MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presenters will examine the self-formation and identity development of contemporary youth in visual and digital mediums. The panel will consider gaps that separate today’s youth from previous generations, as well as tensions between discourses that see contemporary childhood as both liberation and threat. Papers will discuss young peoples’ identity-formation as it occurs through the medium of photography, across Internet platforms like YouTube, and upon social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.