Video methods: researching sociomaterial points-of-view in children’s play practices with IoToys
Publication details
| Year: | 2019 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10898-4_12 |
| Issued: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Start Page: | 241 |
| End Page: | 263 |
| Editors: | Mascheroni, G.; Holloway D. |
| Authors: | Lundtofte T. E.; Johansen S. L. |
| Type: | Book chapter |
| Book title: | The Internet of Toys : Practices, Affordances and the Political Economy of Children’s Smart Play |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Topics: | Other |
| Sample: | Use of the video-ethnographic ‘Points-of-View’ (POV) method Dual camera setup, providing audio-visual data from both ends of the interactions and present examples of empirical data created using this method, followed by analysis and discussion of how these examples provide some much-needed nuances on the subject of digital play. |
Abstract
Children’s play practices with Internet-connected toys occur in everyday situations across online and offline domains. The video-ethnographic ‘Points-of-View’ (POV) method presented here provides up-close access to sociomaterial practices between children and digital toys. We draw on a dual camera setup, providing audio-visual data from both ends of the interactions and present examples of empirical data created using this method, followed by analysis and discussion of how these examples provide some much-needed nuances on the subject of digital play. The POV method represents a rigid type of video ethnography in terms of camerawork, aiming at high levels of audio-visual comparability across informants and settings. Lastly, we discuss problems and suggest improvements to the method
Outcome
The POV method represents a rigid type of video ethnography in terms of camerawork, aiming at high levels of audio-visual comparability across informants and settings. Lastly, we discuss problems and suggest improvements to the method.