{"title":"Sonia Livingstone","description":"\u003cp\u003eSonia Livingstone’s work explores the complex relationship between children and digital media, offering insightful perspectives on how young people engage with the internet and technology. Her books provide a thoughtful examination of digital media’s role in childhood development and education, grounded in research and contemporary social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the intersection of technology, childhood, and learning will find Livingstone’s writing both accessible and illuminating. Her contributions to Education \u0026amp; Reference shed light on the challenges and opportunities presented by digital environments in early life stages.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"children-and-the-internet-by-sonia-livingstone-9780745631950","title":"Children and the Internet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis major new book by a leading researcher addresses these pressing questions. It deliberately avoids a techno-celebratory approach and, instead, interprets children’s everyday practices of internet use in relation to the complex and changing historical and cultural conditions of childhood in late modernity. Uniquely, \u003ci\u003eChildren and the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the complex dynamic between online opportunities and online risks, exploring this in relation to much debated issues such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDigital in\/exclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLearning and literacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePeer networking and privacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCivic participation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRisk and harm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on current theories of identity, development, education and participation, this book includes a refreshingly critical account of the challenging realities undermining the great expectations held out for the internet - from governments, teachers, parents and children themselves. It concludes with a forward-looking framework for policy and regulation designed to advance children’s rights to expression, connection and play online as well as offline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460532617452,"sku":"9780745631950","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745631950-children-and-the-internet.jpg?v=1774948635"},{"product_id":"digital-media-use-in-early-childhood-by-brian-oneill-9781350120273","title":"Digital Media Use in Early Childhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe easy interface of touchscreen technologies like tablets and smartphones has enabled children to access the digital world from a very young age. But while some commentators are enthusiastic about how this can open a new world for fun, learning, and developing digital skills, others see the dangers of yet more screens, inauthentic play, and time spent isolated with electronic babysitters that detract from interaction with parents and learning social skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking five as the age when children transition into formal education, \u003cem\u003eDigital Media Use in Early Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e draws on a three-year research project examining the realities of under six-year-olds’ experiences of these technologies in the UK and Australia. With a theoretical context including Vygotsky, Bruner, Bronfenbrenner and Flewitt, the book examines how parents of young children evaluate the opportunities and risks of children’s digital media use in the context of other significant influences such as children’s time with grandparents, early childhood care and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on in-depth interviews with 22 families, and rich ethnographic data from observation and exchanges with their 29 children, aged four months to five years, the book reveals how digital technologies complement and challenge important aspects of daily life for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470426456300,"sku":"9781350120273","price":231.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350120273-digital-media-use-in-early-childhood.jpg?v=1775219173"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sonia-livingstone.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}