TY - JOUR

T1 - Smart media technologies controlling child's mobility (a case-study of Russian families)

AU - Сергеева, Ольга Вячеславовна

AU - Лактюхина, Елена

PY - 2019/9/2

Y1 - 2019/9/2

N2 - This article presents the results of a case-study of children's smart-mobility which appears with the spread of smart wearables. The authors consider the formation of a socio-technical system that regulates behavior of a child in a city. Drawing on the data from three Russian families the authors consider the problems of strengthening the ethics of technological control in relations ‘child–parent’ and the habit of being ‘under surveillance’. The authors analyze new trends in family control and introduce the research ideas about social effects of children's mobility that is controlled with the help of special gadgets.

AB - This article presents the results of a case-study of children's smart-mobility which appears with the spread of smart wearables. The authors consider the formation of a socio-technical system that regulates behavior of a child in a city. Drawing on the data from three Russian families the authors consider the problems of strengthening the ethics of technological control in relations ‘child–parent’ and the habit of being ‘under surveillance’. The authors analyze new trends in family control and introduce the research ideas about social effects of children's mobility that is controlled with the help of special gadgets.

KW - Smart media technologies

KW - baby monitor

KW - childhood

KW - medicalization

KW - parenthood

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074580614&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/smart-media-technologies-controlling-childs-mobility-casestudy-russian-families

U2 - 10.1080/19409419.2019.1662258

DO - 10.1080/19409419.2019.1662258

M3 - Article

VL - 11

SP - 204

EP - 216

JO - Russian Journal of Communication

JF - Russian Journal of Communication

SN - 1940-9419

IS - 3

ER -