Critical Civic Praxis Within Digital Media Use Among Historically Marginalized College Students
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- We examine the ways in which historically marginalized students at Stanford University engage in critical civic practices on social media platforms. We look at specific practices across digital platforms, the development of critical consciousness in the social media context, and the most significant contributing factors to participants’ learning and involvement in social justice work. To do so, we conducted an online survey and an in-person, artifact-based interview with a subset of the survey respondents, using their devices and social media accounts as artifacts to guide the conversation. We find that participants leverage social media platforms as a mediatory tool for amplifying the power and knowledge that they already hold within their lived experiences, physical communities, and academic studies. Specific practices vary between individuals and platforms, but overarching objectives include staying informed and educated, self-reflection, and building solidarity in connected networks. The affordances of digital platforms can increase and equalize access, challenge dominant discourse through subversive internet culture, and provide anonymity for safe healing and self-expression. However, just as --- if not more so --- important are existing resources students leverage in the physical world: offline students’ in-person connections, physical communities, and academic studies; the powerful practices that appear unique to social media platforms are ultimately manifestations of students’ whole education and resources on and offline. Finally, looking at an interesting insight from participants, we suggest future work be done to further examine how students navigate the problems caused by technology companies themselves and leverage their products as platforms to reclaim power.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | 2018 - 2019 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Tsui, Po |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Garcia, Antero |
| Advisor | Willinsky, John |
| Advisor | Lam, Cindy |
Subjects
| Subject | critical civic praxis |
|---|---|
| Subject | critical consciousness |
| Subject | civic education |
| Subject | digital media |
| Subject | social media |
| Subject | social justice learning |
| Subject | activism |
| Subject | higher education |
| Subject | historically marginalized students |
| Subject | online survey |
| Subject | artifact-based interview |
| Subject | Stanford University |
| Subject | Graduate School of Education |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Tsui, Po. (2019). Critical Civic Praxis Within Digital Media Use Among Historically Marginalized College Students. Unpublished Honors Thesis. Stanford University, Stanford CA.
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Undergraduate Honors Theses, Graduate School of Education
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- potsui@alumni.stanford.edu
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