Educational Futures on Social Media: An Exploratory Study of X

Stig Børsen Hansen; Martin Rehm; Tove Faber Frandsen

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-17272-3_35

Educational Futures on Social Media: An Exploratory Study of X

Stig Børsen Hansen^*
, Martin Rehm
, Tove Faber Frandsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

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Abstract

We apply educational data science to investigate how educational futures are discussed on X. First, we introduce the concept of educational futures and emphasize their non-predictive nature. We then locate two distinct themes in academic discussion of educational futures: having “no future”, which is described as a matter of collective feelings, and the uneven distribution of future-making. Next, we apply natural language processing and social network analyses to these two themes in the field. Our preliminary results indicate users’ curiosity about the future and the influence of key users and communities in the discourse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Literacy in an AI-Driven World - 9th European Conference, ECIL 2025, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Serap Kurbanoglu, Ipek Sencan, Yurdagül Ünal, Joumana Boustany, Sonja Špiranec, Denis Kos, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Loriene Roy
Number of pages	12
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Publication date	2026
Pages	426-437
ISBN (Print)	9783032172716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17272-3_35
Publication status	Published - 2026
Event	9th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2025 - Bamberg, Germany Duration: 22. Sept 2025 → 25. Sept 2025

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Conference	9th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2025
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bamberg
Period	22/09/2025 → 25/09/2025

Series	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	2864 CCIS
ISSN	1865-0929

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Keywords

educational data science
Futures
natural language processing
sentiment analysis
social media

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Hansen, S. B., Rehm, M., & Frandsen, T. F. (2026). Educational Futures on Social Media: An Exploratory Study of X. In S. Kurbanoglu, I. Sencan, Y. Ünal, J. Boustany, S. Špiranec, D. Kos, E. Grassian, D. Mizrachi, & L. Roy (Eds.), Information Literacy in an AI-Driven World - 9th European Conference, ECIL 2025, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 426-437). Springer Science+Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17272-3_35

Hansen, Stig Børsen ; Rehm, Martin ; Frandsen, Tove Faber. / Educational Futures on Social Media : An Exploratory Study of X. Information Literacy in an AI-Driven World - 9th European Conference, ECIL 2025, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Serap Kurbanoglu ; Ipek Sencan ; Yurdagül Ünal ; Joumana Boustany ; Sonja Špiranec ; Denis Kos ; Esther Grassian ; Diane Mizrachi ; Loriene Roy. Springer Science+Business Media, 2026. pp. 426-437 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 2864 CCIS).

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Hansen, SB , Rehm, M & Frandsen, TF 2026, Educational Futures on Social Media: An Exploratory Study of X. in S Kurbanoglu, I Sencan, Y Ünal, J Boustany, S Špiranec, D Kos, E Grassian, D Mizrachi & L Roy (eds), Information Literacy in an AI-Driven World - 9th European Conference, ECIL 2025, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science+Business Media, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 2864 CCIS, pp. 426-437, 9th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2025, Bamberg, Germany, 22/09/2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17272-3_35

Educational Futures on Social Media: An Exploratory Study of X. / Hansen, Stig Børsen ; Rehm, Martin ; Frandsen, Tove Faber.
Information Literacy in an AI-Driven World - 9th European Conference, ECIL 2025, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Serap Kurbanoglu; Ipek Sencan; Yurdagül Ünal; Joumana Boustany; Sonja Špiranec; Denis Kos; Esther Grassian; Diane Mizrachi; Loriene Roy. Springer Science+Business Media, 2026. p. 426-437 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 2864 CCIS).

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