Catalan Teenagers’ Identity, Literacy and Language Practices on YouTube
- Nikolaj Elf 1
- Adriana Gewerc Barujel 1
- Boris Vázquez Calvo 2
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University of Southern Denmark
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2
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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- Mark R. Freiermuth (ed. lit.)
- Nourollah Zarrinabadi (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan Reino Unido
ISBN: 978-3-030-34211-1, 978-3-030-34212-8
Any de publicació: 2020
Pàgines: 251-278
Tipus: Capítol de llibre
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Cites rebudes
- Cites en Dialnet Métricas: 2 (04-12-2023)
Resum
From the perspective of New Literacy Studies, this chapter seeks to explore and understand how Catalan teenagers build and perform identity online as well as which literacy and language practices they conduct that shape, and leave visible traces of, identity. Using digital ethnography (interviews, screenshots, analysis of videos), we collected data from three teenage gamers from Catalonia who, driven by their shared interest in gaming, upload videos on YouTube. Results show varying degrees of engagement and specialization, which allow us to offer tentative definitions of the roles and functions of these teenagers on YouTube. Results also indicate participants’ norms and behaviors in choosing usernames, profile pictures and background pictures, showing varying degrees of sophistication in linguistic and multimodal practices and awareness in Catalan, Spanish and English.