How do parents use mobile technology and how does it affect their parenting?
Mobile technology has brought many changes to the lives of parents. In addition, parents now have to decide whether they will be involved in their kids mobile technology usage. Through an ethnography of five parents, my goal is to create a better understanding of how reliant parents are on social media and technology. Further, I look to gain some insight as to how technology has affected their parenting.
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Discussion Guide:• How many times a day do you check your phone?
• Would you rather call or text somebody and why? • If you had to, how long could you go without checking your phone? • What social media sites are you on? • Are your friends all on social media? • Why do you use these social media sites? |
• Would you accept a friend request of somebody that you didn't know? • Do you share posts on Facebook or do you just observe what other people are doing? • Do you monitor your kids on social media? • Would you still go on social media if you didn't have to monitor your kids? • Do you believe that kids are more reliant on social media than you are? if so, why? • If you answered yes, do you believe that this is a concern? |