Project title |
E-generation 2008: Media uses by children and youth in Portugal.
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Country or countries |
Portugal (PT)
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Language(s) of report |
Portugese
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Funder of research |
Private funding
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Date of fieldwork |
2009
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Main research focus |
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Target group studied |
Children
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| Methodology |
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Description of studied group |
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Age of children studied |
9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18
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Methodology |
Quantitative
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Size of sample |
603
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If survey, scope of sample |
National
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| Topics covered |
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Access and use; Activities; Mediation
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| Findings |
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• According to the children, the most common family conflict over internet use concerns the amount of time spent online (44.8% of the respondents). Girls have more family arguments than boys – 47.2% and 42.9% respectively. The 13-15 age groups register the highest percentage of respondents (49.3%) but the figure drops slightly for the 16-18 age group.
• The period of the day when children are online is pointed out as a reason for discussion by 18.5%, followed by the internet bill (16.7%). What children do online is reported by 8.5% of the respondents. The propensity for conflict on this topic decreases as the age of the respondents increases.
• Online purchases and revealing private information are the most forbidden actions (41.4% and 38.9% respectively). Far below, 16.1% of the respondents report that downloading files is not allowed by parents, 9.8% report they are forbidden from frequenting chat sites, and 7.4% from playing online games. A substantial number of children (42.1%) report having no restrictions on their activities.
• Only 20% of the respondents declare they had had arguments because of the time they spend on their mobile phone. Girls present higher values than boys, 27.8% and 13.5% respectively.
• There are more arguments over time spent using a mobile phone among the older age groups. The mobile phone bill is the most frequent argument for discussion, reported by 31.4% of the respondents, whereas what children do using the mobile phone is reported by 7.7%.
• Fathers are more associated than mothers in mediating the use of the computer and ICTs.
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| Further information |
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Relevant publications |
Cardoso, G., R. Espanha, et al. (2009). E-Generation 2008: Os usos dos media pelas crianças e jovens em Portugal. Lisboa, OBERCOM
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Report accessibility |
Brief summary available online
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URL of report |
http://www.obercom.pt/client/?newsId=29&fileName=...
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Dataset publicly available |
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Contact details of investigator |
Gustavo Cardoso
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