Media, Collective Identity & Participation Culture - The Future

Here are my notes and examples for your conclusion, where you (should) argue that the rise of web2.0 and what Gauntlett & Jenkins call 'Participation Culture' will help lessen mediated hegemonic identities of young people (that often conform to stereotype) and allow greater empowered and connectivity with the world, other people, and therefore greater control over identity, and hopefully change the collective identity of the young person and teenager as a whole, as well as allowing new collective identities and youth subcultures to thrive.

Media & Collective Identity in the future 

LINKS:

Alexis' Petridis Article on the death of traditional youth subculture with the rise of online subculture.

Vice article on the death of subculture due to NekNomination (a moral panic)

Daily Mail article about Zoella representing the change in young people from rebellious and counter-cultural to boring, safe, dull and 'square' 

Chris Poole on Anonymity 

Guardian on Identity, authenticity and anonymity 

The Guardian on challenges facing Generation K

Henry Jenkins on participatory and convergence Culture

Why would anyone watch Twitch?

PewDiePie: How the YouTube King Clocked up 40m fans 

Maker Studios

Sociality Barbie

Essena O'Neil