“If I weren’t an activist, I’d buy an old Nokia and I’d be OK”: Youth wellbeing, digital media, and activism
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F24%3A10492186" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/24:10492186 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TuG-qj4ZGT" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TuG-qj4ZGT</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i12.13854" target="_blank" >10.5210/fm.v29i12.13854</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
“If I weren’t an activist, I’d buy an old Nokia and I’d be OK”: Youth wellbeing, digital media, and activism
Original language description
For youth activists, digital media are a central tool for awareness raising and mobilisation. At the same time, the pressure to be constantly connected and the negative responses one can encounter through social media, can be significant stressors on youths' wellbeing. Drawing upon a year-long critical comparative ethnographic research project with Fridays For Future youth climate justice activists in Czechia and Hungary, this paper analyses the multifaceted role of digital media in youth activists' wellbeing. On one hand, youth activists encountered varied psychological, social, and physical challenges connected to digital media use, which caused stress and contributed to burnout. On the other hand, they individually and collectively developed diverse coping strategies and mechanisms, as well as digital literacy, which were supported by the movement's community of activists. This in turn strengthened their resilience and positively contributed to their wellbeing. Ultimately, the youth activists' wellbeing appeared to rely on their own ability to constantly balance between the many challenges encountered related to digital media use for activism, and the resources required to deal with these challenges. Our findings carry important implications for supporting youth activists' wellbeing.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-28556S" target="_blank" >GA21-28556S: The role of online media in constructing, negotiating, and practicing children’s active citizenship</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
First Monday
ISSN
1396-0466
e-ISSN
1396-0466
Volume of the periodical
29
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
DK - DENMARK
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
1-23
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85216193876