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Report
Young People’s Online Behaviour: Common Report
This report presents findings from the DIGI-Story survey of young people, exploring their digital habits, social media use and online behaviour. It provides evidence to support youth workers in promoting safer, more responsible digital engagement.
Aims of the tool
The aim of the Common Report is to provide youth workers, trainers and organisations working with young people with evidence on how young people use social media and digital environments. Based on questionnaire results collected within the DIGI-Story project, it identifies key patterns, needs and challenges related to online behaviour and digital engagement.
The report aims to support youth workers in better understanding young people’s digital experiences and in designing relevant non-formal learning activities. Its findings also provide an evidence base for developing educational resources that promote safer, more responsible and more conscious participation in digital environments among young people.
Description of the tool
The DIGI-Story Young People’s Online Behaviour: Common Report is a research-based learning resource designed primarily for youth workers, trainers, educators and organisations working with young people, while its findings can also be explored directly with young people in non-formal learning activities. It brings together questionnaire data and expert perspectives from Portugal, Spain and the Czech Republic to provide a comparative picture of how young people engage with digital environments.
The report explores young people’s use of social media, their understanding of algorithms and misinformation, digital content creation, online ethics, privacy and digital footprints, harmful online behaviour, digital well-being, environmental awareness and interest in transmedia storytelling. Particular attention is given to the gap between perceived digital competence and actual online practices and to the transition from passive content consumption towards becoming active and responsible digital “prosumers”.
For youth workers, the report can be used as a needs-analysis and reflection tool when planning non-formal education activities on media literacy and responsible digital participation. The identified challenges—including overconfidence in digital skills, passive responses to misinformation, weak prosumer identity, limited ethical and environmental awareness, and difficulties translating knowledge into responsible behaviour—can provide starting points for discussions, workshops, group activities and other youth-work interventions.
After working with the resource, learners and youth workers should be better able to identify key patterns in young people’s online behaviour; recognise risks associated with misinformation and passive digital consumption; reflect critically on algorithms, privacy, digital footprints and online ethics; understand the importance of responsible content creation; discuss digital well-being and the environmental impact of digital activity; and identify opportunities for using creative and transmedia approaches in youth work.
Ultimately, the resource supports youth workers in developing activities that help young people become more critical, creative and responsible participants in digital environments, while providing an evidence base for the DIGI-Story Online Behaviour Guide and its practical learning activities.
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/6044
This tool is for
Young people aged 15–30, particularly those who actively use social media and digital platforms, are the main target group. The resource is also specifically designed for youth workers, trainers, educators and youth organisations supporting young people in non-formal learning settings. It can help these professionals understand young people’s digital habits, needs and challenges and design activities on media literacy, responsible online behaviour, content creation and digital citizenship.
and addresses
Personal Development, European Citizenship
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
EduHive, Neotalentway, Storytellme
in the context of
Digital Storytellers: Empowering Youth Through Media Literacy and Transmedia
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Miguel López Molina (on 7 October 2026)
and last modified
6 October 2026
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