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Who's raising the kids? : big tech, big business, and the lives of children / Susan Linn.

Linn, Susan, (author.).

Summary:
"From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood--and what we can do about it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781620972274
  • ISBN: 1620972271
  • Physical Description: xvi, 330 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : The New Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What children need and why corporations can't provide it -- Who wins the game tech plays? -- And the brand plays on -- Browse! Click! Buy! Repeat! -- How rewarding are rewards? -- The nagging problem of pester power -- Divisive devices -- Bias for sale -- Branded learning -- Big Tech goes to school -- Is that hope? -- Resistance parenting: Suggestions for keeping Big Tech and Big Business at bay -- Making a difference for everybody's kids.
Subject: Technology and children.
Technology and youth.
Child rearing.
Marketing.
Amusements.

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Summary: "From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood--and what we can do about it"--

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