Unpaid digital care work: Unmasking the parental mediation practices of contemporary mothers
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As primary carers of children, mothers provide a central role in mediating and negotiating children’s digital media use the home. In parental mediation research, this work is often reported with gender-neutral tone, implying both parents play an equal role. This study challenges bias by unmasking practices experiences mothers. Qualitative interviews revealed bound maternal desires to protect, guide educate children their use. The intensity care role, conducted parallel other unpaid paid work, also leads deploy self-satisfying strategies that facilitate repose. illustrates how gendered experience mothering influences mothers’ argues for broader recognition these nuanced research. It discusses implications impact on
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: New Media & Society
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1461-4448', '1461-7315']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231174420