Digitally-Mediated Mothering: An Ethnography of Health and Parenting Groups on Facebook

Digitally-Mediated Mothering: An Ethnography of Health and Parenting Groups on Facebook

Research over the last several decades offers clear evidence that mothers experience considerable pressure in carrying out the expectations of contemporary mothering, including expanded responsibilities relating to child and family health (Hays, 1996; Wolf, 2013). While we know that these pressures...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wellstead, Darryn Anne
Other Authors: Young, Nathan
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2020
Subjects:
Mothering
Sociology
Social media
Health
Parenting
Online groups
Internet ethnography
Qualitative research
Vaccination
Evidence-based medicine
Facebook
Gender
Digital sociology
Digital methods
Intensive mothering
Health beliefs
Emotions
Emotion management
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40678
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-24906

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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40678
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-24906

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