Childhood and Consumer Culture

In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the commercialisation of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on childrens engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings.

DAVID BUCKINGHAM is Professor of Education, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education, London University, UK; and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Child Research, NTNU Trondheim, Norway. His research focuses on children and young people's interactions with electronic media, and on media education. Among his most recent publications are Beyond Technology: Children's Learning in the Age of Digital Culture and Youth, Identity and Digital Media.

VEBJRG TINGSTAD is Associate Professor and Deputy Director at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Her research focuses on childrens online networking, and on childhood and child culture in contemporary societies.