Emma Jayakumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3534303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Jayakumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayakumar |
| SIGNATURE | JAYAKUMAR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edith Cowan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5273-7544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“No screens before two”
Digital parenting guidance often fails to reflect early caregiving realities, particularly for first-time parents navigating screentime. Although professional guidelines have shifted from rigid time limits toward co-engagement and content quality, these shifts are inconsistently communicated and poorly absorbed into public discourse. Meanwhile, technopanic narratives fuel confusion, guilt, and social judgement. While some studies link extended sc…
Balancing digital presents and futures
Parents in Australia today have to make decisions about what counts as appropriate digital media use for their young children in a cultural context characterised by conflicting advice, impractical screen use recommendations and risk-focussed media messaging. These conditions make it challenging for parents to purposefully approach and plan not only their children's current digital engagements but also their futures as digital citizens. How parent…
Contested Spaces
The world in 2020 presented Australia with a world on fire, in lock down, and in environmental ruin, with potentially unprecedented social dislocation, homelessness, unemployment and mental health issues.Four artists reaction was to collaborate in an attempt to make sense of the complex COVID-19 context that was unfolding in front of them.Their interdisciplinary collaboration resulted in the multimedia artwork: Contested Spaces.Two iterations of …
The Toy Brick as a Communicative Device for Amplifying Children’s Voices in Research
Introduction This article arises from recent industry-partner research between the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, the LEGO Group, and Edith Cowan University (ECU), examining new ways of communicating children’s perspectives of digital citizenship to policy makers and industry in a project called Digital Safety and Citizenship Roundtables: Using Consultation and Creativity to Engage Stakeholders (Children, Policy Influencers, Indu…
Balancing digital presents and futures
Parents in Australia today have to make decisions about what counts as appropriate digital media use for their young children in a cultural context characterised by conflicting advice, impractical screen use recommendations and risk-focussed media messaging. These conditions make it challenging for parents to purposefully approach and plan not only their children's current digital engagements but also their futures as digital citizens. How parent…
The Toy Brick as a Communicative Device for Amplifying Children’s Voices in Research
Introduction This article arises from recent industry-partner research between the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, the LEGO Group, and Edith Cowan University (ECU), examining new ways of communicating children’s perspectives of digital citizenship to policy makers and industry in a project called Digital Safety and Citizenship Roundtables: Using Consultation and Creativity to Engage Stakeholders (Children, Policy Influencers, Indu…
Contested Spaces
The world in 2020 presented Australia with a world on fire, in lock down, and in environmental ruin, with potentially unprecedented social dislocation, homelessness, unemployment and mental health issues.Four artists reaction was to collaborate in an attempt to make sense of the complex COVID-19 context that was unfolding in front of them.Their interdisciplinary collaboration resulted in the multimedia artwork: Contested Spaces.Two iterations of …
Balancing digital presents and futures
Parents in Australia today have to make decisions about what counts as appropriate digital media use for their young children in a cultural context characterised by conflicting advice, impractical screen use recommendations and risk-focussed media messaging. These conditions make it challenging for parents to purposefully approach and plan not only their children's current digital engagements but also their futures as digital citizens. How parent…
“No screens before two”
Digital parenting guidance often fails to reflect early caregiving realities, particularly for first-time parents navigating screentime. Although professional guidelines have shifted from rigid time limits toward co-engagement and content quality, these shifts are inconsistently communicated and poorly absorbed into public discourse. Meanwhile, technopanic narratives fuel confusion, guilt, and social judgement. While some studies link extended sc…
Child Development and Digital Technology (3 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artistic and Creative Research (1 work) · Brick (1 work) · Business (1 work)