The online seminar Listening to children and young people. Pedagogical and methodological implications for Media Literacy will be held on June 11th at 3 pm. The seminar will present results from the bYou project funded by FCT, based on data collected through focus groups carried...
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the bYou project and MILObs discussed about freedom with six young people from different parts of the country. Among the participants, Ana B. Pereira and Catarina Costa (students at Vitorino Nemésio Secondary School, Terceira...
Noticing the increasing impact that influencers have on the content and information circulating online in the European Union (UE), member states want them to add media literacy competencies to their existing technical and creative skills. The goal of the Council of the European Union is for...
The recently published book The Anxious Generation, by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, analyzes the effects of social networks on the quality of life of children and young people in different countries. The study addresses the importance of recreational activities during early childhood to aid cognitive development,...
More than a hundred people gathered on April 24th at the Lúcio Craveiro da Silva Library (Braga), to celebrate and discuss freedom with six young people from different parts of Portugal.The students highlighted the importance of freedom of expression and thought, and of being true...
The 2023/2024 edition of the Portuguese School Newspaper Competition is open for applications until 31 May. According to Público, “newspapers from all schools or educational organizational units (from the mainland, autonomous regions and Portuguese communities abroad) that submits at least two editions of the current academic...
Within the scope of the «Conta-me o 25 de Abril» (Tell me the 25th of April) national contest, the bYou project - Study on children and young peoples's experiences and expressions of the media - and MILObs Observatory received 129 sound and video productions from...
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the bYou project and MILObs Observatory will discuss the topic of freedom with six young people from different parts of the country. In addition to the debate, the session organised as part of the...
The project bYou and MILObs Observatory, at the University of Minho, organized a national contest to celebrate the Carnation Revolution, also known as the 25th of April, when the Estado Novo authoritarian government was overthrown. The national contest aimed at celebrating this important event has...
The North American House of Representatives recently voted for the TikTok app, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, with 150 million users in the United States, to be banned in the country, unless it is acquired by a non-Chinese company. According to oficial discourse, TikTok...