The Age of Social Media: The Role of Archaeologists as Educators across Platforms

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Social media plays an important part in the dissemination of information in our world today. As we navigate the ever-changing landscapes of social media platforms, it is important to have conversations about our roles as educators online and the responsibilities we have on these platforms. As clickbait titles capture the eyes of social media users leading them to posts rife with misinformation, how do we combat this spreading misinformation? To better understand how best to navigate social media, online archaeology educators on both Tiktok and Instagram will be asked about their strategies online and their answers will be presented in this poster. Questions include a range of topics including overall experiences posting archaeological content online, feelings of personal responsibility, dealing with false or mis-information, and advice for other online archaeological educators.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 52601