TY - BOOK ID - 107917604 TI - The Internet of Toys AU - Mascheroni, Giovanna AU - Holloway, Donell AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2019 SN - 9783030108977 9783030108984 303010897X 3030108988 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Age group sociology KW - Mass communications KW - Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics KW - IoT (Internet of Things) KW - Social Sciences KW - Digital media KW - Educational technology KW - Sociology. KW - Social groups. KW - Digital media. KW - Educational technology. KW - Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. KW - Digital and New Media. KW - Digital Education and Educational Technology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107917604 AB - The Internet of Toys (IoToys) is a developing market within our Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. This book examines the rise of internet-connected toys and aims to anticipate the opportunities and risks of IoToys before their widespread diffusion. Contributors to this volume each provide a critical analysis of the design, production, regulation, representation and consumption of internet-connected toys. In order to address the theoretical, methodological and policy questions that arise from the study of these new playthings, and contextualise the diverse opportunities and challenges that IoToys pose to educators, families and children themselves, the chapters engage with notions of mediatization, datafication, robotification, connected and post-digital play. This timely engagement with a key transformation in children’s play will appeal to all readers interested in understanding the social uses and consequences of IoToys, and primarily to researchers and students in children and media, early childhood studies, media and communications, sociology, education, social psychology, law and design. . ER -