Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxxi, 533 pp.
"This Open Access book presents an in-depth portrait of the use and impact of digital technologies by learners ages 5-18 years in their everyday lives. The portrait is framed by the ecological-systems theory and situated across four domains: home, leisure time, education, and civic participation. Various methodological approaches are used in innovative ways to analyze data collected in a large-scale EU Horizon 2020 project. The purpose of this edited collection is to shed light on both beneficial and harmful effects of digital technology from a perspective that children are active agents who are empowered to accentuate the positives of digital technology use and over common challenges that inhibit digital competence with support from education stakeholders." (Publisher description)
PART I: FROM ESTABLISHED TO NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
How Can We Understand the Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People? / Halla Holmarsdottir, Idunn Seland, and Christer Hyggen, 3
Digitally Disengaged and Digitally Unconfident Children in Europe / Sara Ayllón, Samuel Lado, and Maria Symeonaki, 27
The Digital Divide: Understanding Vulnerability and Risk in Children and Young People’s Everyday Digital Lives / Halla Holmarsdottir, 57
Children’s Digital Boundary Crossings When Moving in Between Porous Ecosystems / Halla Holmarsdottir, Tove Lafton, and Kristina Johnsdatter Andreasen, 83
Investigating Patterns of Digital Socialisation During Leisure Through Multimodal Social Research / Maria Symeonaki, Christer Hyggen, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Louise Mifsud, and Giorgos Stamou, 117
Children’s and Young People’s ICT Experiences in School Education: Participatory Research Design to Engage Children and Young People as Experts in Research / Amelie Labusch, Birgit Eickelmann, Gianna Casamassima, Kerstin Drossel, Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir, Aggeliki Kazani, Louise Mifsud, Maria Symeonaki, and Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, 143
PART II: EXPLORING AGENCY AND WELL-BEING IN EVERYDAY DIGITAL LIVES
A Developmental View on Digital Vulnerability and Agency of Children Under 10 Years of Age / Maria Roth, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Tove Lafton, Olaf Kapella, and Alina Bărbuță, 169
Discourses and Gender Divides in Children’s Digital Everyday Lives / Janniche Elisabeth Broch Wilhelmsen and Tove Lafton, 209
ICT Use and Children’s Self-reported Life Satisfaction / Sara Ayllón, Pablo Brugarolas, and Samuel Lado, 239
‘Of Gaming and Other Demons’: Defining Children and Young People’s Meaningful Leisure Activities in the Digital Era / Mikkel B. Rustad, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Maria Symeonaki, Louise Mifsud, Christer Hyggen, and Cosmin Ghetau, 281
Perspectives of Children and Young People on Their Education as Preparation for Their Future in the Digital Age: In-depth Qualitative Study in Five European Countries / Birgit Eickelmann, Monica Barbovschi, Halla Holmarsdottir, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Merike Sisask, and Amelie Labusch, 321
Social Media as a Shaper, Enabler, and Hurdle in Youth Political Participation / Katrin Tiidenberg, Athina Karatzogianni, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Jacob Matthews, Kamilla Selina Lepik, Madli Raig, and Marta Liisab Suitslepp, 351
Talking About Digital Responsibility: Children’s and Young People’s Voices / Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir, Halla Holmarsdottir, Louise Mifsud, Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, Monica Barbovschi, and Merike Sisask, 379
Intersecting Knowledge on Young People’s Well-Being and Use of Digital Technology Across Contexts: A Scoping Review Synthesis / Idunn Seland, 433
PART III: A NEW RESPONSE TO RISK AND VULNERABILITY: INFLUENCING SOCIAL POLICY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Developing a Toolkit for Contributing to Digital Competence: A Review of Existing Resources / Alina Bărbuţă and Maria Roth, 467
EU Policy Reflections on the Intersections Between Digital and Social Policies Supporting Children as Digital Citizens / Holly Shorey, 503
How Can We Understand the Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People? / Halla Holmarsdottir, Idunn Seland, and Christer Hyggen, 3
Digitally Disengaged and Digitally Unconfident Children in Europe / Sara Ayllón, Samuel Lado, and Maria Symeonaki, 27
The Digital Divide: Understanding Vulnerability and Risk in Children and Young People’s Everyday Digital Lives / Halla Holmarsdottir, 57
Children’s Digital Boundary Crossings When Moving in Between Porous Ecosystems / Halla Holmarsdottir, Tove Lafton, and Kristina Johnsdatter Andreasen, 83
Investigating Patterns of Digital Socialisation During Leisure Through Multimodal Social Research / Maria Symeonaki, Christer Hyggen, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Louise Mifsud, and Giorgos Stamou, 117
Children’s and Young People’s ICT Experiences in School Education: Participatory Research Design to Engage Children and Young People as Experts in Research / Amelie Labusch, Birgit Eickelmann, Gianna Casamassima, Kerstin Drossel, Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir, Aggeliki Kazani, Louise Mifsud, Maria Symeonaki, and Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, 143
PART II: EXPLORING AGENCY AND WELL-BEING IN EVERYDAY DIGITAL LIVES
A Developmental View on Digital Vulnerability and Agency of Children Under 10 Years of Age / Maria Roth, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Tove Lafton, Olaf Kapella, and Alina Bărbuță, 169
Discourses and Gender Divides in Children’s Digital Everyday Lives / Janniche Elisabeth Broch Wilhelmsen and Tove Lafton, 209
ICT Use and Children’s Self-reported Life Satisfaction / Sara Ayllón, Pablo Brugarolas, and Samuel Lado, 239
‘Of Gaming and Other Demons’: Defining Children and Young People’s Meaningful Leisure Activities in the Digital Era / Mikkel B. Rustad, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Maria Symeonaki, Louise Mifsud, Christer Hyggen, and Cosmin Ghetau, 281
Perspectives of Children and Young People on Their Education as Preparation for Their Future in the Digital Age: In-depth Qualitative Study in Five European Countries / Birgit Eickelmann, Monica Barbovschi, Halla Holmarsdottir, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Merike Sisask, and Amelie Labusch, 321
Social Media as a Shaper, Enabler, and Hurdle in Youth Political Participation / Katrin Tiidenberg, Athina Karatzogianni, Dimitris Parsanoglou, Jacob Matthews, Kamilla Selina Lepik, Madli Raig, and Marta Liisab Suitslepp, 351
Talking About Digital Responsibility: Children’s and Young People’s Voices / Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir, Halla Holmarsdottir, Louise Mifsud, Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, Monica Barbovschi, and Merike Sisask, 379
Intersecting Knowledge on Young People’s Well-Being and Use of Digital Technology Across Contexts: A Scoping Review Synthesis / Idunn Seland, 433
PART III: A NEW RESPONSE TO RISK AND VULNERABILITY: INFLUENCING SOCIAL POLICY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Developing a Toolkit for Contributing to Digital Competence: A Review of Existing Resources / Alina Bărbuţă and Maria Roth, 467
EU Policy Reflections on the Intersections Between Digital and Social Policies Supporting Children as Digital Citizens / Holly Shorey, 503
