Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June 2025 | Language, Technology, and Social Media

Volume 3, No. 1 (June 2025) of Language, Technology, and Social Media brings together 32 unique authors from a total of 10 countries, namely Bangladesh, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Greece, Germany, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, China, and Indonesia, across 10 peer-reviewed articles. This issue examines language learning across formal and informal digital environments through research on social accommodation, podcast-supported public speaking, literature-based EFL writing, mobile-assisted interaction, AI-enabled ESL assessment, and AI-supported Chinese language acquisition. It also addresses the sociocultural and ethical implications of artificial intelligence in classroom communication and creative practice, including linguistic inclusion, cultural identity, originality, copyright, and the preservation of human agency. Further contributions investigate gendered literary representation and the strategic use of social media in academic-library marketing, broadening the issue’s engagement with identity, pedagogy, digital communication, and institutional outreach.