A Developmental View on Digital Vulnerability and Agency of Children Under 10 Years of Age

Author(s)
Maria Roth, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Tove Lafton, Olaf Kapella, Alina Barbuta
Abstract

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.

Organisation(s)
Department of Sociology, Project: Family Studies in Austria
Pages
169-207
No. of pages
38
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9
Publication date
01-2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
504011 Genealogy, 504019 Media sociology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Social Sciences, General Psychology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/bc643d58-1ef0-480d-b3dd-bb2dc1085f88