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Hidden Youth and the Virtual World: The process of social censure and empowerment book cover

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Hidden Youth and the Virtual World The process of social censure and empowerment

By Gloria Chan Copyright 2017
256 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge
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Hidden Youth and the Virtual World examines the phenomenon of ‘hidden youth’ or hikikomori , as it is better known in Japan as well as Hong Kong. Exposure to the Internet has allowed these young persons to develop a high level of capability within the virtual world, however these are skills that are not highly valued by society. This book uncovers the truth about hidden youth, the causes,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Literature review  3. When Social Censure meets hidden youth  4. The creation and enactment of social censure: From deviant youth to hidden youth  5. The coping strategies and resistance of hidden youth  6. Virtual world and hidden youth  7. Subculture as a platform to empower hidden youth  8. Conclusion and remarks

Biography

Gloria Hongyee Chan – School of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong

This new book provides a brand new perspective to understand more thoroughly about the young people nowadays, their challenges and the constraints they have to cope with in a post industrialized modern state. Young people are not hidden; they may simply be ignored by many of the adults. – Mark Li, Senior Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University

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