The digital lives of young people in India: developing a culture-centred approach to media literacy and digital citizenship

There’s no doubt that the pandemic has altered our relationship with media and technology over the last year, especially for young people whose education, entertainment, and engagement with friends and family rapidly moved online, making their lives digital by default. Existing concerns about screen time and digital parenting were pushed to the background as the pandemic fuelled debates on online access, digital divides, literacies and wellbeing. For www.parenting.digital, Devina Sarwatay discusses how digital inequalities in India affect children’s media literacy, digital citizenship and can impact young people’s futures.