Articles | Volume 73, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-193-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-193-2018
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31 May 2018
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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.