ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to explore what socio-technical arrangements are created from an amalgamation of young children, their families, and technology. Lawrence Lessig’s four forces – law, social norms, market, and architecture – were used to analyze the practices and constraints of children’s digital activities and parental involvement in the home. A home-visit interview study with six parent–child pairs found the children’s activities to be constrained by four elements: 1) rules arranged by children and parents; 2) domestic norms among their families; 3) markets through which parents purchase digital devices; and 4) architecture in the physical and spatial configuration of the home. These four constraints created new opportunities for children’s activities. The children’s use of technology not only expanded their activities, but also exploited technological vulnerabilities. The ambiguity of the activity led to a reorganization of the domestic architecture and a reconstruction of the rules between parents and children.

IMPACT SUMMARY

a. Prior State of Knowledge:

Children’s domestic digital activities are collectively composed of heterogeneous actors including children, parents, artifacts, and technology. It is useful to introduce a perspective of human and non-human relationships and analyze what kinds of socio-technical arrangements exist in their activities.

b. Novel Contributions:

An analysis of children’s digital activities in the home, using Lessig’s four forces, showed both expansion and vulnerability of their activities. This ambiguity led to a reconstruction of the domestic architecture and the rules between parents and children.

c. Practical Implications:

Lessig’s four elements broaden children’s digital activities beyond individual children to parent-child relationships and socio-technical arrangements. Parents and practitioners can use them to consider extensions and constraints of children’s activities with technology.

摘要

本研究的目的是探索幼儿、他们的家庭和技术的融合创造了什么样的社会技术安排。Lawrence Lessig 的四种力量——法律、社会规范、市场和建筑——被用来分析儿童数字活动的实践和限制以及父母对家庭的参与。一项对六对亲子的家访研究发现，孩子的活动受到四个因素的限制：1）孩子和父母安排的规则；2) 家庭间的家庭规范；3) 父母购买数字设备的市场；4) 住宅物理和空间配置中的建筑。这四个限制因素为儿童的活动创造了新的机会。孩子们对科技的使用不仅拓展了他们的活动范围，但也利用了技术漏洞。活动的模糊性导致了家庭建筑的重组和父母与孩子之间规则的重构。

影响总结

一种。先前的知识状态：

儿童家庭数字化活动是由儿童、父母、神器、科技等异质性行为体共同组成的。引入人类和非人类关系的视角并分析他们的活动中存在哪些类型的社会技术安排是有用的。

湾。小说贡献：

使用 Lessig 的四种力量对儿童在家中的数字活动进行的分析显示了他们活动的扩展性和脆弱性。这种模糊性导致了家庭建筑和父母与孩子之间规则的重建。

C。实际影响：

Lessig 的四个要素将儿童的数字活动从单个儿童扩展到亲子关系和社会技术安排。父母和从业者可以使用它们来考虑使用技术对儿童活动的扩展和限制。