Revista Argentina de Estudios de Juventud

Inherited, Attributed and Claimed Identities

2024-08-07T01:57:32+00:00

Based on ethnographic work that included in-depth interviews and participant observations, the research investigates the construction of social identity of young people who live in the El Martillo neighborhood of the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. As the main finding, it is established that in this process come into tension and dispute the inherited identities as a result of socialization in different institutions, the identities attributed by the adult world, the hegemonic identity associated with being young in actual society, the negativized identity assigned by the media and the identities that young people themselves claim.

First Time in Politics

2024-06-27T15:46:18+00:00

The following paper analyzes the beginning of the first political commitment of high school students from the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In particular, it centers in the factors that contribute to the formation of dispositions and political learnings which contribute with the course of action, that is to say, in the decision to initiate an active political participation in public places. Continuity and change produced by the way of initiating the commitments between the different political generations form 1983 up to 2023.

How do Young People in Uruguay Become Adults?

2023-12-12T16:01:55+00:00

Based on a quantitative analysis of the 2018 National Survey of Adolescence and Youth in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, this study examines the intensity and timing of three events marking the transition to adulthood (first stable job, first residential independence, and first child) according to gender and educational level among young people aged 24 to 30 across the country. The findings suggest that the transition to adulthood may be delayed for those with higher educational levels and occur earlier for those with lower educational levels.

Literary Writing and Gender Identity in Virtuality

2024-02-27T21:20:44+00:00

This work analyze identity configurations of young people in social networks from writing. Starting from a methodological approach that combines a survey in two secondary schools in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, in-depth interviews and an exploration from virtual ethnography, we will analyze the productions and experiences of a trans adolescent who writes literary and autobiographical texts on Instagram. From the biographical approach, his life story will be reconstructed from his virtual publications and interviews. It is concluded that writing practices in social networks provide tools for the identity configurations of young people, among which the inscription of diverse sex-generic identities stands out.

Jóvenes y consumo de información en redes sociales

2024-02-23T12:41:34+00:00

The rise of social media has caused the emergence of a new generation of influencers as well as citizens who have found themselves at the intersection of journalism. The growth in their performance as journalists raises concerns about the erosion of the profession and news standards. Faced with this, the present study analyzes the relevance that the figures of the influencer and the citizen who informs have for youths of Z generation. The research is supported by a quantitative survey applied to a sample of 913 high school students from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (Uaemex).