Social media and the mediation of everyday violence

A study of Colombian young adults’ experiences

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6443541
AutoresEsteban Morales (0000-0002-6691-3983, Royal Roads University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen27
Número7
Páginas4308-4325
Fecha de publicación2024-03-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448241236756
OpenAlexW4392515837
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas41

Social media is a critical element of contemporary ecologies of violence, especially in countries with a long-standing history of armed conflicts – such as Colombia, the setting of this study. In this context, this article explores how violence is mediated through and within social media platforms among Colombian young adults. More specifically, by drawing on Jesús Martín-Barbero, this study explores how violence is mediated on digital platforms across time (temporalities), space (spatialities), technologies and techniques (technicities) and our senses (sensorialities). Methodologically, this case study draws from the experiences of young adults from Colombia who were invited to collaboratively discuss the violence they engage with in their everyday uses of social media platforms. The results show evidence of destabilization of meaning-making practices in the territories of violence that young adults inhabit on digital platforms, as well as processes of normalization of harm

Developmental psychology · Mediation · Political science · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology