Parental Technology Governance

Teenagers’ Understandings and Responses to Parental Digital Mediation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12875346
AutoresMichael Adorjan (0000-0002-1900-2087, University of Calgary, autor correspondente), Rosemary Ricciardelli (0000-0002-0905-8968, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Tina Saleh (0000-0001-8695-7257, McGill University)
Ano2022
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas112-130
Data de publicação2022-04-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077
EditoraUniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18778/1733-8077.18.2.06
OpenAlexW4280570990
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas56

Research on parental mediation of children’s online engagements situate historically long­standing anxieties within the dynamics of present-day information communications technologies (i.e., concerns over new “cyber risks,” as well as opportunities). Yet, there remains a lack of emphasis on children’s reactions to and experiences with parental strategies and responses. In the current article, we highlight research involving semi-structured focus groups (n=35) with Canadian teenagers (n=115). We highlight themes directly related to parental digital mediation, including the role of ICTs in driving addictive behaviors, social connection, differences in parental responses between sons and daughters, and differences concerning age and birth order. Disrupting cultural discourses of young people who lack agency in relation to their use of ICTs, our discussions with teens reveal qualified support, even degrees of sympathy, for parental efforts to restrict access and use of digital technologies, but illuminate multifaceted reasons for resistance: their vital role not only for social connection but access to crucial information and knowledge

Agency (philosophy · Corporate governance · Developmental psychology · ICTS · Information and Communications Technology · Mediation · Political science · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Sympathy · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology