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Blended Lives
- Source :
- YOUNG. 24:85-101
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- This article presents a qualitative study of ICT use among Finnish young people attending training programmes for youth outside employment and education. The data come from six focus group interviews and three individual interviews, as well as a single focus group interview with involved supervisors. The data was analyzed using McQuail’s (1983) theory regarding the motives for individual media use. The results show that the young people use ICT primarily for entertainment, but their use is diverse. Young people choose the tools and dimensions for interaction that best fulfill their needs, blending together ingredients from both online and offline sources. Unlike previous research, young people in this study stated that they prefer talking to someone face-to-face about severe (health-related or emotional) problems. If social and youth services want to meet young people on their own terms, both online and offline services are needed.
- Subjects :
- Online and offline
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science
ICT use
social media
ONLINE
050801 communication & media studies
young people
MEDIA
Entertainment
AGE
0508 media and communications
entertainment
Media use
Developmental and Educational Psychology
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social media
Social work
business.industry
SOCIAL-WORK
4. Education
05 social sciences
Advertising
Public relations
Focus group
YOUTH
Information and Communications Technology
5145 Social work
HEALTH
Psychology
business
outside employment and education
GENERATION
050104 developmental & child psychology
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17413222 and 11033088
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- YOUNG
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fc0171b92bcd498bfd5db48a1a817d75