Connected Youth and Independent Socio-DigitalPractices in the Current Mexican Context

Juventudes Conectadas y Prácticas Socio-Digitales Independientes en el Contexto Mexicano Actual

This article analyzes the role of Mexican youth in the contemporary context of insecurity, job insecurity, and economic inequality, emphasizing how so-called connected youth have developed strategies of resistance and creativity through the use of socio-digital platforms. Based on an interdisciplinary theoretical review, it examines how digital practices, independent entrepreneurship, and cultural self-management allow young people to redefine their social, economic, and symbolic role amid an adverse national landscape. It is proposed that digital platforms, beyond being spaces for leisure or consumption, constitute territories of production, identity, and youth agency, where economic survival and cultural belonging are negotiated in the digital age.