The Americas

  • Permalink Gallery

    Supervising, cheerleading, babysitting and collaborating: parents as co-learners in makerspaces

Supervising, cheerleading, babysitting and collaborating: parents as co-learners in makerspaces

In the first of four posts presenting findings from the Makerspaces in the early years (MakEY) final report, Sonia Livingstone, Alicia Blum-Ross, and Paige Mustain outline the key roles that parents adopt when accompanying their children to makerspaces. Sonia Livingstone is Professor of Social Psychology at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications and is the lead investigator of the Parenting for a Digital Future research project. Alicia Blum-Ross is […]

September 11th, 2019|Featured, Our publications|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Teens and parents in Japan and US agree: Mobile devices are an ever-present distraction

Teens and parents in Japan and US agree: Mobile devices are an ever-present distraction

How is the saturation of mobile phones playing out in homes and child-parent relationships? Willow Bay led a research project investigating the effects of digital devices on family life in Japan, and compared the results to studies asking similar questions of US families. In this post, she explores her findings and the ways in which Japanese and US families are similarly struggling […]

July 11th, 2018|Featured, Research shows...|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Challenges of parental responsibility in the digital age: A global perspective

Challenges of parental responsibility in the digital age: A global perspective

Sunday was Human Rights Day and Sonia Livingstone and Jasmine Byrne are discussing the global digital parenting divide. Presenting data from several countries of the Global Kids Online project, this post asks how can we support parents to support children around the world? Sonia is Professor of Social Psychology at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications and has more than 25 years of experience […]

December 13th, 2017|Featured, Our publications|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Children’s digital opportunities – perspectives from around the world

Children’s digital opportunities – perspectives from around the world

The “Parenting for a Digital Future” blog has tried to capture the diversity of families’ experiences with the internet around the world by including reflections on fieldwork conducted in many different countries. In this post, Sonia Livingstone, Dafna Lemish and Sun Sun Lim highlight what they learned from working with researchers from several continents to understand the emerging nature […]

November 1st, 2017|Featured, Our publications, Research shows...|0 Comments|
Read More

Seeking high-quality digital content for children in Turkey

What kind of digital content is available for children in Turkey? How are Turkish parents deciding rules about screen time and tablet use? What do children use tablets for? Burcu Izci and colleagues compare young children’s tablet use in Turkey and the US, and also the extent to which parents limit children’s access to tablet devices. Burcu Izci and […]

June 28th, 2017|Featured, Research shows...|1 Comment|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Book review: American girls: Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

Book review: American girls: Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

Wendy Grossman reviews American girls, by Nancy Jo Sales, published in 2016 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book asks what is social media culture? And, what it is doing to young girls? Taking a critical stance, Wendy raises concern about the research’s methodology and mode of storytelling.  Wendy writes about the border wars between cyberspace and real life. She […]

April 25th, 2017|Featured, Reflections|3 Comments|
Read More

Engaging parents in after-school programs

What tools and strategies can be used to engage parents in after-school activities?  After interviewing educators and administrators in California about the methods they employ, Alexander Cho discusses the research findings of DML Research Hub. Alexander reports on various strategies that succeeded or failed for these educators, including flyers, face-to-face conversation and the use of various digital media and apps. Alexander is a […]

April 5th, 2017|Featured, Reflections|1 Comment|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Is there a ‘family factor’ in mediation? A Jamaican perspective

Is there a ‘family factor’ in mediation? A Jamaican perspective

How do different family types influence the parent’s role in a child or teen’s life online? Anthea Edalere-Henderson looks to Jamaican family relations to understand online engagement. Anthea works at CARIMAC, The University of the West Indies, Mona where she is interested in the development of a critical Caribbean scholarship for understanding 21st century information technologies. Her research is […]

March 30th, 2017|Featured, Research shows...|2 Comments|
Read More

Creating the future of digital learning in the US

The 2016 National Education Technology Plan has just been released in the US, and Renee Hobbs reviews some key ideas from it, discussing how it aligns with digital and media literacy education. Renee is Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Media Education Lab, Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island, USA. [Header image credit: […]

March 15th, 2017|Featured, Reflections|3 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Making the familiar strange: Studying the Syrian refugee crisis

Making the familiar strange: Studying the Syrian refugee crisis

Meryl Alper shares insights from her new book, Giving voice: Mobile communication, disability, and inequality. She discusses how her study of parents raising children with disabilities in the digital age also became a snapshot of the global Syrian refugee crisis. Meryl is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and Faculty Associate with the Berkman Klein Center for […]

February 21st, 2017|Featured, Research shows...|1 Comment|
Read More