YouNDigital PRISMA database

YouNDigital – Young People, News and Digital Citizenship (PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021) is a research project based at Lusófona University, CICANT, that aims to understand the connection between young people and news, within the framework of digital citizenship dynamics. Its focus is on interests, needs and socialization processes for news consumption, whether with family, school and peer groups, among others. Funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), YouNDigital aims to understand these dynamics by considering the diversity of people and life contexts. In line with the 2030 Agenda, one of the main challenges for YouNDigital is the study of the relationship between gender and news. Anchored in a participatory action-research approach, YouNDigital has three structuring axes: a) Knowledge and identification of trends and gaps in literature since the beginning of the millennium and with a focus on the last 10 years – a period that allows framing and contextualizing the profound digitization of society and social dynamics. b) Robust field work with the aim of deepening how young citizens consume and produce digitally in terms of information by carrying out: i) online questionnaire; ii) semi-structured and diary interviews. c) Creation of a digital newsroom (in Portuguese, English and Spanish) and production of two courses aimed at young people, educators, journalists and decision-makers. The objective is to promote the transfer of scientific knowledge through a perspective of sustainable education and the societal impact on the national and international community.