Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices: Online Social PracticesDunkels, Elza, Franberg, Gun-Marie, Hallgren, Camilla IGI Global, 31 dec. 2010 - 472 sidor The globalization of our society has changed the social culture of young people forever. In this day and age, this online social culture is growing in size, shape, and complexity and the need for further study is imperative. Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices aims to engage the complex relationship between technology and youth culture, while outlining the details of various online social activities. This book focuses on generational aspects of online social practices, as well as other facets, such as gender and social class. Presenting the views of young people regarding social practices is paramount in a time when the educational system, policymakers and non-governmental organizations are calling for this knowledge. |
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Young People and Online Risk | 1 |
Youth and Online Social Networking | 17 |
Swedish Students Online | 41 |
Fat Talk | 64 |
To Be Continued | 83 |
Digital Neighbourhoods | 97 |
The Use of Interactive Media in Identity Construction by Female Undergraduates in a Nigerian University | 112 |
The Representation of Female Friendships on Young Womens Myspace Profiles | 126 |
The Role of Internet Newsgroups in the ComingOut Process of Gay Male Youth | 222 |
The Competent Youths Exposure of Teachers at YouTubese | 243 |
Moving from CyberBullying to CyberKindness | 256 |
Electronic Aggression among Adolescents | 278 |
Ways of ICT Usage Among Mildly Intellectually Disabled Adolescents | 296 |
Gaming and Aggression | 316 |
Young People Sexual Content and Solicitation Online | 338 |
Spirituality in Cybercrime Yahoo Yahoo Activities among Youths in South West Nigeria | 357 |
YouTube as a Performative Arena | 153 |
Young People and Cybersex in a Sexually Conservative Society | 171 |
Youth Sexuality and the Internet | 190 |
Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes | 207 |
Compilation of References | 381 |
About the Contributors | 428 |
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