Online exploration of leisure activities in childhood and adolescence

Peer groups play an increasingly important role as children grow up, and in turn become conveyers of a youth culture that includes leisure activities. Outside of supervised activities, how is knowledge about leisure activities passed on within the same age group? Does online video content play a role in this peer-to-peer transmission, or does it compete with it? Based on an ethnographic study in a rural setting, this article presents three uses and effects of video in a context of learning and exploring leisure activities: a serendipitous relationship with learning supported by videos; a hybridization of learning methods between videos and peers; and the use of video as an expedient when a peer is unable to explain a technical act, thus facilitating the transmission of know-how.