Shifting Culture and Minds

Immigrant-Origin Youth Building Critical Consciousness on Social Media

Bibliographic Data

ID2329486
AuthorsSara Wilf (0000-0002-3261-1936, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Elena Maker Castro (0000-0002-5795-3932, University of California, Los Angeles), Kedar Garzón Gupta (University of California, Los Angeles), Laura Wray-Lake (0000-0002-6091-4440, University of California, Los Angeles)
Year2023
Volume55
Issue8
Pages1589-1614
Publication date2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueYouth & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0044118x221103890
OpenAlexW4283719934
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited39

This multi-method qualitative study explores how immigrant-origin (I-O) youth express civic engagement on social media, and how youths' immigrant identities shape their online civic engagement. We analyzed 2,203 Twitter posts collected over a 6-month period from 32 racially and ethnically diverse I-O youth (an average of 69 posts per participant). Interviews with 11 participants supplemented Twitter analysis. Using a critical consciousness framework as a guiding lens, we identified three broad themes: Using Critical Reflection to Shift Culture and Minds, Navigating and Drawing on Multiple Identities, and Building Collective Political Efficacy. Findings contribute to a growing body of literature on how I-O youth are harnessing social media as agents of their own, and their peers', critical consciousness development

Civic engagement · Consciousness · Critical consciousness · Critical reflection · Immigration · Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Youth culture · Gender Studies · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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