Analysis of Teenage Cyberactivists on Twitter and Instagram around the World

Abstract

The latest social movements of the second decade of this century have recently highlighted the image of teenage activists such as the paradigmatic case of Greta Thunberg. These teen activists engage in their activism through social media. Following an analysis of a dozen listings in books and websites of young and teenage activists, 38 teenage cyber-activists have been identified who at least have a Twitter or Instagram accounts. The main results point to a female profile and environmental causes. Another notable finding is the predominance of Instagram, which doubles the number of followers and macroinfluencers of Twitter. These adolescent experiences of digital activism can be a good model and pedagogical tool for education on critical and active digital citizenship.