Australian youth: exploring ethnicity in cyberspace

澳大利亚的年轻人正在一个种族多样化和越来越依赖信息技术的社会中走向成年。这个项目将调查我们社会的这些特征是如何与年轻人相交的，因为他们使用计算机媒介的交流来寻求与他们的种族背景相关的信息，并与来自他们种族群体的其他人互动。该项目的中心目标是确定这种活动如何影响种族认同建设过程和澳大利亚年轻人的“社区”意识。研究结果亦有助我们更广泛地了解年青人使用资讯科技的情况。

Australia's youth are moving towards adulthood in a society that is both ethnically diverse and increasingly reliant on information technologies. This project will investigate how these characteristics of our society are intersecting for young people, as they use computer-mediated communication to seek information relevant to their ethnic backgrounds and interact with others from their ethnic groups. The central aim of the project is to establish how this activity is impacting on the process of ethnic identity construction and young Australians' sense of 'community'. The research findings will also provide a broader understanding of young people's use of information technologies.