bsky.social Graeme Roy commended efforts of #SMSociety to promote interdisciplinary research to tackle one of the most urgent real-world challenges of our time: What digital futures do we want? Who gets to decide? 5/n

Many participants not only enjoyed the conference, but really felt a part of this community. This has been a really special 3 days and a light of hope that many of us need and will hold on to for a long time. It was incredible to host this conference @uofgussp.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social 4/n

There is so much to say about the exciting research we've showcased in this incredible conference, founded by @socialmedialab.ca in 2010. But one thing stuck out above all: We can do intellectually excellent research without compromising on values of equity, integrity, and community. 3/n

Video credit to the amazing conference volunteer #SMSociety socials takeover: @demilee-digitals.bsky.social and Matthew Cotter. This is what good research should look like, where everyone feels valued, respected, and listened to. We can have informed, healthy debates on social media, platforms, AI.

Hosting the International Conference on Social Media & Society @socialmediaandsociety.org at Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk 300 attendees, 6 continents, 190+ papers, 40+ posters, 10+ workshops/panels. See some of the interdisciplinary world-changing research on social media, platforms, AI at #SMSociety ⬇️

Keep tagging us and using #SMSociety in your posts! We love seeing your photos, experiences, and thoughts from the conference. 📝

Just wrapped up a great few days in Glasgow for #SMSociety. Really enjoyed learning about the latest research in this space and hearing from researchers across the globe who are pushing our knowledge of social media's impact on the world forward. Major thanks to the organisers, what an event!

What a great recap of this years #SMSociety conference. 🩷 We are glad to see so many positive takeaways and new connections formed this week!

Thanks to everyone who came to my silly presentation at @socialmediaandsociety.org conference!!! ❤️

We caught up with a few of our poster presenters last night. Watch to hear more about their research! 👩‍🏫 Did you have a favourite? #SMSociety #SocialMediaResearch

We love seeing everyone enjoying themselves and making fun memories! Don't forget to share your conference pictures by tagging us (@socialmediaandsociety.org), or using the #SMSociety hashtag.

It's the end of a long but incredible day. I feel equally inspired and exhausted - inspirausted maybe? 😂 #SMSociety #day2 #inspired @socialmediaandsociety.org Pic from day 1

Loved Yue Qin's panel on conditional belonging and feminist visibility. Thought provoking and helpful to explore platform adapted feminism #SMSociety @socialmediaandsociety.org

To round off Day 2, we attended the Poster Reception! Too many great topics to cover in a single post, but be on the lookout for a video tomorrow featuring a select few! ✨️ Thanks for joining us today! See everyone tomorrow for the very best last day. 🤩 #SMSociety #Takeover

Last session of the day! We both attended Uses and Users, where we learned about far-right social media, climate data visualisation, personal data disclosure, and Twitch streamer toxicity! 📷 So much to learn, so little time! See everyone at the Poster Reception! #SMSociety #Takeover

Really interesting #SMSociety session, also featuring my great @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague Laura Vodden#SMSocietydiscussing our experiences and frustrations with the Meta Content Library. Liveblog here:

Can you tell we like talking about content? Session #3 was all about Platformisation! Lots of conversation revolved around Indian beauty creators, platform visibility, journalism labour, and yep...memes. Can't talk about social media without memes. 😆 #SMSociety #Takeover

Demilee here! 👋 My second session was the online vs offline panel and it had all my favourite areas of research! We explored the manosphere, mothers in true crime, divine feminine content, and the divide of Swifties fans on Reddit. 🫡 Can’t wait to see what else today brings! 🧠 #SMSociety

Matt here! For session #2, the highlight for me was hearing about the datafication of apps and content creator views from a labour standpoint. Finally, learning about the imagination of the Web makes me question how I might visualise the internet today? Time for lunch! #SMSociety #SocialMedia

From multimedia anti-violence activism to the manosphere, I’m thankful for the rich conversation around my new book, From Red Dresses to Memory Stones, at @socialmediaandsociety.org conference! @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @jhodson.bsky.social @estebanmorales.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social

This morning we attended Social Media Cultures and Everyday Life. Presentations captivated the analysis and themes found in feeds, forums, art, and....K-Pop! 😄 Learning a lot and it's only the first session of the day. What sessions did you attend this morning? 🤔 #SMSociety #Takeover

Thank you for everything, Mark! It was so great to collaborate and share with you, and I very much look forward to the next time we run into each other.

