Abstract Students embody themselves within social media platforms and (re)craft their identities within social media platforms. These interfaces enable students to think critically regarding human geographic issues online and raise awareness of their positionalities in using ever-changing technology. This paper analyses how social media research can be developed into pedagogy, in relation to research that uses WhatsApp and Twitter as research methods to explore issues around identity within Eurovision Song Contest fandom. It argues that higher education institutions need to be continuously aware of the increasing need for digital integration into undergraduate geography teaching, fieldwork and pedagogy.

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在地理教学中应用社交媒体研究方法：好处和新出现的挑战？

摘要 学生在社交媒体平台中体现自己，并在社交媒体平台中（重新）塑造他们的身份。这些界面使学生能够批判性地思考在线人文地理问题，并提高他们在使用不断变化的技术时的定位意识。本文分析了社交媒体研究如何发展成为教学法，与使用 WhatsApp 和 Twitter 作为研究方法的研究相关，以探索欧洲歌唱大赛粉丝中围绕身份的问题。它认为，高等教育机构需要不断意识到将数字整合到本科地理教学、实地考察和教学法中的日益增长的需求。