Maintaining family stability in the age of digital technologies

An analysis of d/Discourse informing domestic screen media practices in three US families

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ID14897253
AuthorsRebekah Willett (0000-0002-3327-3633, Information School University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison WI USA, corresponding author), Nathan Wheeler (0000-0002-0489-5695, School of Education University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison WI USA, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume35
Issue5
Pages722-735
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/chso.12443
OpenAlexW3126442534
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

This article examines d/Discourses about screen media and parenting as reflected in parents' discursive construction of their decision‐making processes connected with domestic media practices. The analysis focuses on three parent interviews from a dataset of 51 parent interviews conducted in three states in the USA. The article illustrates ways d/Discourses connected with health, education, ethnicity and disability that are specific to these three households intersect with d/Discourses concerning children and media. The article argues that general categories describing parenting practices overlook the microcultures of households, erasing the emotional labour embedded in processes of decision‐making

Critical discourse analysis · Digital media · Discourse analysis · Ethnic group · Linguistics · Media use · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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