Lupita Svensson
Senior lecturer | PhD in Social Work
Digital Consumption and Over-Indebtedness Among Young Adults in Sweden
Author
Summary, in English
The purpose of the project has been to form a better understanding of in what ways the digitization of our everyday lives – including consumption, credit handling and overall communication – influences economic vulnerability among young adults. The research report is written by researchers linked to Lund University Internet Institute (LUii) and has been funded by the Swedish Enforcement Authority. The research has also been conducted in connection with a wider interdisciplinary research theme on ”The Credit Society”, at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University.
The research group is led by Stefan Larsson, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change, and involves Lupita Svensson, PhD in Social Work, and Hanna Carlsson, PhD in Information Science. The work with the literature review received invaluable help from Fredrik Åström, bibliometrician and Associate Professor at Lund University. The empirical research was conducted during 2015 and early 2016.
Department/s
- Lund University Internet Institute (LUii)
- Centre for Work, Technology and Social Change (WTS)
- School of Social Work
- Division of ALM, Digital Cultures and Publishing Studies
- Division of Digital Cultures
Publishing year
2016
Language
English
Publication/Series
LUii reports
Full text
Document type
Report
Publisher
Lund University Internet Institute
Topic
- Sociology
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
- Cultural Studies
Keywords
- Digital consumption
- Sweden
- Young adults
- Swedish Enforcement Authority
- municipal financial counsellors
- recurring payment problems
- Over-indebtedness
- payment problems
- Smartphone
- Consumer profiling
- Consumption
- debt
- credit
- digital society
Status
Published
Project
- Digital consumption and over-indebtedness among young adults
Report number
3
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-982312-3-6