“She’s Pretty in Her Pictures but in Real Life She’s Ugly”: School Pupils Negotiating the Blurred Boundaries between Online and Offline Social Contexts

Online social interaction has become integral to contemporary social life, adding new dimensions to how young people learn, interact, and perceive themselves and one another. We present findings from a yearlong ethnographic study within a Scottish state secondary school to explain pupils’ informal s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sarah MacIsaac, Shirley Gray, John Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Youth
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/3/3/58