Digital families
Gendered relationships in online spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12259484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alain Locke (0000-0002-2759-0579, Keele University, corresponding author), Rose Capdevila (0000-0002-3014-6938, Open University, UK), Lisa Lazard (0000-0003-4343-0193, Open University, UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 310-317 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminism & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09593535221107842 |
| OpenAlex | W4289545676 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This Special Issue sets out to consider gendered family relationships in digital spaces.These spaces, including social media, digital media, streaming services, and web pages, have increased access to family-focused content online.Drawing on critical feminist psychological perspectives that question the prioritisation of essentialist and normative conceptualisations of family and gender, this special issue examines the phenomenon of digital mothering within families (Lazard, 2022).Through a feminist lens focusing on gender and relationships, it considers the manifold ways in which mothering is embedded in familial constructions, practices, and representations.Engagement in digital spaces has notably been subject to negative characterisations in both academic and popular arenas.For example, online selfie posting practices are typically understood as displays of digital narcissism (Maguire, 2018), whilst parental posting about children online is often characterised as "sharenting" (the overuse of social media to share news and images, for example, of one's children) (Lazard et al., 2019).However, these linguistically gender-neutral characterisations obscure the fact that these practices are, in the context of online platforms, highly gendered and feminised (Ammari et al., 2015).While there is now a large body of research on social media and families, little has been said about the potential for positive engagements or how these digital technological practices can support or facilitate family relationships more broadly
Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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Mothering on the web
Hapless, helpless, hopeless
Constructions of family relationships in a Covid Christmas
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The Motherhood Mandate
Parenting gone wired
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |