Social Computing-Driven Activism in Youth Empowerment Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities
summary
Qualitative study uses semi-structured interviews and three rounds of focus groups with a youth empowerment organization (about 12–15 youth per site paired with two–three staff) to analyze Facebook, Twitter and Instagram use through an object-oriented publics lens. Key claims: youth favor short video previews and waiting until the last hour to post, creating illegible outreach that complicates staff accountability; concerns about tagging and peer stigma reduce visibility. A prototype network-visualization tool to show intermediate impact and leverage social capital is under development but not yet evaluated.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to research
- 1:29Social computing in activism
- 3:17Study of youth empowerment organization
- 7:56Expanding public through social media
- 12:53Disconnect in shared attachments
- 15:45Future tech for youth activism
- 16:48Q&A session
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