‘Addictive’ for children and ‘helpful’ to parents: electronic devices as a non-human actor in family relations

Sikorska, Małgorzata

doi:10.1080/13229400.2020.1759446

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“…Bad company included those addicted to drugs, alcohol, or gambling, as well as hot middle school girls who are hunting for young boys (5) or a future unsuitable wife who would not take care of the respondent's son (21). Another significant risk mentioned by parents is addiction to technological devices (see : Sikorska, 2022). One of the implications of considering the outside world as dangerous was an upbringing based on distrust, implying a socialisation in which it was critical to be warned of dangers (22).…”

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“We are so hermetic”—families’ social isolation as an essential feature of family life in contemporary Poland

Sikorska

2023

Problemy Polityki Społecznej

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The paper reconstructs relationships between families with children and their social environment consisting of both individuals and institutions. The relationships are identified from the perspective of families. I posit the following research questions:(1) What individuals and what institutions compose the social environment around families and have influence over them? (2) Which individuals and institutions do families trust, and which do they distrust? (3) Which individuals or institutions, in the eyes of interviewees, support their families, and which go against them?Edward C. Banfield's concept of amoral familism and Stefan Nowak's notion of sociological vacuum -both linked to social trust -provide a theoretical framework and serve as starting points for my study. The article is based on qualitative research findings. The study applied an inductive approach.I argue that families' isolation from institutions -I propose the term "families' social isolation" -is one of the most significant aspects of family life in contemporary Poland. I identify three key components of Polish families' social isolation: the absence of social institutions that families can trust, families' disposition to cut themselves off

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“We are so hermetic”—families’ social isolation as an essential feature of family life in contemporary Poland

Sikorska

2023

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“…Based on the inductive thematic analysis, this study supports the claim surrounding the identification of sophisticated ways of thinking about the pros and cons of digital device use that young people are using (Third et al, 2017). The study found that the young people wanted their parents/carers to know their lives are very different to being a teenager from a previous generation, and identified that the default parent assumption was often that device use was negative (Johnson, 2009; Sikorska, 2020). Hence, they wanted their parents to understand their experiences and share an interest in what they were doing online, echoing Pariera and Turner's (2020) recommendation for exchanging perspectives to enable successful parent‐child communication.…”

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“…More recent work has explored how technology-based communication can enhance the parent-youth relationship (Racz et al, 2017) and the role digital devices have in parent-child relationships (Sikorska, 2020). It is notable that the place and understanding of technology within the family environment has been explored to predict future behaviours (e.g.…”

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Positive family relationships in a digital age: Hearing the voice of young people

Johnson

Francis²

2022

Children & Society

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This study focused on young people's perspectives about family relationships and how they can be strengthened or weakened through digital media practices. Located in Melbourne, Australia, 20 participants aged between 13 and 17 years were interviewed about how digital devices and practices shaped the way they interacted with family. The thematic analysis points to the young people's commitment to family cohesion. This was demonstrated through responsible use of social media, admitting the need for device-free time, acknowledging the challenges of being online, and their sense of responsibility as a family member, which informed and shaped the way they individually acted.

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“…Knowing the needs between parents and children can help them better understand their relationships. For example, Sajjadi et al indicated that the needs assessment-based educational program can promote the opinion of parents about the puberty period in male adolescents [25,26]. Therefore, it can be suggested that social media can be the core for the formation of fraudulent and norm-breaking groups.…”

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Communication Challenges of Parents and Their Adolescent Daughters With an Emphasis on Social Media Use: A Content Analysis Study

2021

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Background: Challenge between parents and their children is a rapidly growing phenomenon in Iran. The communication challenges of adolescence with emphasis on social media in this study is a phenomenon that based on the changes and developments of adolescence, can affect the nature and quality of family relationships, question the parental authority, and cause changes in regulations. The present study explored the communication challenges of parents and adolescents with a focus on the use of the Internet and social media. Methods: This qualitative study was performed using content analysis. The research population consisted of several parents with children (daughters) who were studying in the first secondary school in District 11 of Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020. The participants were 15 parents who were selected using purposive sampling and based on the theoretical saturation criterion. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were then analyzed, codified, and categorized. Finally, after the extraction of the themes, the relevant and common themes were combined in the form of secondary and main categories. Results: Based on the content analysis of the data collected from the interviews, 4 main categories were identified: social media opportunities, social media coping strategies, social media problems from the parents’ point of view, and communication problems with the child. Conclusion: In the modern world, parent-adolescent communication challenges are intermingled with the common challenges of using social media. However, it is impossible to ignore the effective and useful presence of social media in modern life. Acquiring knowledge, training conflict resolution skills, and recognizing the factors related to conflicts between parents and adolescents can help parents and pave the way for reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and improving the quality of parent-adolescent communication concerning social media use.

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‘Addictive’ for children and ‘helpful’ to parents: electronic devices as a non-human actor in family relations

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

“We are so hermetic”—families’ social isolation as an essential feature of family life in contemporary Poland

“We are so hermetic”—families’ social isolation as an essential feature of family life in contemporary Poland

Positive family relationships in a digital age: Hearing the voice of young people

Communication Challenges of Parents and Their Adolescent Daughters With an Emphasis on Social Media Use: A Content Analysis Study

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