Parenting and Digital Media: From the Early Web to Contemporary Digital Society

Deborah Lupton; Sarah Pedersen

doi:10.1111/soc4.12398

Parenting and Digital Media: From the Early Web to Contemporary Digital Society

Deborah Lupton, Sarah Pedersen

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Parents have accessed websites, online discussion forums and blogs for advice, information and support since the early days of the World Wide Web. In this article, we review the literature in sociology and related social research addressing the ways in which digital media have been used for parenting-related purposes. We begin with the longer-established media of parenting websites, online discussion forums, blogs, email, mobile phones and message and video services and then move on to the newer technologies of social media and apps. This is followed by a section on data privacy and security issues. The concluding section summarises some major issues arising from the review and points to directions for further research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	730-743
Number of pages	14
Journal	Sociology Compass
Volume	10
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12398
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2016

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