Siblings accomplishing tasks together : Solicited and unsolicited assistance when using digital technology

Investigation of sibling engagement in their digital worlds enables better understanding of how digital technology can support the social production of sibling relationships. Observational video data of siblings at home show how they participate in mutually shared digital activity, intervening to offer support, while also focussing on their own media practices. Siblings recruit help, and receive solicited and unsolicited guidance from each other through verbal and multimodal means. Strategies of problem solving and collaboration support each other’s engagement with digital technology and are evident across these interactions