David Buckingham - Identity in the Digital Age

1) What or who does Buckingham say identity "implies a relationship with".

"...Identity also implies a relationship between a broader collective or social group of some kind..."


2) According to Buckingham Identity is also "about identification with others whom we assume are..."

"...Identity is about identification with others whom we assume are similar to us, (if not exactly the same), at least in some significant ways." 

3) Why is Identity becoming more prominent (more important and visible) according to the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman?
4) Also according to Bauman, "Identity is almost infinitely..." what?

"Bauman emphasises the fluidity of identity, seeing it as almost infinitely negotiable, and in the process perhaps underestimates the continuing importance of routine and stability. Nevertheless, his general point is well taken: “identity” only becomes an issue when it is threatened or contested in some way and needs to be explicitly asserted." 

Identity Formation: The Psychology of Adolescence
5) How does G. Stanley Hall define the period of Adolescence as?

As a period of "storm and stress."
 1903

6) How does Erikson see Adolescence?

"Adolescence, the conflict is between identity and “role confusion.” "

7) Also according to Erikson, what needs to happen for a young person "to arrive at an integrated, coherent sense of their identity"

"Erikson therefore sees adolescence as a critical period of identity formation, in which individuals overcome uncertainty, become more self-aware of their strengths and weak- nesses, and become more confident in their own unique qualities."

8) How does Susannah Stern (from the same book) suggest that the internet and online activities can help this process media?





Youth Culture and the Sociology of Youth
9) According to Buckingham when was the category of the Teenager invented?


10) What other categories does he state that "crucially blur the distinctions between children, youth and adults" ?