The millennial generation: a study on digital consumption of Portuguese youth

Abstract

The research project "Digital Rights: A password for the future" is framed within the context of an 18 lecture series in district capitals of Portugal on consumptions, digital literacy and rights. The project aimed to identify digital literacy as well as practices and media consumption, understand perceptions of new media, explain risk situations on the Internet and provide information about of rights and duties in the digital world. In this paper we present the results of the project "Digital Rights: A password for the future", developed by a group of researchers from the Autonomous University of Lisbon in partnership with DECO, and describe indicators of digital consumption of young Portuguese students. By analysing the most common activities online, digital practices, digital consumption and behaviour on social networks, our aim is to describe the ‘Millennial Generation’ in an era of screens and mobility.