The Platformization of the Family Towards a Research Agenda

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.

Chapter 1. Introduction .- Chapter 2. The platformization of the family.- Chapter 3. The home as a site of platformization.- Chapter 4. How the family makes itself: The platformization of parenting in early childhood.- Chapter 5. Researching the platformization of the family: Methodological challenges.- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Toward further research into the platformization of the family.

Julian Sefton-Green is Professor of New Media Education at Deakin University, Australia.

Kate Mannell is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child at Deakin University, Australia.

Ola Erstad is Professor of Education at University of Oslo, Norway.