A dataset about Spanish young people's digital skills, use of technology and online platforms

Background: The datafication scenario of the current communicative ecosystem poses a challenge to media and digital literacy, especially in terms of participation and civic and democratic engagement of youth. Methods: For this purpose, through a survey with a representative sample of 600 young peopl...

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Autores: Aranda, Daniel, Mohammadi, Leila, Montaña Blasco, Mireia, Estanyol, Elisenda, Fernández de Castro Sanabria, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/150044
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/150044
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128899.2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Digital literacy competencies
participation
civic engagement
digital technology use
digital skills
ICT in education
youth
technical competencies
informational competencies
critical knowledge
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Sumario:Background: The datafication scenario of the current communicative ecosystem poses a challenge to media and digital literacy, especially in terms of participation and civic and democratic engagement of youth. Methods: For this purpose, through a survey with a representative sample of 600 young people in Spain, between 16 and 18 years old, we observed their level of digital literacy through three variables: technical competencies, informational competencies, and critical knowledge. This dataset also collects information on the reasons why young people use digital technology such as video games, consoles, computers or mobile phones. On the other hand, we also offer information on the types of social networks or applications and the time and types of uses by youngsters of different digital technologies and social media platforms. The survey includes socio-demographic factors such as gender including (male, female, and others). Conclusions: This survey offers researchers relevant data on the digital skills of Spanish youth and on the perceptions of the use of different digital technologies. This paper also reports the main descriptive data that can be expanded by researchers accessing the database.