The Comfort of Screens

Are screens the modern mirrors of the soul? This book explores the screen lives of seventeen people living on the same crescent, brought to life by theory, interview excerpts, song lyrics, images, and anecdotes. It enlightens readers about lived digital habits and their significance for understanding contemporary relationships with screens.

Jennifer Rowsell is Professor of Digital Literacy at the School of Education, University of Sheffield. She conducts arts-based, digital, and makerspace research with children, young people, and adults in schools and community spaces. She is Lead Editor of Reading Research Quarterly, co-edits the Routledge Expanding Literacies series, and co-convenes the UKLA Everyday Literacies SIG.