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CATEGORIES:Cambridge Technology &amp\; New Media Research Clu
 ster
SUMMARY:Hidden Youth?: The Sociality of Young People &quot
 \;Withdrawn&quot\; in the  Bedroom in a Digital Ag
 e - Dr Mark Wong\, Social &amp\; Public Policy\, U
 niversity of Glasgow 
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190304T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190304T133000
UID:TALK120637AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/120637
DESCRIPTION:This presentation critically discusses the sociali
 ty of young people who physically shut themselves 
 in the bedroom and do not go outside for months an
 d years on end. This emerging phenomenon is common
 ly referred to as “hidden youth” and has become on
 e of the most topical issues in East Asia. However
 \, this issue remains under-researched and has lim
 ited recognition outside of the Far East. This tal
 k will present insights from the first study of th
 is phenomenon in the UK and Scottish context while
  studying this comparatively across two sites. \n\
 nThe presentation will question common interpretat
 ions of “hidden” young people as withdrawn from so
 ciety and challenges assumptions of their self-sec
 lusion and loneliness inside the bedroom. This rec
 lusive depiction will be contested by drawing on r
 ecent theoretical debates on social connectedness 
 in the digital age. This argument will be explored
  with interview data from a qualitative study cond
 ucted with young people “hidden” in the bedroom fo
 r 3-48 months in Hong Kong and Scotland. \nThrough
  this study\, hidden youth’s sociality was found t
 o be more nuanced than previously assumed. This pr
 esentation argues technology and online networks c
 an play an especially important role to enable mar
 ginalised young people to feel more connected. You
 ng people can become attached to online communitie
 s as a reaction to their experiences of increasing
  precarity and marginalisation in society. The tal
 k will prompt us to reflect more generally on the 
 impact of technology on society and calls for more
  debates on the complexities of human sociality in
  the digital age.
LOCATION:17 Mill Lane\, Room B (1st floor)
CONTACT:Tellef S. Raabe
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