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One Big Digital Family: Examining Social Media and Social Support in the Development of Youth "At-Risk"

This study explores the role of social media use in the social development of underserved or "at-risk" youth in Los Angeles, CA and Lafayette, IN. A major goal of this research is building a knowledge base of this group's social media use to beneficially address their social support needs and aid in their successful assimilation into adulthood. This study employs ethnographic methods of semi-structured intensive interviews and participant observation with Santa Monica and Lafayette Boys & Girls Clubs program participants ages 10-15. Findings may be of particular interest to areas of CMC, HCI, social psychology, and policy/research in youth service development and the intersection of technology and health or well-being. The notion of "at-risk" is interrogated as part of this study.