Work it baby! A survey study to investigate the role of underaged children and privacy management strategies within parent influencer content
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6443513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Beuckels (0000-0002-5799-3475, Ghent University, corresponding author), Liselot Hudders (0000-0002-9585-7175, Ghent University), Ini Vanwesenbeeck (0000-0001-6368-1120, Tilburg University), Elisabeth Van Den Abeele (0000-0002-3231-7657, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3081-3101 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448231218992 |
| OpenAlex | W4391281448 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 36 |
Nowadays, parents are increasingly drawn to establish a successful influencer status on social media. Being a parent influencer offers an alluring work environment, allowing them to combine devotion to their children and generating a considerable income. However, both scholars and policymakers raise significant concerns regarding the orchestrated and monetized nature of influencer sharenting, which involves sharing children’s personal information online. The present study, which surveyed 89 parent influencers from Belgium and The Netherlands, shows that children are omnipresent in their parents’ influencer content. The findings do not only uncover the underlying motivations driving influencer sharenting, but also reveal a low sharenting risk awareness. Building on parent influencers’ safe sharenting strategies, this study identifies three parent influencer types: reckless, safe, and authoritarian safe sharenters. This classification contributes to a better understanding of the heterogeneity of the parent influencer landscape and will foster the development of protective measures in favor of children’s wellbeing
Advertising · Business · Content (measure theory · Internet privacy · Work (physics · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics
Cute but concerning
Children making big money
The (un)necessity of child portrayal in momfluencer content
Kidfluencing als digitale Kinderarbeit? Zur Kommodifizierung und Kommerzialisierung von Kindheit im Internet
Institutionalized Sharenting
Tell me why
Memeability and sharenting
Troubling the notion of the child in child influencer culture
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Micro, macro and mega-influencers on instagram
The Limits of Sharenting
The Privacy Paradox by Proxy
Exposición de menores en Instagram
The Use of Exploratory Factor Analysis and Principal Components Analysis in Communication Research
Child’s privacy versus mother’s fame
Communication Privacy Management Theory
Sharenting,” parent blogging, and the boundaries of the digital self
Sharenting and the extended self
Mummy influencers and professional sharenting
The Child’s Right to Protection against Economic Exploitation in the Digital World
My Mom Got Influenced by Yours’
Sharenting, is it a good or a bad thing? Understanding how adolescents think and feel about sharenting on social network sites
Influencers as ideological intermediaries
Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics
How influencer 'mumpreneur' bloggers and 'everyday' mums frame presenting their children online
Branded childhood
Sharenting, Peer Influence, and Privacy Concerns
Intimate Surveillance
Familygoals
Mothering on Facebook
I Really Know You
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |