The Platformization of the Family: Towards a Research Agenda
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xi, 113 pp.
"This open access book outlines how the digital platforms that mediate so many aspects of commercial and personal life have begun to transform everyday family existence. It presents theory and research methods to enable students and scholars to investigate the changes that platformization has brought to the routines and interactions of family life including intergenerational communication, interpersonal relationships, forms of care and togetherness. The book emerged from a seminar jointly funded by the Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe project, the Norwegian Research Council and The Australian Centre of Excellence for the Study of the Digital Child." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Julian Sefton-Green, Sonia Livingstone, Kate Mannell, and Ola Erstad, 1
2 The Platformization of the Family / Sonia Livingstone and Julian Sefton-Green, 7
3 The Home as a Site of Platformization / Kate Mannell, Kristinn Hegna, and Mariya Stoilova, 25
4 How the Family Makes Itself: The Platformization of Parenting in Early Childhood / Luci Pangrazio, Katrin Langton, and Andra Siibak, 47
5 Researching the Platformization of the Family: Methodological Challenges / Antonio Membrive and Raquel Miño-Puigcercós, 69
6 Conclusion: Towards Further Research into the Platformization of the Family / Kate Mannell, Julian Sefton-Green, and Ola Erstad, 93
2 The Platformization of the Family / Sonia Livingstone and Julian Sefton-Green, 7
3 The Home as a Site of Platformization / Kate Mannell, Kristinn Hegna, and Mariya Stoilova, 25
4 How the Family Makes Itself: The Platformization of Parenting in Early Childhood / Luci Pangrazio, Katrin Langton, and Andra Siibak, 47
5 Researching the Platformization of the Family: Methodological Challenges / Antonio Membrive and Raquel Miño-Puigcercós, 69
6 Conclusion: Towards Further Research into the Platformization of the Family / Kate Mannell, Julian Sefton-Green, and Ola Erstad, 93