Mediated Youth Cultures : The Internet, Belonging and New Cultural Configurations /
Bennett, A.editor.
Robards, B.editor.
This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Youth, Cultural Practice and Media Technologies; Part 1 Online and Offline Identities; 1 Youth Identities in a Digital Age: The Anchoring Role of Friends in Young People's Approaches to Online Identity Expression; 2 Mediating Experiences of ''Growing Up'' on Facebook's Timeline: Privacy, Ephemerality and the Reflexive Project of Self; 3 Young People and Mediated Private Space; 4 Ending Up Online: Interrogating Mediated Youth Drinking Cultures; Part 2 Engagement and Creativity; 5 Rethinking ''Virtual'' Youth: Young People and Life Writing; 6 The ''Designs Industry'': Girls Play with Production and Power on Israeli Blogs; 7 Youth, Social Media and Transnational Cultural Distribution: The Case of Online K-pop Circulation; 8 Young People's Musical Engagement and Technologies of Taste; 9 Understanding Everyday Uses of Music Technologies in the Digital Age; Part 3 Bodies, Spaces and Places; 10 Women, Sport and New Media Technologies: Derby Grrrls Online; 11 Getting Bodied with Beyoncé on YouTube; 12 ''Activating'' Young People in the Production of Virtual Worlds; 13 Flash Mobs and Zombie Shuffles: Play in the Augmented CityGlossary; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more.
Youth-Social life and customs.
Social media.
Culture.
Communication.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Social groups.
Family.
Youth Culture.
Social Media.
Sociology of Culture.
Media Research.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.