The Industry of Smart Toys: Cultural Implications from the Political Economy

Vilmantė Liubinienė, Ana Jorge

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Resumo

This chapter discusses the implications of the structure of production of smart toys and the resulting local linguistic and cultural possibilities, combining the framework of the political economy of children’s media and leisure with the cultural and creative industries approach in the context of the increasing commercialisation of children’s culture. The chapter draws on content analysis of media and advertising from 12 countries in the Internet of Toys project, linguistic analysis of smart toys’ websites, analyses of start-up case studies from Lithuania and Portugal and secondary data on children, technology and digital literacy. While the production and promotion of smart toys are heavily reliant on global market logics, national and European incentives to software companies are not governed by the intention to support smaller linguistic cultures.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoStudies in Childhood and Youth
EditoraPalgrave Macmillan
Páginas327-346
Número de páginas20
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 2019
Publicado externamenteSim

Série de publicação

NomeStudies in Childhood and Youth
ISSN (impresso)2731-6467
ISSN (eletrónico)2731-6475

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