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Further Readings
Anderson, M., Toor, S., & Rainie, L. (2018). Activism in the social media age. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/07/11/activism-in-the-social-media-age/
This report looks at the evolution of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag and how Americans use social media for political and social participation.
Hampton, K. N., & Wellman, B. (2018). Lost and saved. . . again: The moral panic about the loss of community takes hold of social media. Contemporary Sociology, 47(6), 643–651.
This article takes a renewed look at the loss of community argument taking into account new evidence.
Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: Why today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy—and completely unprepared for adulthood—and what that means for the rest of us. New York: Atria Books.
This book looks at generational differences showing how iGen (born 1995–2002) are socially different and engage differently with community.
Wellman, B., Quan-Haase, A., & Harper, G. M. (2019). The networked question in the digital era: How do networked, bounded, and limited individuals connect at different stages in the life course? Network Science, 8(1), 1–22.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2019.28
This paper examines to what extent individuals are networked or not and presents evidence from a study conducted in East York, Toronto, Canada.
Recommended Websites
Activism in the Social Media Age, #BlackLivesMatter hashtag
https://www.pewinternet.org/2018/07/11/activism-in-the-social-media-age/
This report looks at the evolution of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag and how North Americans use social media for political and social participation.
We Matter
https://wemattercampaign.org/about/
We Matter is an Indigenous youth-led non-profit organization working to support Indigenous youth and organizers of the Canada-wide We Matter multimedia campaign.
Toronto Social Capital Study
https://torontofoundation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/TF-SocialCapitalStudy-Final-Clean-min.pdf
This report, created by Toronto Community Foundation, examines the social capital that exists in Toronto neighbourhoods.
Ted Talk on iGen by Jean Twenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8kZZS_bzc
In this Ted Talk Jean Twenge talks about the challenges of Generation iGen as they show heavy reliance on smartphones often at the expense of face-to-face interactions.