Não-alinhados? Jovens não utilizadores de sites de redes sociais: uma abordagem weberiana

Responding to the dominant body of research on young people and their use of social networkingsites, this article analyzes narratives of non-use. Drawing on 30 interviews with young adults, we exploredmeanings of voluntary exclusion of digital platforms that seem to be progressively embedded in the dailylife of this cohort. Findings show that non-use is diverse and transient, being deeply connected toidentity(ies) and social actions. As such, we identify four types of non-users: rejecters, resisters, surrogateusers, and potential converts. This typology challenges the dichotomies present in the literature around useand non-use, access and non-access, and consumption and non-consumption. We suggest and discuss thesociological perspective and “ideal type” of Max Weber as a valuable analytical approach to deconstructsuch dichotomies.Open Acces