This book details the project "Digital Citizenship Education for Democratic Participation" involving approximately 400 pre-school and primary school children, their families, teachers, and community members in a Lisbon locality. The research presented aims to answer the following question: To what extent can a local (and replicable) digital media literacy program empower preschool and primary-school-aged children to become active and effective citizens in the digital era? Through this book, the authors share the steps taken during the project, including the main difficulties faced and the solutions found to overcome them as well as the project¿s sustainability.

Vitor Tomé holds a PhD in media education (University of Lisbon) and a 6-year post-doctorate in communication sciences (UAlgarve-Faro, CLEMI-Paris and Catholic University of Milan). He is an expert of the Council of Europe and of the European Commission, a lecturer (Autonoma University of Lisbon), an invited researcher (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon), a teacher trainer (Directorate-General of Education), and a freelance journalist (CP1524-A) who is involved in several international projects such as IBERIFIER ¿ Iberian Media Research and Fact-checking.
Belinha S. De Abreu, PhD is a global media literacy educator who received her doctorate from the University of Connecticut. She is the founder of the International Media Literacy Research Symposium and the World Media Literacy Forum. She serves as the president of the International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML). She is the author of Teaching Media Literacy (2019) and Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy (Peter Lang, 2017) among other publications. De Abreu is the recipient of the 2021 National Media literacy Education Research Award.

Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Empowering Digital Citizens - Want a Community Project? Dive in the Context First! - Preparing Teachers to Work with the Greater Community - The Community in Action-From Printed School Newspaper to Video News Services - A Never Ending Project - Lessons Learned and Moving Forward - Workshop Sheet of the "Digital Citizenship Academy" Project - STEAM/ Media Literacy Workshop-structure of the final report - Workshop evaluation form for preschool children_ A - Workshop evaluation form for preschool children_ B - Workshop evaluation form to be filled out by primary school children - Workshop evaluation form to be filled out by teachers - Initial questionnaire for parents - Initial questionnaire for teachers - Index.