Gen Z

The Price of Perfection: The Impacts Social Media Influencers Have on Teenage Girls’ Identities

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29/04/2025

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Busher

In today’s digital age you can’t scroll through Instagram without stumbling upon a post from a social media influencer. For many teenagers, these influencers have become powerful role models that hold major sway upon how they think, behave and see themselves. Instagram influencers have become notorious for creating curated, edited and idealized versions of themselves…
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Identity and Online Advocacy

Gen Z, Identity, Identity and online advocacy, Influencers, Instagram, Instagram Influencers
TikTok’s role in helping Gen Z advocate for Palestine

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28/04/2025

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Tia Genesis

Abstract The role of TikTok in advocating for the Palestinian cause has allowed Gen Z to be able to engage and participate in political activism. This paper will examine how the platform’s affordances leads to the rapid spread of political content, foster online communities and encourage advocacy among Gen Z. It will also explain the…
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Online Networks and Social Change

Gen Z, Palestine, Palestinian, playful activism, political activism, slacktivism, tiktok affordance, TikTok Intifida
The Role of UX/UI Design in Shaping Digital Activism for Gen Z

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27/04/2025

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Warapon

The growing influence of digital activism among Gen Z. To begin with digital activism and its growing influences among Gen Z by digital activism among Generation Z is characterised by their preference usage of social media to contribute to social change and engage in their life. This generation uses digital platforms for awareness purposes as…
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Online Networks and Social Change

Activism, digital activism, Gen Z, Identity, Social Media
Are Influencers in Adult Content Impacting Minors Negatively? The Impact of TikTok’s Strong Online Communities on Young People.

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27/04/2025

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21483789

ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of TikTok and similar platforms on young people, regarding adult content creators and their online communities. While these platforms offer connection, they also expose minors to the normalisation of adult industries and the glamorisation of sex work, distorting perceptions of success and self-worth. This can lead to long-term mental…
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Communities and Social Media

Body Image, Cancel Culture, Communities, community, connection, fake filter bubbles, Fake Reality, Gen Z, Identity, Influence, Influencers, Mental Health, online networks, Online Presence, OnlyFans, reality, Short form videos, social change, Social Media, teen tiktok, tiktok
Hobby-centric videos as advocacy for opposing online toxic behaviours on YouTube

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26/04/2025

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Xavier Hans Anak Henry Apex

Xavier Hans Anak Henry Apex Abstract This study explores the creation of hobby-centric videos as advocacy by Gen Z for challenging online toxic behaviours on YouTube. Through various research on Gen Z demographics and YouTube, it is found that hobby-centric videos facilitate creative expressions, a sense of community, and promote positive culture within the platform.…
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Identity and Online Advocacy

Gen Z, Hobby-centric videos, YouTube
How Gen Z use Discord to create communities of shared interests, foster ownership, belonging and collaboration and its innovative digital tools.

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26/04/2025

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Timothy Ho

Timothy Ho Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to analyse how Generation Z individuals use Discord to create dynamic and engaging communities of shared interests, fostering a sense of ownership, belonging and collaboration through its communication features and innovative digital tools. This paper will discuss several main points on how Discord, a digital…
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Communities and Social Media

collaboration, communication, Communities, community, Digital Tools, Discord, gaming, Gen Z, Generation Z, ownership, Social Media, social media platform
Instagram’s deinfluencing and its effectiveness in endorsing a sustainable living

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23/04/2025

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Aparna

Abstract This paper explores how Instagram’s deinfluencers started important conversations on sustainable living through their engagement in the platform, and it is identified that even though this kind of advocacy reflected a growing trend towards sustainability, it gradually turned out to be another trend that lost its purpose. This paper also analyses how some select…
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Online Networks and Social Change

Climate action, Consumerism, Consumption, Deinfluencing, Fast fashion, Gen Z, Influencers, Instagram, social change, Social Media, Sustainability, Sustainable Living

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Debating Communities and Networks XVI

The Price of Perfection: The Impacts Social Media Influencers Have on Teenage Girls’ Identities

TikTok’s role in helping Gen Z advocate for Palestine

Hobby-centric videos as advocacy for opposing online toxic behaviours on YouTube

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