Baby Hacking: the Trend of Surveillant Seduction in Child Consumer Socialisation

This paper seeks to understand, and theorise the development of the self as seeking surveillance through engagement with hacking technologies using the case of a range of new, highly commodified mass market technologies aimed at new, and aspiring parents.



Citation:

Shona Bettany and Ben Kerrane (2014) ,"Baby Hacking: the Trend of Surveillant Seduction in Child Consumer Socialisation", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 772-772.

Authors

Shona Bettany, University of Westminster,UK
Ben Kerrane, Manchester Business School,UK



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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