Digital Youth Subcultures

<P>This book draws together both primary and secondary empirical research and existing literature to examine transgressive subcultural activities and engagement in digital social spaces (DSS).</P><P>The book addresses four objectives:</P><P>1. To understand how young peoples¿ subcultures arise online and they are constructed and experienced in DSS</P><P>2. To understand how and why DSS matter to young people</P><P>3. To understand if any DSS controls exist in these online spaces and</P><P>4. To understand how identity locations such as social class, gender and ethnicity and/or their intersections shape young peoples¿ engagement and behaviour(s) in DSS.</P><P>In addressing these objectives with a focus on European contributions, the text provides a holistic understanding of the purpose of digital social spaces in shaping young peoples¿ identities and self-perceptions. It will be of interest to postgraduate students, secondary school teachers, lecturers and scholars in education, sociolo