In a small town in northern France, four teenagers from a neighbourhood with a reputation for being "problematic" are selected to star in a film, which will profoundly affect their lives. The residents wonder why they have chosen the "worst" in their neighbourhood. The film's...
Milobs, the Media, Information and Literacy Observatory, launched a Cycle of Seminars that aims to contribute to thinking about the present and future of media literacy. The next seminar will be on the 15th of June, will take place in digital format and will have...
On Europe Day, the bYou/MILObs seminar discussed the well-being, interests and concerns of children. On May 9, in an online meeting, Margarida Gaspar de Matos (University of Lisbon/ISAMB and Catholic University), Sara Pereira (bYou Project, University of Minho) and Margarida Toscano (bYou Project, School Libraries...
The next bYou/MILObs seminar, entitled "Well-being of children and young people: what are their interests and concerns?", takes place on 09 May at 3pm online (Zoom). Access is free, with prior registration here. What is the overview of the well-being of school-age children and young people...
They are young, avid readers and booktokers. Sergio and Iris are part of a new generation of literary disseminators on tik tok who are creating a new generation of readers on TikTok. Sergio, who had no reading habits, started reading in 2021 because of TikTok, devouring many...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the British data protection regulator, fined the social network Tiktok €14.4 million for the misuse of personal data of users under the age of 13. The ICO estimates that around 1.4 million children under the age of 13 used the platform...
Cellphones in schools: yes or no? This was the theme on which psychologist Eduardo Sá reflected this Thursday in the podcast "Why yes is not an answer" on Rádio Observador. According to the psychologist, children under the age of 12 should not systematically use their...
This Wednesday, social media TikTok announced that in the coming weeks it will implement a daily usage limit for users under the age of 18. The accounts of young people on this video-sharing platform will automatically have one hour of usage set per day. This...
On February 7, the Safer Internet Day is celebrated and the newspaper O PÚBLICO has compiled a set of tools to help parents and educators manage what children see in the online world. This information is available at the following link: https://www.publico.pt/2023/02/02/tecnologia/noticia/controlos-parentais-proteger-novos-internet-2037434 Share For more...
Democracy, what do I want you for? This is the motto of the radio debate launched by TSF, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, with the aim of giving voice to young secondary school students on issues of social and human rights throughout history...