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New media & youth identity. Issues and research pathways

TitleNew media & youth identity. Issues and research pathways
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsPattaro C
Secondary TitleItalian Journal of Sociology of Education
Volume7
Issue1
Pagination297-327
Date Published02/2015
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2035-4983
Keywordsidentity, New Media, socialization, Youth
Abstract

Media have held a considerable and growing place in the social environment of industrial society in recent decades, transforming the perception that a people have of their place in the world and of their memberships and belonging, creating new paths for social relations, affecting lifestyles, socialization, and communication processes, and the construction of identity itself. The relationship between young people (especially teenagers and adolescents) and new media shows some peculiarities which are worth further reflection to understand the extent and outcomes of these social changes. This article aims to investigate the discourse on youth identity and new media in the social science literature, determining which are the key trends and exploring the more relevant research questions about this theme and the way these topics relate to one another. Titles and abstracts of articles published during the period 20042013 were selected from the Scopus social sciences database and they were analysed using different content analysis techniques supported by the T-Lab software. The international literature on these topics presents a certain liveliness and heterogeneity in themes and its perspectives on theoretical and empirical research. Nevertheless, it has been possible to identify some key trends, focusing mainly on the idea of active identity construction by new media.

URLhttp://ijse.padovauniversitypress.it/2015/1/12
DOI10.14658/pupj-ijse-2015-1-12
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