... that the attack on the scholarly work that typically finds its home in universities is the product of the convergent apparatus of traditional right-wing media, unbridled social media and tactic politics that, together, have built a systemic anti-science and anti-scholar populism. John Corlett can...

...Minna Santaoja Purpose Eco-social crises such as the loss of biodiversity call for transformative learning. This study analyzes the prospects of social media in learning about nature. Design/methodology/approach The study is placed in the intersection of science and technology studies, futures...

...Irfan Hameed; Mirza A. Haq; Najmonnisa Khan; Bibi Zainab Purpose Social media has shown a substantial influence on the daily lives of students, mainly due to the overuse of smartphones. Students use social media both for academic and non-academic purposes. Due to an increase in the usage of social...

... is confused with the truth and when social media exercises so much influence, students more than ever need the insight and context of the Humanities to mitigate the cant, bogus claims and questionable ethics that so much shape the world. Responsibility falls to faculty as they must make clear...

...Benjamin Gleason; Stefania Manca Purpose While the ubiquity of social media as a mode of communication, collaboration, connection and creativity has been widely adopted in journalism, entertainment, healthcare and others, the field of education has been more reticent to integrate social media...

...Mona Jami Pour; Fatemeh Taheri Purpose Over the past decade, social media have significantly changed the way people communicate and interact with one another, which might result in positive or negative consequences. Every day, people use these technologies to share knowledge in the form of short...

...Lise-Lotte Holmgreen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss why social media frames may exert substantial influence on the image of organisations and even trigger organisational crises. Design/methodology/approach – The study applies the theoretical approaches of crisis, framing...

... education. Originality/value – Using a business model of knowledge generation, this paper introduces how current social media affordances and societal values can and are transforming conceptions of “the scholar,” “scholarship” and the university as knowledge-purveyor. Historically...

.... Indeed, the traditionally difficult transition from one learning scenario to a different one has been made smoother by the appearance of OER and, especially, social media constructs that can be used for learning purposes, especially within a PLE‐based strategy. Originality/value It is stated...

... Knowledge certification Social media HAL 9000, the computer that could recognize individuals, talk and exhibit other human characteristics first debuted in 1968 in Arthur C. Clarke's book and Stanley Kubrik's film, by the same name, 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL managed a ship on a deep space...

...Maree Conway; Maree Conway Purpose This viewpoint paper aims to review the book Educating Educators with Social Media, Charles Wankel (Emerald Group Publishing). Design/methodology/approach The paper provides an overview of the book, key messages and implications for the future...

... be considered in relation to policy and practice in the provision of education for distance learners. New media Social media Mobile technology Mobile learning Student experiences Learning methods The widespread adoption of new media, such as social networking applications and mobile...

...Maree Conway; Yingxia Cao; Paul Hong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedents and consequences of social media utilization in teaching by college faculty. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on literature review, the author's observations...

... on the road to this quantum shift, and these are not merely technical but more theoretical in nature. There have been a slew of new models and technologies, such as social media services, but we may have been expecting too much of new technology at the expense of theorizing. Technical tools alone...