The lecture focuses on social media platforms and wellbeing, drawing on findings from the TRAVIS research project. It examines algorithms and young adults’ efforts to shape their social media experience in ways that support their wellbeing, using various platform features to provide feedback to algorithms. These practices are considered a form of self-care, aimed at promoting the visibility of content that supports wellbeing and limiting content perceived as harmful. The lecture will also address the challenges and boundaries of these kinds of curation practices.

Jaana Davidjants is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, focusing on social media, visual culture, and wellbeing-related topics. Her doctoral research examined war-related activism on social media. She has explored digital trust as part of the research project Trust and Visuality: Everyday Digital Practices (TRAVIS).