14h30 is the average amount of time that 1131 children and young people from 26 schools in Portugal, aged between 11 and 19, say they spend on media-related activities on a 'normal' weekday, with a significant proportion of this sample recognising their dependence on mobile phones. These are the results from the bYou: Study on children and young people's experiences and expressions of the media, financed by the FCT. While media consumption points to lives connected to screens, the dimension of expression and participation points to a more disconnected and less involved public. It is based on this data that we launched the motto for the byou congress: “children, young people and the media: (dis)connected lives?”.
