CHILDREN’S DIGITAL ACTIVISM IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC

Abstract

The present work has as main objective to present some of the actions of children considered digital influencers to promote awareness and coping for preventing Covid-19. The data collection was carried out from a digital ethnography, analyzing the social medias and linked news in the media of eleven children from different countries (Brazil, United States, Uganda and Sweden). It was possible to identify that the Internet has enabled visibility to minority groups, such as children, allowing this social group to engage in actions that they consider relevant in an articulated way, obtaining greater visibility of their activism through social media and accessing people who until then were disregarded in the agendas of social movements.