Although there are still articles and books to be published and papers to be presented as part of bYou, the project officially came to an end on March 28th.In the days before, part of the team that researched children's and young people's experiences and expressions...
The bYou project's methodology was divided into five tasks. The fourth related to the expressions of children and young people through school media and involved interviewing pupils and teachers involved in school newspapers, radios or televisions across the country.This work was carried out between May...
On the 7th and 8th of February it was held the bYou Congress Children, young people and media: (dis)connected lives? The event was attended by a wide audience including researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students. The congress marks the end of the bYou project: Study...
As part of the Social Communication Action Plan, the government is offering young Portuguese between the ages of 15 and 18 the chance to subscribe to a digital newspaper for free. The measure comes into force in February and will benefit more than 400,000 students. The newspapers...
An opening conference, three plenary sessions and an interventional and creative closing session: these are the highlights of the general program of the bYou Congress “Children, young people and media: lives (dis)connected?”, which takes place between February 7 and 8 at the University of Minho....
On November 28th, the Australian government approved the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) law. The legislation prohibits teenagers under 16 years of age from creating social media profiles on platforms such as Instagram, X, Snapchat and Facebook, among others. However, Messenger Kids, WhatsApp,...
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations 35 years ago, on November 20th, 1989. It was ratified by Portugal on September 21st, 1990. The treaty contains 54 articles including the right to safety and protection from all forms...
The Portuguese party with parliamentary representation Bloco de Esquerda (BE) presented a bill to ban 1st and 2nd cycles pupils (children aged 6 to 12) from using their mobile phones during breaks. Only Livre and PAN MPs supported the measure, PS and PCP abstained and...
Between October 24th and 31st, UNESCO held the Global Media and Information Literacy Week: The New Digital Frontiers of Information: Media and Information Literacy for Public Interest Information. The themes discussed throughout this week were the role of media literacy and the challenges posed by...
The Portuguese Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Training (Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, CCPFC) accredited the “bYou Congress — Children, young people and the media: (dis)connected lives?” as a training course (12h). The accreditation is valid for Educators and Teachers in Basic and Secondary Education (from...