“Alexa, where do babies come from?” Investigating children’s practices with intelligent personal assistants

Radford, Marie; Floegel, Diana; Barriage, Sarah; Houli, Daniel

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Title

“Alexa, where do babies come from?” Investigating children’s practices with intelligent personal assistants

Author(s)

• Radford, Marie
• Floegel, Diana
• Barriage, Sarah
• Houli, Daniel

Issue Date

2019-09-24

Keyword(s)

• Intelligent personal assistants
• Smart speakers
• Children
• Qualitative methods
• Research agenda
• Content analysis
• Human information behavior

Abstract

Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) (including smart speakers like Alexa/Siri) are rapidly proliferating and are now available globally in ~80 countries. Library and Information Science (LIS) literature is only beginning to examine their impact, especially within the context of children and their learning, and to determine implications for LIS education. This paper reviews the current LIS literature on IPAs, presents results of an exploratory content analysis of customer reviews of Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids, and proposes a preliminary research agenda focused on children’s IPA use.

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• Research methods
• Social justice
• User interfaces

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