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Reports and Publications
Phase 1 Report - Kids, KidTech and the Metaverse: Global childhoods in digital capitalism (PDF)
N. Coulter, The Growing Influence of virtual Gaming Platforms Like Roblox and How We Interact Online. The Conversation. July 1, 2024.
Conference Presentations
N. Coulter, Disciplining Content: Roblox as Social Media Entertainment. Youngsters. University of Calgary, (Calgary AB).
N. Coulter, Come Play with Me: Branded Experiences, Girlhood and the Celebrity Matrix of Roblox. Gender and Marketing Conference. University of Edinburgh, (Edinburgh, UK).
N. Coulter, Defining the Kid in Kidtech: Roblox and The Neoliberal Nexus of Play. Children and Childhoods Conference. University of Suffolk, (Ipswich, UK).
L. Coleman, J. Kociubuk, R. Willett, Children's Everyday Play on Roblox: A Child-Centered Media Literacy Approach. Media Literacy and International Conference. Korea Communications Commission and the Audiovisual Foundation, (Seoul, South Korea).
L. Coleman, J. Kociubuk, R. Willett, Researching Children's Use of Roblox: A Relational Child-Centered Approach to Online Interviews. Child and Teen Consumption Conference: Playing with Borders. York University, (Toronto, ON).
J. Kociubuk, R. Willett, Where the Wildthings Are? Parents and Caregivers as Audiences for Roblox Rhetoric. Association for Research in the Cultures of Young People (ARCYP) Annual Conference. University of Calgary, (Calgary, ON).
N. Coulter, M. Mauk, R.Willett, KidTech and Roblox: How the Children’s Entertainment Industry Frames Kids and Technology. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), (Philadelphia, USA).
Speaking Engagements
N. Coulter, Childhood and the Workings of Digital Capitalism. What Reality in Virtual Worlds Conference. Univerisité de Poitiers, (Poitiers, FR).
N. Coulter, Is this a game or is this child labour”: Childhood, Roblox and workings of digital capitalism. Department of Child and Youth Studies. Brock University, (St. Catharines, ON).
N. Coulter, R. Willett, Roblox, KidTech and What it Means to be a Child. Department of Childhood Studies. Rutgers University, (Camden, USA).
Events
KidTech and Roblox Research Symposium. York University (Toronto, ON).