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Fiona Scott

@fionascott.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Literacies Uni of Sheffield | Co-Editor Journal of Early Childhood Literacy | Early Childhood | Literacies | Digital | Families | Play

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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Not to overthink things, but olden day vampires don’t make any sense. Poor dental health and tooth loss was extremely prevalent in the late nineteenth century. Even if Dracula had some teeth left, perhaps owing to his relative high status, they’d have been terrible for chomping on necks, surely? 🧛
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📢 New publication from our team! 🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“We should get more of these” What, flannels? “Yes, they’re so good. I didn’t know they’d be so good” 5-y-o over the moon about her first flannel
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This morning’s reasons-I-know-my-child-is-my-child: (sees a horse) “I want to marry that horse” (imagines future crisps) “I’ll just reach in with both hands and OM NOM NOM”
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
4-y-o jokes: Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry? A: He eats your glasses.
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a brown bear is smiling with its eyes closed and its paws folded
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Just found out that my 4-y-o’s class has a class teddy called ‘Huglas Douglas’ and a scary world is a tiny bit better #huglasdouglas #earlyyears
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The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Children playing video games have raised various concerns over the years, but @fionascott.bsky.social and her team’s research show that the right digital play can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing. Read more in her @uk.theconversation.com piece: theconversation.com/how-video-ga...
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How video games can support children’s wellbeing
Playing online can help children explore and trial their developing identities.
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What was it like becoming a parent for the first time during a global pandemic? Read our findings, based on over 300 individual accounts, open access in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth doi.org/10.1186/s128... #parenting #pandemic #digitalliteracies
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Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
New parenthood in ordinary times can be a vulnerable and unpredictable time. The Covid-19 pandemic brought additional, unprecedented changes to policy and practice that drastically impacted on the exp...
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Folks from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social are slowly turning up here, so here's a smallish starter pack for now, but as new folks from the Centre arrive, ping me & I can add you: go.bsky.app/8RES29o
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Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I spoke to ABC News (Australia) and the BBC News Channel yesterday on the passing of Australia's #SocialMediaBan Echoing many Digital Child colleagues, a regrettable step in terms of children and young people's rights and well-being. Let's hope enforcement is nuanced. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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World reacts to Australia's social media ban - ABC listen
Australia's social media ban for under 16s is making headlines around the globe, as the world wonders just how it will work.
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Now the U16s Ban is legislated, @cameronwilson.bsky.social is right, the hard part begins: we know the Bill actually could cause harms, so the next year is about trying to minimise the damage & leverage the public support for real changes like a duty of care.(1/2) www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/29/t...
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Australia has passed the teen social media ban. Now, the hard part — making sure it helps, not hurts
The Albanese government's success in passing the teen social media ban is the start, not the end, of a process that will include a lot of difficult decisions.
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