The Internet Of Toys: Practices, Affordances And The Political Economy Of Children’s Smart Play

Practices, Affordances and the Political Economy of Children’s Smart Play Edited by Giovanna Mascheroni and Donell Holloway studies in childhood and youth The Internet of Toys Studies in Childhood and Youth Series Editors Afua Twum-Danso Imoh University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK Nigel Thomas University of Central Lancashire Preston, UK Spyros Spyrou European University Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Penny Curtis University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK This well-established series embraces global and multi-disciplinary scholarship on childhood and youth as social, historical, cultural and material phenomena. With the rapid expansion of childhood and youth studies in recent decades, the series encourages diverse and emerging theoretical and methodological approaches. We welcome proposals which explore the diversities and complexities of children’s and young people’s lives and which address gaps in the current literature relating to childhoods and youth in space, place and time. Studies in Childhood and Youth will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of areas, including Childhood Studies, Youth ­ Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Politics, Psychology, Education, Health, Social Work and Social Policy. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14474 Giovanna Mascheroni · Donell Holloway Editors The Internet of Toys Practices, Affordances and the Political Economy of Children’s Smart Play Editors Giovanna Mascheroni Department of Communication Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Milan, Italy Donell Holloway School of Arts and Humanities Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley, WA, Australia Studies in Childhood and Youth ISBN 978-3-030-10897-7 ISBN 978-3-030-10898-4  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10898-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018965777 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publ