This paper reports the results of a concluded research investigating the selfmedication practice among university students in México. The study suggests that young university students who practice self-medication reinforce this behaviour through social media among their peers. This exploratory research had a qualitative approach and incorporated etnography and interviews (in-depth and semi-structured) as methods for collecting data for further analysis. During the study, several coincidences were found about the practice of self-medication among university students in Mexico, and other investigations reported the same practice among other university students in Latin America. Medication in young people without physician supervision is increasing every day, and accessibility to pharmaceutical products is very common, especially in developing countries. Furthermore, social networks give u...

This academic paper is a research report which inquires the conditions of Mexican rural youth in migration status and their own capacities of building social cohesion through technological mediations. In this work it is analyzed a podcast interview, in which, both participants have tight relation with rural life in Mexico, the migrant life in United States and the jaripero show business. This is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach that uses virtual ethnography as an auxiliary method of research, as well, a variety of collection and information analysis information techniques are used in order to relate the cultural practice and the dimensions of community, social cohesion, transnationality, inclusion and preservation of the language in Mexican migrants.

This academic paper is a research report which inquires the conditions of Mexican rural youth in migration status and their own capacities of building social cohesion through technological mediations. In this work it is analyzed a podcast interview, in which, both participants have tight relation with rural life in Mexico, the migrant life in United States and the jaripero show business. This is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach that uses virtual ethnography as an auxiliary method of research, as well, a variety of collection and information analysis information techniques are used in order to relate the cultural practice and the dimensions of community, social cohesion, transnationality, inclusion and preservation of the language in Mexican migrants.