Families and New Media Comparative Perspectives on Digital Transformations in Law and Society

The open access edited volume addresses children’s rights and their ability to act in the digital world. The focus is on the position of children as subjects with their own rights and developing capacities. Their consideration by parents, courts and legislators is critically examined. Aspects of digital parenting, especially educational practices and strategies in the context of social media, are analyzed with regard to the tension between protection and participation of children. The edited volume brings debates on privacy and data protection together with those from tort, family and intellectual property law, while also examining the role of families and children in the regulation of data and digital economies, especially online platforms. Legal reflections from Germany, Israel, Portugal and the United States of America are complemented by perspectives from media studies, political science, educational science and sociology of law.

Editors’ Introduction: Families and New Media

 Children as Social Subjects in the Digital World

 Families and the Law: Taking Account of Children’s Evolving Capacities in Analogue and Digital Contexts: Nina Dethloff

Mediatized Families: Digital Parenting on Social Media: Caja Thimm

Positionings, Challenges, and Ambivalences in Children’s and Parents’ Perspectives in Digitalized Familial Contexts: Nadia Kutscher

A Rights-based Approach to Children’s Digital Participation in the Multi-Level System of the European Union: Katharina Kaesling

Children as Objects (of Imagery)?

The Case of “Sharenting” – Parental Action Strategies in the Contested Field of Visualizing Children in Online Environments: Ulla Autenrieth

Banning Children’s Image Online – A Portuguese Perspective: Paula Távora Vítor

Projecting Images of Families into the Law – The Example of Internet-Related Cases Decided by the German Courts: Thomas Dreier

Civilizing Parents in the Digital Age: Marta Bucholc

Regulating Data and Digital Economy, Protecting Children?

Data Collection, Privacy, and Children in the Digital Economy: Olufunmilayo B. Arewa

The Rise of the Algorithmic Child: Protecting Children in Smart Homes: Victoria Nash

Protection of Minors on Video Sharing Platforms: Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, Alina Marko and Sascha Wette

Lost Between Data and Family? Shortcomings of Current Understandings of the Law: Ayelet Blecher-Prigat