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Sharenting: Pride, affect and the day to day politics of digital mothering

Lazard, L., Capdevila, R., Dann, C. J., Locke, A. and Roper, S. (2019) Sharenting: Pride, affect and the day to day politics of digital mothering. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 1751-9004.

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Abstract:
The coming together of parenting and routine posting on social networking sites has become a visible and recognisable theme and the term ‘sharenting’ has found a place in everyday talk to describe some forms of parental digital sharing practices. However, while social media has undoubtedly provided a space for parents to share experiences and receive support around parenting, sharenting remains a contestable issue. Thus, one reading of sharenting would be as a display of good parenting as mothers ‘show off’ their children as a marker of success. However, the term also can be used pejoratively to describe parental oversharing of child-focused images and content. In this paper we explore the practice of sharenting in terms of pride, affect, and the politics of digital mothering in a neoliberal context to conclude that sharenting can be best understood as a complex affective and intersectional accomplishment that produces motherhood and family as communicative activities within digital social practices.
Creators:
Lazard, L., Capdevila, R., Dann, C. J., Locke, A. and Roper, S.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Date:
7 March 2019
Date Type:
Publication
Journal or Publication Title:
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/spc3.12443
ISSN:
1751-9004
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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