The Surveillance of Children's Mobility

"In the first, we investigate the general power relations in mobile practice that add to the surveillance and restriction of children’s mobility. In the second, we illustrate how parents monitor children’s mobility by chauffeuring them. In the third, we look into how parents remote control children’s mobility by means of behavioural restrictions and technology. By using statistical material and qualitative interviews, we illustrate how parents perceive and perform their own surveillance of children’s mobility. In addition, we comment on how children perceive their monitored mobility and how they cope with it. Finally, we reflect on the differences in parental mobile monitoring and relate this to welfare and socio-economic structures in the families." View file