Fiona Scott

This is why you shouldn’t feel guilty about letting your child play video games.🎮 My latest research at @sheffielduni has shown that digital play can actually be good for children’s well-being. Here are three reasons your child may benefit from playing video games. 🧵 1/5

Leeds Trinity University are advertising THREE PhD studentships for a May 2025 start If you are interested in conducting doctoral research about young people, social media, and identity/well-being, consider applying to work with me at Leeds Trinity! 📱💭 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLC384/ful…

My take: "It's very seductive to think that a grand gesture like this is going to be a positive step, but the fact that we don't really know that the technology will work - or that there's evidence that this will be a positive thing for children - is a concern" @EducationSheff

I spoke to ABC News (Australia) and the BBC News Channel yesterday on the passing of Australia's #SocialMediaBan Echoing many @digitalchildau colleagues, what a regrettable step back in terms of children and young people's rights and well-being. Let's hope enforcement is nuanced.

🤔Where can you find good evidence about children and young people's digital lives and rights? 💡#DigitalFutures4Children is delighted to launch its o/a research database 🔗digital-futures-for-children.net/research-datab… @MediaLSE @5RightsFound #Evidencebased #GeneralComment25 #ChildRights #AOIR2024

@DevinaSarwatay @ShirazHaderach @AbertayUni @reemhilu @WUSTL @sheffielduni @jinlee_media @CurtinUni @CityUniLondon @AoIR_org We were very lucky to have you chairing, @DevinaSarwatay 🥰

Chairing "Play & Youth Cultures" at #AoIR2024 Industry was such a pleasure! Presentations by @ShirazHaderach @AbertayUni @reemhilu @WUSTL @_FionaScott @sheffielduni & @jinlee_media @CurtinUni @CityUniLondon @AoIR_org 1/2

Absolute autumnal scenes 🍂

For #AOIR2024 delegates in need of good coffee and a cosy autumnal wander to blow away the cobwebs, the Motore coffee van in Weston Park is five mins stroll from the Octagon 🎃 ☕️ 🤗

“Granddad’s doing his tablet. He’s doing Grown-Up’s YouTube Kids”. My 4-y-o’s mind will be BLOWN when she finds out it’s just YouTube.

“Miss said that we SHOULD bring stickers into school”.

My fave part of the day now my 4-y-o has started reception is talking to her about what she’s learnt after school each day. So far, such gems as: ‘Miss said that cats don’t have bones’, ‘Miss said that f is for fart’, ‘Today we learned snatching, hitting and fighting’ #earlyyears

@ANGIESHEN00 You’re both weird guys 😜

@_FionaScott hahahaha But honestly, this yogurt really does taste pretty good.

(My child) After swimming, can we buy some alcohols? (Me) Errrrrm what? (Child) White alcohol drinks liks you let me have at Christmas? (Me, concerned) Did I? Oh wait ACTIMEL drinks? (Child) Yeah, actimel drinks. #parentingshocks

Our DREAM TEAM! I’ve said it many times, but as a PI, I couldn’t have been luckier with my research team. Yao Wang and @ShabanaRoscoe took the lead on this paper from our @LEGOfoundation funded study on children’s digital play and well-being #BERAWERA2024

amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…. What we do need > evidence informed regulation of platforms, design that has children’s well-being in mind & support for proper digital literacy curriculum from primary and throughout school.

I spoke to @CFraserBBC on @BBCNews this evening about proposed social media bans for young people in Australia. Many including @alannahmadeline have emphasised how evidence reflects that age bans are ineffective. For more, I’d direct people to @_aleeshajoy’s excellent piece…

So grateful for my collaborators in this panel, @drlizchesworth @StavroulaKontov @murcia_k Kim Balnaves, Theoni Neokleous and @KarinMurris

It's a wrap on @ECER_EERA #ECER2024 After collaborating with this stellar team for almost 4 years, being able to finally be in the same physical space (with @KarinMurris represented in virtual form) has really reminded me how special conferences can be 🇨🇾 ❤️ #digitalplay

Thank you @almesbah_anfal 🙏🏼

My friend Satwika is looking for participants for her PhD study. If you have any 14-17 year old teens in your networks who could be interested in taking part, she’d love to hear from them, (or perhaps you’d consider re-tweeting)! 🎮 They’ll receive a £20 shopping voucher.

Huge anti fascist turnout in Broomhall, Sheffield tonight. No sign of any far right protesters thus far.