Blending Digital Humanities and Futures Literacy with activities for our AI infused classroom
🔎 S.E.A.R.C.H. Framework
Read social media like a digital humanist — connecting data, culture, emotion, and imagination.
🟦 S — Spot the Signal
When and where did searches for [this signal] rise most sharply today?
→ How broad does the rise need to be in order to be of true significance?
🧭 Lens: Data Literacy + Cultural Geography
🟧 E — Explore the Ecosystem
Across platforms, who’s remaking the meaning of the use of this media?
→ Notice how media ecosystems amplify or distort emotion and identity.
🧭 Lens: Media Studies + Sociology
🟦 A — Analyze the Atmosphere
What emotions or identities show up in comments, captions, or memes?
→ Can we read an “aesthetic” the same way we do a character in a book?
🧭 Lens: Psychology + Arts & Literature
🟧 R — Reflect on Recommendation Engines
How might AI systems (Google, YouTube, Spotify) have decided to curate this surge of attention?
🧭 Lens: Algorithmic Literacy + Ethics
🟦 C — Connect the Currents
What do you need to further research in order to understand this use of attention?
→ Map parallels between art, politics, and public feeling.
🧭 Lens: History + Politics + Anthropology
🟧 H — Harvest the Horizon
How long do you think attention on this signal will last?
→ How could the attention morph into action?
🧭 Lens: Futures Literacy + Philosophy
How might we engage our literacies further?
📡 From Signal to Source
Investigate where attention begins — and how meaning moves across the web.
🧭 Explore the Signal
Use these live tools to trace how trends evolve, who amplifies them, and how digital ecosystems remix culture in real time.
Discover what people are searching for
Study remix culture in motion
See how creators shape trends
Follow the business of attention
🤝 Bring It Into Conversation
Share your S.E.A.R.C.H. insight with a colleague, student, or friend.
Ask: “What’s a signal that shaped how you see the world this week?”
Notice what emerges when curiosity(rather than certainty) leads your conversation.