On research and hope, in an America aflame: sketching youth civic futures as a mother and a researcher.

Scrolling through thousands of TikTok videos tagged #BlackLivesMatter, I see social media facilitating powerful political expression and activism, but also hate and trauma. Keywords: Youth online political expression; civic engagement; social media; TikTok; civic imagination EN Youth online political expression civic engagement social media TikTok civic imagination 109 111 3 03/08/21 20210201 NES 210201 My research - examining youth political expression in online spaces - stems from a longstanding belief in the empowering potential of young people's online political practices, and a desire to support youth as civic actors. [Extracted from the article]