Social Media Courses

The Royal Institution

There is No Algorithm for Truth - Science Communication in the Age of Social Media

Tom Scott examines how social media rewards popularity and view counts, and what that pressure means for communicating science truthfully.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NorthSec

Social Bots - Malicious Use of Social Media

A mixed-methods investigation of social bots, disinformation, and political interference on Twitter during Canada’s 2019 federal election.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

OWASP Foundation

Social Media Botnet Detection with Linkage Analysis and Machine Learning

Explore how linkage analysis and machine learning can detect spam botnets across social media.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Adobe

Retouching Photos and GIFs for Social Media - Part 1

Retouch product photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, then animate a cohesive design for social media while exploring freelance creative work.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Creating Loopable Social Media Content in Premiere Pro - Part 1

Learn James Bonanno’s workflow for planning and editing seamless loopable social videos in Premiere Pro, including trims, transitions, audio, and timeline shortcuts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Illustrator Daily Creative Challenge: Typography-Based Social Media Post Design

Create a typography-based social media post in Illustrator using Adobe Fonts, text hierarchy, type editing, alignment, and custom type.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Create a Scroll-Stopping Video for Social Media Using Adobe Rush - Like A Pro

Learn to turn photos and video clips into polished, scroll-stopping social media videos with transitions, graphics, speed changes, color edits, and Adobe Rush.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GreatStack

How To Build Full Stack Social Media Marketplace App Using React JS - Listing Website Using PERN

Build and deploy a marketplace for buying and selling social media profiles, with administrator verification and delivery of purchased credentials by email.

• YouTube
• 11 hours 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Web Dev Simplified

How to Create a Social Media App Using the T3 Stack - Next.js, React, Tailwind, Prisma, TypeScript

Build a Twitter-style app with the T3 stack, connecting tweet feeds, likes, profiles, and follows from database schema through deployment.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Black Hat

Behind the Scenes - The Industry of Social Media Manipulation Driven by Malware

An investigation into the malware, proxy services, reseller panels, and buyers behind the industrialized sale of fake social media engagement.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

media.ccc.de

Überwachung, Social Media und Repression am Beispiel von Belarus

How Belarus’s Lukashenko regime used surveillance technologies to repress political movements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

RSA Conference

Perilous Posts - The Risks of Biometric Patterns Exposed in Social Media

Social media posts can expose biometric patterns at scale, enabling authentication bypass, digital identity theft, reputational attacks, and deepfakes.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Forensic 365

Don't Trust Your Eyes - The Rise of Visual Misinformation in Social Media

A talk on how misleading visual information online affects society, with awareness tips for recognizing social-media-related crime.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Forensic 365

Psychological Implications of Social Media - Expert Talk

Examines how social media’s highlight reels, social currency, and fear of missing out shape stress, compulsive use, and perception.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Forensic 365

Privacy and Security Issues on Social Media

Examines how social media’s role in everyday communication creates privacy and security threats for users.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video