“LGBTQ+ Youth Experiences of Social Media in Narrative Identity Development” – Adam Bates, Dr Beth Bell, and Dr Trish Hobman

This study explored the narrative identity development of contemporary undergraduate LGBTQ+ youth, who are the first generation to have had persistent access to social media throughout their adolescence…

– Bates, Bell, and Hobman (57)

This study by Adam Bates, Dr Beth Bell, and Dr Trish Hobman adopts a person-centred narrative approach that aims to understand the role of social media in the process of identity development of young LGBTQ+ people.

This has important social implications. Although youth consider social media to be a safe space, their data may be used in ways that they did not intend.

– Bates, Bell, and Hobman (75)

Bates, Bell and Hobman’s paper can be downloaded for FREE here.