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<p>In this article, the Swedish findings from a European comparative study on 0–3-year-old children and their digital lives are presented and discussed in relation to domestication theory, including the concept of moral economy. More specifically, attention is paid to toddler's appropriation of digital technology and the parents’ moral struggles: the negotiations between the parents concerning the introduction of digital media practices in early childhood, the selection of content, and the monitoring of children. Parents of very young children have ambivalent feelings towards digital media technologies and struggle to make the right decision for their children. The study demonstrates that the domestication of digital technology in early childhood is far more multifaceted and troublesome for parents to handle than previous research has found.</p>
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In this article, the Swedish findings from a European comparative study on 0–3-year-old children and their digital lives are presented and discussed in relation to domestication theory, including the concept of moral economy. More specifically, attention is paid to toddler's appropriation of digital technology and the parents’ moral struggles: the negotiations between the parents concerning the introduction of digital media practices in early childhood, the selection of content, and the monitoring of children. Parents of very young children have ambivalent feelings towards digital media technologies and struggle to make the right decision for their children. The study demonstrates that the domestication of digital technology in early childhood is far more multifaceted and troublesome for parents to handle than previous research has found.

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

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In this article, the Swedish findings from a European comparative study on 0–3-year-old children and their digital lives are presented and discussed in...

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

Published Online: Sep 09, 2021

Page range: 59 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0041

Keywords
0–3-year-old children, digital media practices, domestication theory, moral economy, “day in the life” methodology

© 2021 Helena Sandberg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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

Published Online: Sep 09, 2021

Page range: 59 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0041

Keywords0–3-year-old children, digital media practices, domestication theory, moral economy, “day in the life” methodology

© 2021 Helena Sandberg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
0–3-year-old children, digital media practices, domestication theory, moral economy, “day in the life” methodology