*CFP* "THE DIGITAL IN CHILDREN'S EARLY YEARS: RESEARCH, DESIGN AND PRACTICE", EDITED BOOK

Following the successful Digitising Early Childhood Conference held in Perth, Western Australia, in 2018, the conference convenors are calling for book chapters from interested contributors.

The theme of the book is as follows:

Contemporary 0-8 year olds are discovering what it is to have a digital childhood, and in doing so are introducing families, schools and policy makers to new ways of thinking, doing and being with uncertain implications. This edited book seeks to build bridges across the many strands of research in this area, forging new ways forward and consolidating the base of what we already know and what we have yet to investigate and address.

Abstracts (500 words) should be forwarded to DECeditors@gmail.com by December 10, 2018.

We welcome abstracts by Monday, December 10th, 2018 that address the broadest possible construction of early childhood and the digital, including those from Media and Communication studies scholars. Topics may include, but are by no means restricted to, the following strands.

• Parenting in the digital home 
• Digitalisation of early childhood education 
• Special needs children (design, practice and policy) 
• Digital literacies at home and school 
• Sharenting 
• Big data and the quantification of childhood 
• Interactive robots and children 
• Child influencers/children of adult influencers 
• Research methods with very young children 
• The internet of things and children (wearables, virtual assistants, connected toys, smart homes) 
• App analysis 
• Health and caring in the digital 
• Automation, algorithms and AI 
• Health and wellbeing of the child in the digital age 
• Maker spaces 
• Policies, regulations and guidelines 
• Children’s play culture 
• Family communication practices in a digital world. 
• Cultural difference and digital children 
• Changing discourses of childhood 
• Online safety and risks for children 
• Personal and play data privacy/security concerns of children 
• Designing digital experiences for children 
• YouTube and very young children 
• Gendering (or not) the digital child 
• Ethical issues in the digitisation of early childhood 
• Other issues as they emerge

Key Dates:

Abstracts of 500 words, using APA 6th referencing style, 3-5 Keywords plus a brief biographic statement are due Monday, December 10, 2018 

Invitations for full chapters sent to authors: Monday, January 28, 2019

Full chapters (5-6,000 words) due Friday, March 29, 2019

Please email submissions or queries to the editorial team, Dr Donell Holloway and Francesca Stocco, ECU, Dr Karen Murcia and Prof Michele Willson, Curtin University, and Dr Catherine Archer, Murdoch University via DECeditors@gmail.com