The chapter is at the link below, super happy to see it published!

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

In the chapter we unpack TikTok as a platform that captures mobility, and explore how this shapes identity performances on the platform. We unpack memetic displays of gender & sexuality, dyadic identity displays through audio memes, and community building located in space and place through #studytok

To now have a chapter in the 2nd edition is a really surreal moment of kismet, and I'm so excited to see it published and printed. Also, it's a HUGE honour to get to write with the brilliant Crystal Abidin, who is a truly brilliant, thoughtful, and amazing researcher.

Just to give you an idea of the range of topics, the two chapters alone that I wrote cover TikTok memes about Palestine and Bernstein's brilliant opera Candide! There's a lot in here, and some really exciting ideas.

Order a copy for your library here:

www.routledge.com/Society-Poli...

It covers a whole range of topics from exciting researchers and thinkers, including explorations of decolonising the curriculum, volunteering, affect, protest, phonocenes and sonic agency, and so much more!

The book became a meta commentary on crisis and citizenship as we collectively navigated uncertain times, and many of the chapters speak to making a case for education at moments of change

The end result is a really exciting edited collection exploring citizenship and education in moments of crisis

We explore TikTok as mobile media, looking at how mobility plays into the content, communities, and activities on the platform. Excited to see it published a decade after the first edition!

link here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

I'm so proud to say that collection is now nearly out in the world, and contains some exciting work, Geoff's last chapter he handed me days before passing, and the work of some brilliant colleagues around the world. It's available here www.routledge.com/Society-Poli... (4/4)

As is the way with uncertainty, my colleague very much leading the charge here and spearheading this collection, the brilliant Geoff Hinchliffe, passed away early 2024. It was a huge loss, and we decided to carry on with the collection in his honour (3/4)

That discussion soon spiralled into chatting about all the exciting authors writing about this, & how great it would be to work with them on something hopeful & thought-provoking. Very quickly we began reaching out & building an edited collection around the themes of citizenship & uncertainty (2/4)

100%, a real problem here in the UK too - The digital 'la plume de ma tante' approach the digital literacy and education, that is so disconnected from their actual use of technology that it becomes meaningless and dangerous

I see it in real time everyday. I study teenagers in particular, but we overestimate our media literacy. In some places in the US (most) we allow kids to exits k12 with nothing but a “don’t give your info to strangers” media literacy education.

Exactly - and it's hard once you're that far that you're turning into a boiling frog