Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children

This companion presents the newest research in this important area showcasing the huge diversity in children’s relationships with digital media around the globe and exploring the benefits challenges history and emerging developments in the field.Children are finding novel ways to express their passions and priorities through innovative uses of digital communication tools. This collection investigates and critiques the dynamism of childrens lives online with contributions fielding both global and hyper-local issues and bridging the wide spectrum of connected media created for and by children. From education to childrens rights to cyberbullying and youth in challenging circumstances the interdisciplinary approach ensures a careful nuanced multi-dimensional exploration of children’s relationships with digital media. Featuring a highly international range of case studies perspectives and socio-cultural contexts The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children is the perfect reference tool for students and researchers of media and communication family and technology studies psychology education anthropology and sociology as well as interested teachers policy makers and parents.