Sociology of Youth and Cyberspace

Year
1
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
02033196
Subject Area
Sociology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
7.5
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The methods of study to be privileged presuppose seveal means like these: presententions by the teacher, use of computer resources, group exhibitions of selected materials, brief empirical survey results, review of comments, petitions and other initiatives taking place at www.

Learning Outcomes

This UC is intended to provide students with a deep understanding of the meaning and sociological importance of younger generations in the era of so-called "cyberspace". In a world where social networks and digital communication have acquired a primordial status, their effects and their influence especially in today's youth (in a broad sense between the condition of adolescents and that of young adults) influences and helps to model subjectivities, behavioral patterns and identity forms endowed with a significant sociopolitical meaning. Thus, the reflection that the present discipline intends to take to the students should help them, on one hand, to perceive the historic-sociological origins of the "youth" as a category / social actor that carried out important social changes and, on the other, to explore the role of the new digital media, and their relationship with the younger strata, in their socio-political implications within the framework of today's democratic society.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Youngsters and 'youth': concepts, categories and actors

2. Cultures, trajectories and lifestyles

3. The historical and sociological construction of youth cultures

4. Consumer society and the role of education

5. The impact of the media and urban cultures

6. Communication and massification: identities in transition

7. Social networks in the 21st century cybernetic world

8. Virtual communities, risks and activism in the cyberspace

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

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Castells, M. (2011), Communication Power. Oxford University Press

Livingstone, S. & Sefton-Green (2016), The Class Living and Learning in the Digital Age. N. York: NYUniv Press

Miles, S. (2000), Youth, Lifestyles in a Changing World. Philadelphia: Open University Press

Pais, J. M. (1993), Culturas Juvenis. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional/ Casa da Moeda.

Herrera, L. (2012), Youth and Citizenship in the Digital Age: A View from Egypt. Harvard Educational Review, vol 82, nº 3. in

Scherer-Warren, I. (2009), Redes de Movimentos Sociais. São Paulo: Edições Loyola.

Stallabrass, J. (1995), Empowering Technology: The Exploration of Cyberspace, New Left Review, I/211.  

Stallabrass, J. (2012) Digital Partisans: on mute and the cultural politics of the net. New Left Review, 74.