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Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud

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LEMUS, Magdalena. Young people facing the world: Digital technologies as support for everyday life. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.1, pp.161-172. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.1510902022016.

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the ways young people face the world. Using a qualitative approach, the authors conducted in-depth personal interviews with high school students from La Plata and Gran La Plata (Argentina). These interviews were analyzed using Martuccelli-™s "support" notion to gain insight into the processes of appropriation of digital technologies among young people. The main findings of the study suggest that the appropiation of digital technologies help young people sustain their daily existence through: a) the construction and expression of self identification and interests; b) management of relationships and membership in peer groups, and c) the pursuit of "always being up to date".

Keywords : youth; communication technologies; sociology student.

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