Cibercultura e redes sociais: o acesso e a conexão definem as práticas das juventudes?

Abstract

The article deals with reflections about the relationship of young people with cyberculture in a research conducted within the CACE (Comunicação, Audiovisual, Cultura e Educação) Research Group. The article sought to better understand what do youth think and do in the access of networks, problematizing the uses made in dialogue with the contributions of authors such as Nelson Pretto, André Lemos and Paula Sibilia and also with the data from the Comitê Gestor da Internet (CGI, 2015). We present part of the research from interviews and questionnaires carried out with young people between ages 11 and 15 on the access and understanding of them on the Internet as well as the access support and uses made by them. We are interested in discussing and reflecting on a situation in particular that caught our attention: the fact that the majority of the subjects claimed that they use social networks to keep in touch with only the closest people like family and friends.