The display of intimacy as a strategy for social inclusion among young people and adolescents

Abstract

Virtual communities, online social networks and cell phones have been legitimized among adolescents as the forms of social inclusion par excellence. The fear of being excluded is not a distinctive trait of young people, but in their case being accepted, rejected or ignored for "being, or not being part of something", is a fundamental mark in the process of identity construction both on line as off line. Being connected essentially means being visible.