Use and representation of the Internet by adolescents

An analysis of adolescents' representations and uses of computers connected to the Internet, understanding them as recipients in the context of communication mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). Based on the assumption that the Internet is one of the possibilities for teenagers to consume, this paper presents an investigation carried out using questionnaires applied to teenagers in two public schools in the city of Florianópolis/SC. Among the results obtained, we highlight the fascination that the Internet exerts on the teenagers investigated and their ease in mastering its resources. We also observed that physical access is solitary, but virtually accompanied. For the teenagers, the Internet is essentially a means of communication and a space for leisure, and very little use is made of it to produce and disseminate content from their community, in short, their culture.