Although TikTok is among the world's most popular social media platforms, its use by
educators has received limited attention. TikTok features particular opportunities and …

The Power of Interest for Motivation and Engagement describes the benefits of interest for
people of all ages. Using case material as illustrations, the volume explains that interest can …

This systematic research review arises from the need to conceptualise youth's literary
socialisation practices in the current digital landscape to advance knowledge in literary …

In order to understand the culture of the physical, virtual, and blended spheres that
adolescents inhabit, we build on Gee's concept of affinity spaces. Drawing on our …

Purpose The 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 …

The existing work on teacher-focused Twitter hashtags typically frames each hashtag as a
single, unified phenomenon, thereby collapsing or erasing differences between them (and …

This article examines adolescent literacy practices related to The Hunger Games, a young
adult novel and the first of a trilogy. By focusing on the interaction of social identities …

Research on multicultural learning has focused on formal and local settings, such as
schools, but young people are interacting with, and therefore learning from, informal settings …

Affinity spaces are digital or physical spaces in which participants interact with one another
around content of shared interest and through a common portal (or platform). Among …

We are in the midst of a board game renaissance. Board games are commonly associated
with family game nights, rainy days on vacations, or lazy Sunday afternoons, so there is …