Research in communication has been reclaiming a “radical turn” in reception studies, namely by proposing less normative and less commercially oriented models that can grant more visibility, voice, and participation to the audiences (Swart et al. Digital Journalism, 10, 8–22, 2022). Frequently, the industry privileges discourses about young people at risk instead of approaches focused on the comprehension of their realities and their involvement in production routines. Within contexts in which the media are constituted as entities that structure social and individual identities, through offers that are increasingly vaster and diversified, it is important to understand how young people at risk manage their possibilities and choices in view of the media ecosystem they live in. Bearing these considerations in mind, it becomes relevant to explore their means of access (online and offline), their practices and uses, the representations they construct, the meanings they negotiate, as well as the dynamics of their participation, in an effort to understand this ‘other’ as a participant/agent. Based on a qualitative approach, research is based on participants’ media journals (to map practices) and in-depth interviews (to bring out narratives and perceptions) to a group of young people at risk, in Portugal. More specifically, we observe which accesses they have and/or are given, the technologies they use the most, the formats they prefer and why, how they perceive the ways in which they are represented, which practices of production and participation they are familiar with, how they navigate between platforms and products, the meanings they attribute to them, and how they see themselves within that ecosystem. Investigating the dynamics of reception of young people at risk highlights the complex nature of meanings, representations, and usage, as well as how these are dependent not only on contextual, social, and cultural conditions, but also on individual ones. By searching for and acknowledging the voices of these margins, this chapter explores ways of participation in processes of social change, thus making them ubiquitous, as a theme but also as agents.