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. 13(4) 1751-9004.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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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. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sharenting, Humblebragging, Pride, Affect, Digital mothering, Gender, Parenting online, Social Psychology |
| Creators: | Lazard, Lisa, Capdevila, Rose, Dann, Charlotte Jade, Locke, Abigail and Roper, Sandra |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences |
| Date: | 17 April 2019 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social and Personality Psychology Compass |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Number of Pages: | 20 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12443 |
| ISSN: | 1751-9004 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/17063 |
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