In this article, we employ the lens of distributed creativity to explore how youth use online creativity to express themselves politically and engage in political dialogue with peers. We examine youth participation around the 2016 U.S. presidential election results on three online affinity networks representing different creative genres (games, fan fiction, and collaborative multimedia production). By qualitatively analyzing 1,116 creative artifacts and 14,202 associated responses posted in the two weeks following the election, we find that youth use online creativity to (re)claim agency towards the political process, provide peers with social support or distraction, and (re)imagine the political. Implications for youth and media, online participation, and political communication are discussed, thus further theorizing the connections between creativity and political expression.

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作为政治表达的分布式创造力：在线 Affinity 网络中青年对 2016 年美国总统选举的反应

在本文中，我们利用分布式创造力的视角来探索青年如何利用在线创造力在政治上表达自己并与同龄人进行政治对话。我们围绕 2016 年美国总统大选结果在代表不同创意类型（游戏、同人小说和协作多媒体制作）的三个在线亲和力网络上研究了青年参与情况。通过对选举后两周内发布的 1,116 件创意作品和 14,202 份相关回复进行定性分析，我们发现年轻人利用在线创造力（重新）要求对政治进程的代理权，为同龄人提供社会支持或分心，以及（重新）想象政治的。讨论了对青年和媒体、在线参与和政治交流的影响，