WHO ARE THE AMAZON’S “DIGITAL NATIVES”?

A dialogue with TIC Kids Online Brasil research

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2025.90623

Keywords:

Children, Amazon, Internet, Education, TIC Kids Online Brasil

Abstract

This paper analyzes the data produced by the TIC Kids Online Brazil (TKOB) survey of 2022 and, in particular, 2023, with the aim of identifying the specificities and challenges in the relationship between children and the internet in the Amazon region. This is a qualitative and exploratory investigation, which operates from the perspective of documentary research, having as its empirical corpus the information distributed in the eight indicators addressed by TKOB, material that was treated in dialogue with the content analysis procedures. In terms of results, it observes that, despite advances observed in different areas at the national level, children in the Amazon are still in a peripheral position in relation to other Brazilian regions regarding the distribution of opportunities offered by cyberspace and digital technologies today.

Author Biographies

Gilson Cruz Junior, Federal University of Western Pará

PhD in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2016), he holds a degree in Physical Education from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (2009) and a master's degree in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2012). He is currently an adjunct professor at the Institute of Educational Sciences of the Federal University of Western Pará (ICED/UFOPA). He is a member of the scientific committee of the thematic working group "Communication and Media" of the Brazilian College of Sports Sciences (CBCE). He has experience in the areas of Education and Physical Education, with an emphasis on body culture and educational technologies. He also works with the following themes: Professional training; Teaching practices; Interfaces between Playful Culture and Digital Culture; Media Education; Youth Cultures; Information and communication technologies in formal and non-formal educational contexts. He was a scholarship holder of the Sandwich Doctorate Program Abroad (PDSE/CAPES) with a PhD internship carried out at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra - Portugal. He is currently a member of the permanent faculty of the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Western Pará (PPGE/UFOPA, member of the Laboratory and Observatory of Sports Media (LABOMIDIA/UFSC), as well as coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Studies in Culture, Communication and Education (LINCCE/ICED/UFOPA).

Lucas Gomes da Costa, Federal University of Western Pará

Licenciado em Informática Educacional pela Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém-PA.

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19.11.2025

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Cruz Junior, G., & da Costa, L. G. (2025). WHO ARE THE AMAZON’S “DIGITAL NATIVES”? : A dialogue with TIC Kids Online Brasil research. Revista Periferia UERJ, 17(1), e90623. https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2025.90623

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