Everyday Creativity: Consumption, Participation, Production, and Communication by Teenagers in The Netherlands

Urban Influencers: An Analysis of Urban Identity in YouTube Content of Local Social Media Influencers in a Super-Diverse City

“…As media idols, influencers can function as role models for adolescents, given that the consumption of media content by influencers may provide not only entertainment, but also examples of identities (Gomillion and Giuliano, 2011;Turner, 2014;Gleason et al, 2017;Lovelock, 2017). Adolescents may engage with the influencer content by means of consuming the content, participating in comment sections, liking or sharing content, and even producing their own content, for instance in response to or based on the content by these influencers (Shao, 2009;Jansz et al, 2015). As in dialog, influencers often address their audience in a direct way in their videos and engage with them in the comment sections, creating the parasocial interaction [i.e., the one-sided feeling among the audience that they have an intimate personal relationship with the media figure or celebrity (Horton and Wohl, 1956)] that is so crucial to their success (Frobenius, 2014;Burgess and Green, 2018).…”

With a Little Help from My Friends: Peer Coaching for Refugee Adolescents and the Role of Social Media

“…Media usage as a communication channel can impact the development of new friendships and thus, influence well-being as well. While using social networks and media based communication comes naturally for most adolescents, such media is also a place for peers to meet (Jansz et al, 2015;Kneer et al, 2012Kneer et al, , 2019Shifflet-Chila et al, 2016). The use of digital communication showed promising results concerning social inclusion of refugee youth and therefore social media has high potential for social capital in Australia (Wilding, 2009).…”

“…Another contemporary development that is especially interesting for adolescents, targets new forms of communication such as social media. Communication via social media takes place without adult involvement and youth create relationships and new networks (Jansz, Slot, Tol, & Verstraeten, 2015). Research on refugees and communication technologies found that social media helps with social inclusion in cases of forced migration (Díaz Andrade & Doolin, 2017).…”

How Do Teachers Use Video at School? New Impulse From Digital Video and Open Educational Resources

“…Today's children and teenagers habitually spend a considerable amount of time online [1], and recent studies indicate that, thanks to free services like YouTube, video is possibly the most widely used media online nowadays [2] [3], mostly in passive (viewing) or participatory (commenting, tagging, sharing) modes [4]. Thanks to pocket smartphone or GoPro cameras, the production of short videosfor fun or for school/work, connected with sports, events, partying, etc.…”

“…Thanks to pocket smartphone or GoPro cameras, the production of short videosfor fun or for school/work, connected with sports, events, partying, etc. -has also become a common practice among young people, and has been labelled an "everyday creativity" [4] [5]. The spread of social media has also provided new channels for the creation and diffusion of video materials (Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, etc.).…”