Media socialization during lockdowns. Media as agent of socialization for young people during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the role of media as an instance of socialisation during the lockdown phases caused by the Covid-19 pandemic with a special focus on how are young people questioning their self and their social world. The results of the European project Kids' Digital Lives in COVID-19 Times (KiDiCoTi) are used for this purpose.

The focus is on the media behaviour of children and young people aged six to 18 in Austria.

Keywords

• media socialization
• covid-19