Overview
- Presents the first empirical evidence on the domestication of IoToys in children’s everyday lives
- Provides methodological contributions that aim to address the challenges of connected play as an object of research, design and testing
- Critically maps out the political economy of IoToys
Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth (SCY)
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About this book
The Internet of Toys (IoToys) is a developing market within our Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. This book examines the rise of internet-connected toys and aims to anticipate the opportunities and risks of IoToys before their widespread diffusion. Contributors to this volume each provide a critical analysis of the design, production, regulation, representation and consumption of internet-connected toys. In order to address the theoretical, methodological and policy questions that arise from the study of these new playthings, and contextualise the diverse opportunities and challenges that IoToys pose to educators, families and children themselves, the chapters engage with notions of mediatization, datafication, robotification, connected and post-digital play. This timely engagement with a key transformation in children’s play will appeal to all readers interested in understanding the social uses and consequences of IoToys, and primarily to researchers and students in children and media, early childhood studies, media and communications, sociology, education, social psychology, law and design.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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New Toys, New Play, New Childhood?
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Domesticating the Internet of Toys: Practices and Contexts
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Design and Research Methodologies
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The Political Economy of IoToys
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Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Giovanna Mascheroni is Senior Lecturer of Sociology of Communication, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy.
Donell Holloway is Senior Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Internet of Toys
Book Subtitle: Practices, Affordances and the Political Economy of Children’s Smart Play
Editors: Giovanna Mascheroni, Donell Holloway
Series Title: Studies in Childhood and Youth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10898-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10897-7Published: 21 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10898-4Published: 07 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-6467
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6475
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 366
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Digital/New Media, Technology and Digital Education