A matter of logics and practicalities: How the state, parenting, and children connect in a digitalized childhood
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Important contributions have been made to understanding how screens shape children’s lives, but the arrangement of the constitutive components of digitalized childhoods is not yet fully elucidated. This article draws on a mix of methods to map out how the practicalities of digitalized childhoods are induced by logics embedded in the interconnected spaces of the state and parenthood. To this end, assemblage theory is employed to help explore how the digitalization of childhoods unfolds within an arrangement of diverse scales and complexities. The article draws on ongoing debates within childhood studies concerning children’s agency and the methodological construction of childhoods.
Source: Childhood
Authors: Øyvind Næss, Trygve B Broch
Institution: University of Inland Norway
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,650
OpenAlex ID: W7116712178