The Platformization of the Family: Digital Book Launch
Digital book launch
Increasingly, digital platforms are woven into the fabric of family life. What does this weaving look like, and how do we research it? Welcome to this digital launch of the book «The Platformization of the Family».
With their newly released book «The Platformization of the Family», researchers from Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia set out an original agenda for researching the role of digital platforms in family life across generations.
Platforms and apps such as FaceTime, Netflix, Google Nest, baby feeding apps, and physical exercising apps have begun to structure virtually every aspect of our personal and social lives.
This happens within everyday family life, across generations, and it affects the relations between parents, children, and grandparents. This cultural process can be described as «platformization».
At this digital book launch, researchers from three different countries will give short presentations based on the book, followed by invited commentaries.
The event is hosted by Professor Ola Erstad from the Department of Education, University of Oslo.
Presenters
Professor Sonia Livingstone
London School of Economics and Political Science, the United Kingdom
Dr Kate Mannell
Deakin University in the Australian Research Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child