Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age: Insights into Contemporary Research on Communication, Learning and Education

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This book adds to the international research literature on contemporary Nordic childhoods in the context of fast-evolving technologies. It draws on the workshop program of the Nordic Research Network on Digital Childhoods funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) during the years 2019–2021. Bringing together researchers from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, the book addresses pressing issues around children’s communication, learning and education in the digital age.

The volume sheds light on cultural values, educational policies and conceptions of children and childhood, and child–media relationships inherent in Nordic societies. The book argues for the importance of understanding local cultures, values and communication practices that make up contemporary digital childhoods and extends current discourses on children’s screen time to bring in new insights about the nature of children’s digital engagement.

This book will appeal to researchers, graduate students, educators and policy makers in the fields of childhood education, educational technology and communication.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

About the author

Kristiina Kumpulainen is Professor of Education and Lead of the Nordic Research Network on Digital Childhoods, University of Helsinki, Finland and Associate Professor of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Anu Kajamaa is Professor of Education (Continuous Learning) at the Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Finland.

Ola Erstad is Professor at the Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway.

Åsa Mäkitalo is Professor of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Kirsten Drotner is Professor Emerita of media studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Sólveig Jakobsdóttir is a Professor at the School of Education, University of Iceland, Iceland.

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