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Toddlers’ digital media practices and everyday parental struggles: Interactions and meaning-making as digital media are domesticated Cover

Toddlers’ digital media practices and everyday parental struggles: Interactions and meaning-making as digital media are domesticated

Nordicom Review
Volume 42 (2021): Issue s4 (September 2021)
By: Helena Sandberg,  Ulrika Sjöberg and  Ebba Sundin  
Open Access
|Sep 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Watching children's programmes on the digital TV screen with family membersComments: The left image shows Anna and her parents together on the couch facing the television. The right image shows Oscar with his siblings on the couch watching television and eating. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.
Watching children's programmes on the digital TV screen with family membersComments: The left image shows Anna and her parents together on the couch facing the television. The right image shows Oscar with his siblings on the couch watching television and eating. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.

Figure 2

Traditional patterns of play offline as part of everyday routinesComments: In the left image, Anna plays with a wooden train set among other toys. In the right image, Oscar chooses among toys on a shelf. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.
Traditional patterns of play offline as part of everyday routinesComments: In the left image, Anna plays with a wooden train set among other toys. In the right image, Oscar chooses among toys on a shelf. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.

Figure 3

Interacting with digital technologyComments: On the left, Anna uses an app on a tablet. On the right, Oscar points to a programme he would like to watch on digital TV. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.
Interacting with digital technologyComments: On the left, Anna uses an app on a tablet. On the right, Oscar points to a programme he would like to watch on digital TV. Images are published with the informed consent of the parents.

Thematic categorisation of headlines in Swedish newspapers, 2010–2019 (sample)

Positive and encouragingNegative and alarmist
“The children love their tablets”Aftonbladet (Davidsson, 28 November 2012)Money back for Smurf gamesGöteborgs-Posten (TT, 15 April 2011)
Web user before he can walkGöteborgs-Posten (Karlsson, 17 October 2012)Tablets put children's health at riskAftonbladet (Ladberg & Hedendahl, 1 April 2012)
The tablet makes learning a children's gameMetro (Andersson, 26 September 2012)Computers steal playtimeSvenska Dagbladet (Stienstedt, 19 October 2012)
Technology turns music into pure playAftonbladet (Persson, 31 January 2014)“Children are part of an experiment”Aftonbladet (Lidbo, 8 November 2016)
Children make film – already in preschoolGöteborgs-Posten (Henricson, 14 November 2014)Warning: Electronic gadgets in the home can give your children cancerKvällsposten (Bäsén, 19 March 2016)
Child health advice: For sure, your baby can use appsSydsvenskan (Philipson, 5 April 2016)“Screen children” develop empathy disturbanceKvällsposten (Birgersson, 7 August 2017)
Here are the best apps for kids: 10 tips on apps for your childAftonbladet (Sjöblom, 20 July 2019)Study: Screen time makes you more stupidKvällsposten (Thomasson, 13 December 2018)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 59 - 78
Published on: Sep 9, 2021
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
0–3-year-old children,
digital media practices,
domestication theory,
moral economy,
“day in the life” methodology
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Public and political communication,
Mass communication

© 2021 Helena Sandberg, Ulrika Sjöberg, Ebba Sundin, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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