Gratitude from the bottom of my heart to the incredible organising committee who I learned so much from: @zoetanja.bsky.social l @harrytdyer.bsky.social @danifesto.bsky.social @devinasarwatay.bsky.social @estebanmorales.bsky.social Irida Ntalla @yingwenwang.bsky.social & Yue Qin 8/8

To making sure all the rooms are on the same floor, have the day's schedule at the door, to having different color lanyard & stickers for people's pronouns, making sure everyone uses microphones for accessibility, and just being at the desk always smiling and being super helpful. Much appreciated 👏

It was also a pleasure to present together with my brilliant friends and colleagues Anna Feigenbaum and @photini.bsky.social our work on the AI Citizenship game that we're still working on and hopefully can share more soon 🤩 #SMSociety 2026 ->

4. The panel about META Content Library led by @snurb.info with the wonderful Josephine Lukito with a great discussion about the challenges scholars go through to get access and how can we come together to become a community that helps each other. -> #SMSociety 2026

3. My brilliant PhD Liv Owens workshop with her colleague Chiara Fehr on collaging the datafied self. -> #SMSociety 2026

2. @devinasarwatay.bsky.social - talk about how online games become more similar to platforms logic calling them super games. Devina is going to be my new colleague at the Sociology and Criminology department, so I'm very excited about that! 😍 #SMSociety 2026

What an incredible Social Media & Society #SMSociety 2026 conference! My highlights were: 1. Essi Holopainen talk about challenging the notion of 'passive' use of social media by young people and the many practices they do to support each other's mental health. ->

💜 Big shout-out to the wonderful organisers @zoetanja.bsky.social, Harry Dyer, @devinasarwatay.bsky.social @markwong.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social and others I may have forgotten. For the thoughtful organising - from pre conference emails with super useful info.

Dogs: Me: Good job 🤭

#SMSociety Thank you for coming to our #BlueskyForLearning session and for the thoughtful questions! As some of you have asked (and for those who may have missed it), here are the slides: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/in... 🦋 (thank you so much to @devinasarwatay.bsky.social for the photos 😊)

Takeover time! We're Demilee & Matt, postgraduates attending the #SMSociety conference this year in #Glasgow! Join us as we share our experience 🤝🤝🤝

"AI literacy is not purely technical" Insightful and practical presentation by @devinasarwatay.bsky.social at #SMSociety

SO nice to finally meet @harrytdyer.bsky.social @estebanmorales.bsky.social (who took our photo - thank you!) and @devinasarwatay.bsky.social "in person"! This is where social and @bsky.app in particular can be a great ice breaker ❄️ #SMSociety

Hello #SMSociety people! We're starting @socialmediaandsociety.org Day 1 with a bang! Come down to ARC & get to our registration desk to pick up your conference badge & bag (b&b), say hi/ give a hug, get a coffee & get the conference on! Have a good one!

Rise and shine #SMSociety! Day 1 is finally here #excited #day1 #Glasgow

- web search without AI summary: 0,3 Wh - short text query to LLM: 0,42 Wh - AI-generated image: starts at 2,9 Wh - web search with AI summary: 3,0 Wh - AI-generated video: starts at 415 Wh www.nrk.no/urix/fn-rapp...

New UN report on the environmental cost of LLMs. Key points include: inference (use) causes 90% of energy cost; web search with AI summary costs 10 times a regular search, and video generation is extremely energy intensive. Also, land and water use must be tracked too. unu.edu/inweh/collec...