TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents' visions of their future careers, educational plans, and life pathways
T2 - The role of bridging and bonding social capital experiences
AU - Ellison, Nicole B.
AU - Wohn, D. Yvette
AU - Greenhow, Christine M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and we are grateful for their support.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - This study investigates the experiences and life aspirations of adolescents based on interview data collected from primarily first-generation high school students in three Midwestern suburban and rural towns (N = 43) using a social capital framework. We explore adolescents' descriptions of experiences that represent new or different careers, cultures, and life paths and how they talk about their future professional and educational aspirations. Our participants were exposed to new possible careers, cultures, and life paths from both online and offline experiences, such as study abroad, online gaming, and some uses of social media. Online networks that primarily reflected offline connections, such as Facebook, were less likely to provide these experiences.
AB - This study investigates the experiences and life aspirations of adolescents based on interview data collected from primarily first-generation high school students in three Midwestern suburban and rural towns (N = 43) using a social capital framework. We explore adolescents' descriptions of experiences that represent new or different careers, cultures, and life paths and how they talk about their future professional and educational aspirations. Our participants were exposed to new possible careers, cultures, and life paths from both online and offline experiences, such as study abroad, online gaming, and some uses of social media. Online networks that primarily reflected offline connections, such as Facebook, were less likely to provide these experiences.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Aspirations
KW - College access
KW - Facebook
KW - Internet technologies
KW - Social capital
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U2 - 10.1177/0265407514523546
DO - 10.1177/0265407514523546
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84904109734
VL - 31
SP - 516
EP - 534
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
SN - 0265-4075
IS - 4
ER -