Educational affordances of young people’s smartphone and social media use. This project aims to investigate how Australian teenagers are using smartphones and social media to support learning. This pr

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Educational affordances of young people’s smartphone and social media use. This project aims to investigate how Australian teenagers are using smartphones and social media to support learning. This project expects to generate significant new knowledge about young people’s capacity to engage productively with these technologies in light of growing institutional restrictions and bans. Expected outcomes include insights into technical, organisational and social issues supporting the beneficial use of smartphones and social media, and development of models of digital device best practice when it comes to schools, families and young people themselves. This should provide significant benefits such as improved educational outcomes and more effective regulation and policymaking.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4701 - Communication and Media Studies. Lead: Prof Neil Selwyn