In the phygital reality, the mobile phone ceases to be a tool and becomes a living space. A space in which the same codes that adults refer to cannot be applied.
For example, for adults, Instagram is a window into public privacy; but for young people, Instagram is a firewall, a controlled first contact : it's shared before WhatsApp because they believe that sharing a WhatsApp number requires more trust.
Digital has no less legitimacy
Technology allows young people to engage in a variety of phone number list activities and socialize with different people from different backgrounds and through different channels . Now, television, radio, music, and reading are all concentrated on mobile devices.
However, we adults tend to disregard these activities if they don't take place in the physical world: watching a documentary on YouTube isn't the same as watching a TV documentary; it loses legitimacy. But listening to music, taking photos, getting information, socializing, playing individually or collectively, debating, reading... these are activities that can be done physically, digitally, or phygitally.
Youth does know how to self-regulate
There's a common misconception that young people don't know how to regulate technology: their usage time, their followers, or the content they view. But the report is blunt: " This issue turns out to be almost a myth . "
Because it turns out that yes: young people are capable of self-regulation, of adjusting their digital habits, of imposing limits on themselves.