For Elena, the evening's entertainment started with a quick scroll, the platform that now dominates the daily attention of Czech teens. She checked a "get ready with me" video from a local creator before switching to Instagram to post a story of the river. Meanwhile, Jakub was deep into a Discord server, coordinating a session on Roblox , a top social gaming destination for their age group.
Jakub and Elena sat on the edge of the Vltava, their glowing smartphone screens competing with the orange haze of a Prague sunset. Like many of their peers, they are part of a generation that averages over .
Their digital lives are a blend of the global and the hyper-local:
