Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds Domestication, Mediation, and Agency

The digital lifeworlds of young people in advanced economies of the Minority World are well researched. In contrast, research focusing on pre-teens’ and teenagers’ digital practices and participation in Majority World such as Africa, is still fundamentally narrow. The book is relevant to fields like...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Uzuegbunam, Chikezie E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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