Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds

Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam teaches media studies and is the MA programme coordinator in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Cape Town, and publishes around digital media, young people and technology, communication studies, AI, and misinformation.

• 1. Researching children and young people’s digital lifeworlds.- 2. Context matters.- 3. Tracking research on children and the media.- 4. Navigating theoretical, methodological, and ethical interdependences in researching children.- 5. Children’s access and connection to digital technology.- 6. Domestication of technology in everyday life.- 7. Media proclivities, preferences, and perceptions of digital technology.- 8. “You cannot serve two masters at a time”.- 9. Precarious agency and the power of children with digital technology.- 10. A bricolage: Of summary, final thoughts, and recommendations.