Hi Everyone, If you're teaching about the concept of "affordances" this semester, I've got a short 5-minute explainer video that you may find useful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q. This is a supplement to my book on the topic. The video is on YouTube (linked above) and also on the MIT Press website, alongside the Open Access Introduction chapter under Reader Resources https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5QN8WokJQ_Q/maxresdefault.jpg]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q> Affordances: How We Shape Technologies and Technologies Shape Us - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q> This video explains what "affordances" are, how the concept has evolved, and describes an operational a model called the “mechanisms and conditions framework... www.youtube.com Best, Jenny Jenny L. Davis School of Sociology The Australian National University New Article(s): Davis, Jenny L., Apryl Williams and Michael Yang. 2021. Algorithmic Reparation<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211044808> Big Data & Society Book: How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (MIT Press 2020)<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford> Website: jennyldavis.com<https://www.jennyldavis.com/> Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis>