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Articles | Volume 73, issue 2
Articles | Volume 73, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-193-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-193-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 73, issue 2
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31 May 2018
Standard article |  | 31 May 2018

Attending to others: how digital technologies direct young people's nightlife

Jasmine Truong

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This article examines young people's night out experiences extending through digital spaces of social relations such as WhatsApp. On the one hand, I illustrate that young people are encouraged to direct their attention towards missing friends and absent nightlife places. On the other hand, I find that young people create dynamics of comparison, competition, and optimization through constant connectedness. This raises new questions on young people's experiences of leisure time and space.
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