The appropriation of media in groups with low levels of

schooling • Luísa Aires

• Cristina Ponte

• José Azevedo

The appropriation of media in groups with low levels of

schooling

Indexes of schooling of the Adult Portuguese

population (2005):

Educational level

29,2% - fourth grade;

5,7% - can not read nor write.

52% - never used the Internet (2008) .

(Sources: CCDRN, "Operational Programme of the North, 2007-2012“; Obercom, 2008).

• Important dimension to the

interpretation of digital inclusion

and associated problems: digital

divide .(Reza, 1998, in Rojas, Straubhaar, Spence et al, 2010).

Graphic 1: Family experiences, in childhood

Graphic 3: Issues related to the use of Digital Technologies