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May 14, 2026Open Access

Youth Experiencing the Algorithmic Flow: The Shared Understanding of Contemporary Social Media Consumption

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LGLuca Giuffrè

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Overview

Qualitative research explores algorithmic content consumption in youth, revealing their active roles and adaptive practices.

Key Points

  • The study investigates how adolescents understand and navigate algorithmically curated content on social media.
  • Qualitative analysis through class-level group interviews with approximately 100 Italian high school students aged 17–19.
  • Focus on the experiential and tactical practices of youth in navigating social media feeds.
  • Adolescents perceive algorithmic flow as always-on and seamlessly adaptive, linked to their identity.
  • They develop tactical practices such as selective scrolling and saving, co-constructing their social media feeds.
  • The findings emphasize a reframed view of digital competence as adaptive and socially distributed.

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Luca Giuffrè (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a056695a550a87e60a1e9b1https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v16i16s.978
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