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Urban & Online: Social Media Use among Adolescents and Sense of Belonging to a Super-Diverse City
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Abstract In a world of continuous migration, super-diverse cities consist of a multitude of migrants and non-migrants from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Yet one characteristic they all have in common is the place where they currently live. In addition, both groups are active users of social media, espec... view more
In a world of continuous migration, super-diverse cities consist of a multitude of migrants and non-migrants from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Yet one characteristic they all have in common is the place where they currently live. In addition, both groups are active users of social media, especially the young. Social media provide platforms to construct and negotiate one’s identity - particularly the identity related to where one lives: urban identity. This article presents the results of a survey study (N = 324) investigating the relationships between social media engagement and identity construction among migrant and non-migrant adolescents in the super-diverse city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was found that urban identity was significantly higher for migrants than non-migrants. Certain aspects of social media engagement predicted urban identity in combination with social identity. Finally, social media engagement was found to be positively related to group self-esteem.... view less
Keywords
Netherlands; large city; adolescence; adolescent; identity formation; migration; social media; diversity; urbanity; online service
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
Rotterdam; identity construction; self-esteem; super-diversity; urban identity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 242-253
Journal
Media and Communication, 7 (2019) 2
Issue topic
Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed