Adolescence, Identity, and the Politics of Recognition in the Social Media Era : Being and Becoming After the Algorithmic Turn

Adolescence, Identity, and the Politics of Recognition in the Social Media Era explores the political identity formation of adolescents online, with a focus on recognition theory, affect, and lived experiences of belonging and non-belonging. In a socio-political moment characterised by culture wars and epistemic disjunctures, largely facilitated by the algorithmic logics of modern social media technologies, people are increasingly turning their attention to the role of social media in political belief formation, rising populism, and polarisation.Understanding how these dynamics inform the developing political identities of young people coming of age online is, however, under-explored.In response, this book examines how the desire for recognition and belonging drives identity articulation and political affiliation-both online and offline-for teens negotiating identity construction in the digital era.Using interviews and surveys with New Zealand teens, and employing recognition theory, t