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Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), Volume 19 of Emerald Studies in Media and Communications draws on global case studies that examine media use by millennials. By bringing together contributors and case studies from four continents to examine millennial digital media practices, the volume charts out multiple dimensions of Gen Y's digital media engagements: smartphone use among Israelis, the activities of Brazilian youths in LAN houses, selfies in the New Zealand context, and American millennials engaged in a variety of digital pursuits ranging from seeking employment, to content creation, to gaming, to consuming news and political content. Through these case studies we see parallels in the mediated millennial experience across key digital venues including Twitter and YouTube, and MMOs. None-the-less, contributors also prompt us to keep in mind the importance of those millennials without equal access to resources who must rely on public venues such as libraries and LAN Houses. Across these venues and arenas of practice, the research provides an important collection of research shedding important light on the first generation growing up with the normative expectation to perform digital identity work, create visual culture, and engage in the digital public sphere.
Contents
Introduction to 'Millennials and Media'; Aneka Khilnani, Jeremy Schulz, Laura Robinson, John Baldwin, Heloisa Pait, Apryl Williams, Jenny Davis and Gabe Ignatow Chapter 1. Millennials Usher a Post-Digital Era: Theorizing How Generation Y Engages with Digital Media; Deb Aikat
THE MILLENNIAL SOCIAL SELF
Chapter 2. A Story of Love and Hate: Smartphones in Students Lives; Vered Elishar-Malka, Yaron Ariel, and Ruth Avidar
Chapter 3. Online-Offline Social Ties in Massive Multiplayer Online Games; Juan G. Arroyo-Flores
Chapter 4. Do No Harm Lest Others Do Harm to You: Self Protection and Risk Management by Generation Y on Social Media; Katarzyna Wodniak and Anne Holohan
VISUAL CULTURE AND CREATION OF THE SELF
Chapter 5. I want my YouTube!: Trends in Early Youth-Created Music Videos; Steven Kendrat and Charisse L'Pree Corsbie-Massay
Chapter 6. Digital Photography and the Morselization of Communicative Memory; Barry King
MILLENNIALS, NEWS, AND THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE
Chapter 7. The First Twitter Handle(s) of the United States: An information processing perspective on Twitter use by the President of the United State and its effect on Millennials; John Xeller and David Atkin
Chapter 8. Embracing the visual, verbal and viral media: How post-millennial consumption habits are reshaping the news; Chris Gentilviso and Deb Aikat
UN-MEDIATED MILLENNIALS & INEQUALITIES
Chapter 9. Poverty and the Shadow of Utopian Internet Theory: Insights From Interviews with Unemployed Internet Users Living Below the Poverty Line; David J. Park
Chapter 10. The Lan-House Phenomenon: Exploring the Uses and Symbolic Functions of the Internet Among Low-Income Brazilian Youth; Juliana Maria (da Silva) Trammel
