La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié

Launched in 2005, YouTube remains a very popular platform among young people in Quebec. However, no comprehensive research has documented the place they occupy as video content creators on the website. Aiming to fill this gap, this article’s focus is vlogs that deal with social issues. Thanks to pro...

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Main Authors: Caroline Caron, Normand Landry, Sophie Théwissen-LeBlanc
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Language:English
Published: Université du Québec à Montréal 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/11670
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description Launched in 2005, YouTube remains a very popular platform among young people in Quebec. However, no comprehensive research has documented the place they occupy as video content creators on the website. Aiming to fill this gap, this article’s focus is vlogs that deal with social issues. Thanks to prolonged observation, the data collected shows that civic content is in the minority in the Quebec vlogosphere, which is mainly composed of young people in their twenties. The presence of women is predominant and there are many LGBTQ+ vloggers, but racialized youth are almost absent. YouTubers who benefit from good visibility mostly come from the Montreal region and have been creating videos for many years, revealing the existence of barriers to access to this digital public space for newcomers. Environmental issues dominate the vast and varied list of themes covered in their vlogs.
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spellingShingle Caroline Caron
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La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
Communiquer
YouTube
Vlogs
youth
youth voice
Québec
civic engagement
title La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
title_full La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
title_fullStr La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
title_full_unstemmed La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
title_short La vlogosphère engagée des jeunes sur YouTube au Québec : un espace de délibération restreint et socialement stratifié
title_sort la vlogosphere engagee des jeunes sur youtube au quebec un espace de deliberation restreint et socialement stratifie
topic YouTube
Vlogs
youth
youth voice
Québec
civic engagement
url https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/11670
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