Transnational Social Spaces Of German-Turkish Youth On The Internet

Abstract

Social interaction in communication spaces on the internet (from chat rooms to newsgroups, mailing lists to virtual noticeboards) has become a natural part of young people's media activities. While previous research on social processes on the net has mainly dealt with the formation of "virtual communities" or "online communities" in nationally or culturally limited contexts, this article highlights the relevance of globalisation processes and attempts to make them fruitful for research in educational science or media education. The focus of the article is therefore on the relationship between migrant youth, the internet and global culture.