Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds

Domestication, Mediation, and Agency

AvChikezie E. Uzuegbunam

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series

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This book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers such as parents, guardians, and teachers in their digital lifeworlds. The book is relevant to fields like sociology, media studies, youth studies, mobile media studies, African studies, and global media studies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-27
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:341 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
Antal sidor:223
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031513053

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Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam teaches media studies and is the MA programme coordinator in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Cape Town, and publishes around digital media, young people and technology, communication studies, AI, and misinformation.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Researching children and young people’s digital lifeworlds.- 2. Context matters.- 3. Tracking research on children and the media.- 4. Navigating theoretical, methodological, and ethical interdependences in researching children.- 5. Children’s access and connection to digital technology.- 6. Domestication of technology in everyday life.- 7. Media proclivities, preferences, and perceptions of digital technology.- 8. “You cannot serve two masters at a time”.- 9. Precarious agency and the power of children with digital technology.- 10. A bricolage: Of summary, final thoughts, and recommendations.