“My kid, my rule”: Governing children’s digital footprints as a source of dialectical tensions between mothers and daughters-in-law

Cino, Davide; Vandini, Chiara Dalledonne

doi:10.24434/j.scoms.2020.02.003

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“…Mothers are sharenting to keep in touch with relatives and friends as they do not want to be deprived of a social life. It is interesting to note that when grandmothers share posts about their grandchildren, mothers are often concerned about the effects that this will have on the child's digital footprint (Cino, & Dalledonne-Vandini, 2020). Another reason for using social media is that mothers gain psychological satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There has been an ongoing indication in the literature that parents' disclosures online might cause harm to their children, intentionally or not (Steinberg, 2017), which was apparent in the findings of this research. Parents share images of children without blurring their faces and also include personal information about the child, which may result in digital kidnapping (Cino, & Dalledonne-Vandini, 2020). Parents think that only their followers see the posts, and the parents would never consider sharing the photos or videos with others.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parents' shares on Instagram in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

Yılmaztürk

ÖZGÜL

et al. 2022

Turkish Journal of Education

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Many people had to stay at home with their families during the pandemic because of social distancing guidelines and lockdowns. This study aims to explore the content of 'sharenting' of parents during the early COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine periods in Turkey. In total, 401 posts were collected from public Instagram accounts of parents who shared their own children's photos or videos between 18th-30th April 2020, via the most commonly used hashtags of #korona (#corona) and #evdekal (#stayhome). Descriptive content analysis was conducted within identified categories. Results revealed that the popular hashtag #stayathome is particularly important for its optimistic representation of the lockdown process in society. Content analysis results show that with the inclusion of social media shares, family members spent more time together, which can be seen as one of the positive consequences of this period. In the results of continued sharenting during the early pandemic, children's faces were mainly kept visible, which might concern children's privacy. Additionally, mothers shared more during this period. Consequently, education to increase awareness of such concepts gains importance, especially for the well-being and privacy of children and any future implications.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parents' shares on Instagram in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

Yılmaztürk

ÖZGÜL

et al. 2022

Turkish Journal of Education

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“…Parents' posts about their children are explained as determining the footprint of the child in the digital environment. Virtual footprints are started forming with parents' sharings about children's personal information on the internet from the moment children are born (Cino and Dalledonne-Vandini, 2020).…”

Section: Digital Footprint and Digital Kidnappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Er¹,

ÖZGÜL²,

Yılmaztürk³

et al. 2021

Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Dergisi

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Social media is increasingly emerging as environments where more and more people are involved. The limited knowledge of parents' sharing about their children on social media (sharenting), which is a new concept in the world and in Turkey, has been compiled in this study. In the study, the information, photos, or videos of the children shared by parents on social media and the possible reasons for these shares are discussed in a way that includes the phenomenon of reflecting feelings, thoughts and behaviors towards others. Based on the examples in which sharenting starts before the birth of the child, it was emphasized what parents should be careful of while sharing and the responsibilities they should fulfill in terms of sharing. In addition, concepts such as digital footprint and digital abduction were explained, and the drawbacks of the issue in terms of both developmental and children's rights for children and adolescents were discussed. Finally, suggestions were presented on what can be done to raise parents' awareness towards possible dangers while sharing their children on social media.

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“…This scholarship has debated the tension between the right of parents to share their parenting experiences and their children's right to privacy (Steinberg, 2017) as well as children's right to participation. Emergent research has focused on the tensions between different agents around the children besides the parents: teachers (Cino & Vandini, 2020a), mothers-in-law (Cino & Vandini, 2020b), or grandparents. Some parents are 'anti-sharenting' or refraining from engaging in social media about their children (Autenrieth, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

‘When You Realise Your Dad Is Cristiano Ronaldo’: Celebrity Sharenting and Children's Digital Identity

Jorge

Marôpo

Neto

2021

SPIR

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Sharing of parenthood experiences can be performed by ordinary users, to influencers and celebrities. This paper seeks to understand the digital identity of a child of a global celebrity through their presentation on social media, and to analyse qualitatively the visual formats of children’s representation in a platformised digital environment. It focuses on the representation of Cristiano Ronaldo’s children, especially his oldest son (Junior), through his Instagram account, his wife’s and his mother’s, in a two-year period. After identifying the main forms of representation of the children, we searched for images of Cristiano Junior across image search engines, social media platforms, sites and repositories; then, we used reverse image search for the identified memes. Ronaldo’s children are represented at home and family moments, playing and amidst luxury; 10-year-old Junior is presented as the ‘natural successor’ to Ronaldo’s talent for football, and also takes part in social or business events in public places. Visual representations created by Ronaldo’s sharenting are specially appropriated into memes that mock the football celebrity’s narcissism; or the fact that the child doesn’t know how to pose for selfies. Cristiano’s children’s digital identity and Junior’s, in particular, is populated with images as shared by parents and wider family, as well as constructed through participatory culture. An archaeological approach to visual social media content is not without difficulties, but proved to be fruitful to unpack the tensions of this wide visibility and the meanings it creates for the (digital) identity of the child.

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“My kid, my rule”: Governing children’s digital footprints as a source of dialectical tensions between mothers and daughters-in-law

Cited by 15 publications

References 68 publications

Parents' shares on Instagram in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

Parents' shares on Instagram in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

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‘When You Realise Your Dad Is Cristiano Ronaldo’: Celebrity Sharenting and Children's Digital Identity

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