Families & Growing (Tech) Pains

Sun Sun Lim

Chapter 2 in Humanising Technology:Reflections on Design, Ethics and Inclusion, 2025, pp 43-86 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Shifting the focus from design towards use and engagement, I cast my gaze on the principal setting where we consume technology, the home. Indeed, our exposure to media begins at home where devices such as televisions, smartphones, laptops and tablets concurrently facilitate and constitute household routines. Parents text their children to coordinate school pickups and homework tasks while kindergarten and primary school kids have their days punctuated with iPad time…

Keywords: User-centric Design; AI Ethics; Inclusive Design; Digital Parenting; Digital Wellbeing; Digital Literacy; Future of Learning; Future of Work; Tech for Good; Tech Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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