📑 The Digital Home

The Digital Home project is a social research program examining the changing aspect of technology for Australian families in staying connected, informed and healthy through social isolation. The intent is to provide stories behind the numbers, such as ‘hours of screentime’ and ‘number of devices’.

This includes discussions of:

• The way in which technology makes micro-interactions more doable
• How families are using technology to participate on online dance classes or making walks interesting
• The place of the television and how it is often separated from the usual conversations around screen time

The associated also report provides a number of recommendations, including incorporating digital technology into considerations around policy decisions that impact families and recognising the rights of children in a digital age.

‘Supported by Facebook’, it is interesting to consider this alongside documentary The Social Dilemma and some of the criticism raised about technology solving its own problems.