Roller coaster emotions: The folklore of young people and teenagers between old and new forms of expression

Abstract

The text explores student folklore in its interconnection with the digital world and with the maintenance of previous forms of folklore expression. Through a qualitative study that has been developed through a collaborative ethnography complemented with semi-directed interviews with high school and university student groups, the role of youth games, such as drinking and smoking games, the so-called viral challenges, whose story is aimed at young adolescents, to end up addressing communication with memes as a social practice within the context of Whatsapp groups.