Playing in a virtual bedroom: youth leisure in the Facebook generation

Downs, C

Abstract

The rapidly changing uses of online social networking sites (SNS) have led to moral panics, most notably framed in terms of 'stranger danger'. However, the risks to young people from access to un-mediated content available via SNS, and most particularly to user-generated content is not generally seen as being dangerous. However, adults would not generally consider many of the activities engaged in via SNS as safe were they conducted in the real world. This paper explores the ways in which young people use SNS to mediate complex issues of social identity in a virtual environment.

Citation

Downs, C. (2011). Playing in a virtual bedroom: youth leisure in the Facebook generation. In R. Jeanes, & J. Magee (Eds.), Children, Youth and Leisure (15-31). Leisure Studies

• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 5, 2011
• Pages: 15-31
• Book Title: Children, Youth and Leisure
• ISBN: 978-1-905369-24-9