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Maintaining family stability in the age of digital technologies: An analysis of d/Discourse informing domestic screen media practices in three US families
Author(s) -
Willett Rebekah,
Wheeler Nathan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12443
Subject(s) - sociology , ethnic group , discourse analysis , digital media , critical discourse analysis , gender studies , media use , psychology , social psychology , public relations , political science , linguistics , law , philosophy , ideology , politics , anthropology
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.