New IAMCR/Palgrave book

Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds

Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds

Domestication, Mediation, and Agency

By Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds is the 22nd title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research.

See the publisher's description of the book.

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. Using a child-centred framework, what emerges is a rounded and textured analysis of how technology fits into pivotal aspects of the lives of teenagers. Here, teens are understood as ‘actors’ rather than just users of media and technology. 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 sociology, media studies, youth studies, mobile media studies, African studies, and global media studies.

This book:

  • Understands teenagers as ‘actors’ rather than just users of media and technology
  • Widens research on pre-teens’ and teenagers’ digital practices and participation in Majority World such as Africa
  • Draws on qualitative and quantitative data to analyse how technology fits into pivotal aspects of the lives of teens

Discount for IAMCR members

IAMCR members are entitled to a special 35% discount on all titles in the series. If you are a member of IAMCR, email GlobalTransformations@iamcr.org with "global transformations discount" as the subject of your message for details on how to get your discount for the hardcover copy.

Go to the publisher's website to purchase a title in the series.

Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam teaches media studies and is the MA programme coordinator in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Contents

  1. Researching Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds
  2. Context Matters: Geography, Research Sites, and Media Trajectory
  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”: Digital Gatekeepers in Children’s Digital Lifeworlds
  9. Precarious Agency and the Power of Children with Digital Technology
  10. A Bricolage: Of Summary, Final Thoughts, and Recommendations

The above text is from the publisher's description of the book.

Title: Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds
Author: Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam
Published: 2024
Pages: 223