Adolescence, Girlhood, and Media Migration by Rickman Aimee;
Author:Rickman, Aimee;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
A number of the teens agreed with Sarahâs assessments, reporting that Twitter connected them to others who they looked up to and believed welcomed their realities. According to Amelia: âI think itâs more so my generation that has Twitter, and celebrities more than adults.â But teens also migrated to Twitter for whom they believed were not in attendance: their parents. â[W]hen my parents check my computer,â Amelia explained, âthey donât really care about Twitter âcause they donât really know what it is.â Others agreed.
Rather than supplanting one platform with another, a bricolage of social media helped teens maintain visibility of acceptable identities on Facebook even as they strategically relocated controversial ideas and images to spaces unmonitored by parents, say a second Facebook account or Twitter. Away from parental monitoring in media migration, teens felt less socially constrained and overtly pursued social and romantic relationships, shared sassy pictures, and broadcast tweets and thoughts on âadultâ topics. On Twitter, for example, Sarah cursed and discussed sex, drinking, and parties. âI wouldnât use Twitter the same way if my parents were on it,â she confessed, explaining these expressions as unacceptable to her parents. But without parents around, Sarah said she spent hours on Twitter because she was âtreated like a grown-upâ and was âable to make decisions and face the consequences.â âOn Twitter,â she said, âkids can be kids.â
Existing outside of adult surveillance, censoring, and other reminders of inferiority, teens said they trusted social media to both accept them and teach them how to gain status and be considered ârightâ in the world.
Carollynn also censored herself on Facebook, but her imagined Twitter audience made her believe she could safely vent family frustrations there:
Some of my momâs friends from work that Iâm also friends with . . . Like, stuff like, if Iâm mad at my parents I can comment, I put it on Twitter not on Facebook so they donât tell my mom or something. Yeah itâs different on Twitter.
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