Youth 2.0: Social Media and Adolescence Connecting, Sharing and Empowering
The core ambition of Youth 2.0: Social Media and Adolescence Connecting, Sharing and Empowering is, as stated by the editors, to explore the tension between opportunities for adolescents' identity and relational development, and possible drawbacks for young people's privacy and security (p. xviii) Recognizing how the sharing of digital content is an integral part of youths' daily life, the book's 13 chapters cover a wide range of privacy related topics. The book has its starting point in the international Youth 2.0 conference in Antwerp in 2013, and is structured around three main themes: identity, privacy, and risks and empowerment. The five editors are all Belgian scholars. Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet, and Barbara Segaert are based at the University of Antwerp, Ellen Vanderhoven is at Ghent University, and Jacques Haers works at the Catholic University of Leuven. The chapter authors primarily come from other European countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. In addition, some chapters are authored by scholars from Canada and Colombia.