The aim of the project  is, precisely, to make a systematic study the professionals that represent almost 50% of all journalists in service: What is the image they make of the profession? What image they think exist about their profession in the public space? What kind of relations they establish with their co-workers? How do they imagine the relations with power? These are urgent questions considering the impact of this new generation of journalists, with their frustrations and the new values shared in the making of the public opinion in Portugal.

The project is concerned to a work of content analysis of news in three Portuguese radios: Antena 1, Radio Renascença - canal 1, and Radio Comercial, during the year of 2008.

The project reports to content analysis of surveys publication in the media (press, radio and television).

Why do the majority of young people, in contemporary society, experiment with drugs and never become addicted? Why do others experiment with those substances, and become frequent consumers of certain drugs? Why do yet others move from experimentation to drug-addiction, leading sometimes to ways of life based on delinquency? One of the central purposes of this research is to answer these core questions.