Hidden Youth and the Virtual World

The process of social censure and empowerment

Gloria Chan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-85761-2 (ISBN)

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This book uncovers the truth about hidden youth, the causes, coping strategies, power relations between them and adults in society, and their relationship with the virtual world. .

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, coping strategies, power relations between them and adults in society, and their relationship with the virtual world. Key topics surrounding the phenomenon of hidden youth are explored in detail, including:

The framework of Social Censure Theory
The theoretical concepts of hegemony and the impact that labelling by the Government, the media and institutions has had on hidden youth
The willingness of the hidden youth to remain hidden within the virtual world
Subcultures as a platform for hidden youth empowerment

This is a particularly useful volume to researchers in child and adolescent psychology, clinical psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, school psychology, sociology, social work, and youth policy; as well as youth workers, school counsellors and mental health professionals, and will appeal to the interest of both academics and practitioners alike.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Asian Behavioural Sciences
Zusatzinfo	12 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	574 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-85761-0 / 1138857610
ISBN-13	978-1-138-85761-2 / 9781138857612
Zustand	Neuware