Who’s Raising the Kids? (eBook)

Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children

Susan Linn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
421 Seiten
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-228-1 (ISBN)

Infos

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood-and what we can do about it"e;Engrossing and insightful . . . rich with details that paint a full portrait of contemporary child-corporate relations."e; Zephyr Teachout, The New York Times Book ReviewEven before COVID-19, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children's lives, despite a growing body of research detailing the harms of excessive immersion in the unregulated, powerfully seductive world of the "e;kid-tech"e; industry. In the "e;must read"e; (Library Journal, starred review) Who's Raising the Kids?, Susan Linn one of the world's leading experts on the impact of Big Tech and big business on children weaves an "e;eye-opening and disturbing exploration of how marketing tech to children is creating a passive, dysfunctional generation"e; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). From birth, kids have become lucrative fodder for tech, media, and toy companies, from producers of exploitative games and social media platforms to "e;educational"e; technology and branded school curricula of dubious efficacy. Written with humor and compassion, Who's Raising the Kids? is a unique and highly readable social critique and guide to protecting kids from exploitation by the tech, toy, and entertainment industries. Two hopeful chapters "e;Resistance Parenting"e; and "e;Making a Difference for Everybody's Kids"e; chart a path to allowing kids to be the children they need to be.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: advertising to children • commercialization of childhood • commodification of childhood • Consumers • Corporate influence • Data Mining • developmental delays • digital native • edtech • Education • EduTech • lobbying • LOL Surprise • microtransactions • omg dolls • parenting book • Paw Patrol • Product placement • school privatization • screen time • Social Media • Tablets • tech addiction • technology and children • technology and youth • technology in schools • Unboxing • video games • youtube
• ISBN-10: 1-62097-228-X / 162097228X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-228-1 / 9781620972281