The Internet of Toys: A Posthuman and Multimodal Analysis of Connected Play

by Jackie Marsh
This article reports on a study of the role and nature of play in young children’s use of toys that connect physical and digital domains.
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Virtual Convergence: Exploring Culture and Meaning in Playscapes

by Sandra Schamroth Abrams, Jennifer Rowsell & Guy Merchant
This introductory article provides an overview of the special issue and addresses digital practices and cultures. Combining conceptualizations by Huizinga and Appadurai, authors suggest that playscapes help to support expanded examinations and discussions of entangled meaning making across space and time.
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Affirmative Action: It’s Time to Include Socioeconomic Status

by Brian J. Oh, Heather Hong & Emily Park
Court cases such as Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2019) and Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) have brought around tensions around the practice of affirmative action. Time and time again, affirmative action’s use of race in the admissions process has been deemed appropriate from the U.S. Supreme Court. While this is the case, news outlets throughout the political gamut and over the years such as CNN, Fox News, and PBS have weighed their support on socioeconomic status being considered as a factor in the college admissions process.