* Provides a wide-ranging contemporary overview of an evolving subfield of anthropology * Features cutting-edge research and explores the production and uses of new technologies * Draws on ethnographic studies carried out in six continents and covers an array of social, ethnic, and generational groups * Explores past and present collaborations between anthropology, media and cultural studies, STS, and sociology.

How are intergenerational relationships playing out in and through the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It investigates the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics.