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Young People Participation in the Digital Society: A Case Study in Brazil

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Young people are key drivers of new behaviors and understandings. Their participation in the society allows the integration of their ideas and constructive analysis to foster policies and innovative solutions in which technology are an intrinsic element. Citizen science can be used to give voice to children and young people through the development of citizenship and approach to scientific debate. In the European context, the WYRED project has developed a methodological framework to support the participation of young people in the Digital Society through social dialogues and the support of a technological ecosystem to allow internationalization. This work aims to lay the groundwork to transfer the WYRED framework to the Brazilian context through a case study conducted in the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. The study has allowed to identify the key topics that concern Brazilian young people in relation to desired social change: tolerance to different cultures/opinions; mental wellbeing; necessary changes in education (e.g. future-oriented education); self-image, self-confidence; and Internet safety & privacy.

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With the support of the EU Horizon 2020 Programme in its “Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (HORIZON 2020: REV-INEQUAL-10-2016: Multi-stakeholder Platform for enhancing youth digital opportunities)” Call. Project WYRED (netWorked Youth Research for Empowerment in the Digital society) (Grant agreement No. 727066). The sole responsibility for the content of this webpage lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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  1. Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil

    Everton Knihs

  2. GRIAL Research Group, Computer Sciences Department, Research Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Alicia García-Holgado

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  4. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Irena Orovic

  6. Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

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Knihs, E., García-Holgado, A. (2020). Young People Participation in the Digital Society: A Case Study in Brazil. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1161. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45697-9_34

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