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Parents talking algorithms : navigating datafication and family life in digital societies / Ranjana Das.

De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2024 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Das, Ranjana, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Parenting--Social aspects.
Parenting.
Internet and families.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
Algorithms.
Digital media--Social aspects.
Digital media.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
Summary:
This book explores the intersection of parenthood and the digital age, where algorithms shape daily decisions - from search engines to social media. Looking beyond tech skills and media panics, it's an essential read for social scientists, policy makers, and anyone seeking to understand the complexities of parenting in a datafied society.
Contents:
Front Cover
Half-title
Testimonials
Parents Talking Algorithms: Navigating Datafication and Family Life in Digital Societies
Copyright information
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
1 Introducing Parents Talking Algorithms
Akemi
Jackson
Relationships of mutuality?
Algorithms everywhere
Indescribable algorithms?
Meet the parents
Chapter outline
2 Quests
Relational understandings of search
Managing search
The work of search
Conclusions
3 Curation
Clustering
Care
Absences
Dynamic arrangements
4 Understandings
Myriad understandings
Misunderstandings
Parking for later
Transactional understandings
Taking action
5 News
A gateway site
Practices at the gateway
6 Literacies
Parents' algorithm awareness
Parents' technical competencies
Parents' critical capacities
Parents championing best interests
Aware in principle, alert in practice, active shapers
7 Tomorrows
Individual preparations, muted expectations
Seen and unseen children
The 'additional comments box'
Speaking about algorithmic todays and tomorrows
8 Attending to Parents Talking Algorithms
A summary
Recommendations: Nandini's 'additional comments box'
The ephemerality of agency
Boundaries and next steps
References
Index.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Apr 2025).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529241020
1529241022
9781529241037
1529241030
9781529241044
1529241049
OCLC:
1472956251

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