ABSTRACT
Chapters in this book have proposed and supported the argument that children’s lives are increasingly digital by default, at least for the seven countries represented in this study. The concluding chapter revisits the theoretical lenses from each chapter to consider ways these new frameworks might contribute to numerous fields of study. On the one hand, the book resists making homogenised and universalist arguments or creating reductionist summaries of data sets from each country, because family experiences are complex and unique. On the other hand, it aims to offer new ways to make sense of family media practices from different perspectives. As discussed in this concluding chapter, this book brings new theoretical framings to the field to help elucidate the specificity of family contexts and to construct and test the different explanatory frameworks. The chapter concludes with provocations in relation to emerging research agendas as well as real-life actions to support families, parents, and children in the digital age.
