Connecting Families? : Information & Communication Technologies, Generations, and the Life Course /

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"Are Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) connecting families? And what does this mean in terms of family routines, relationships, norms, work, intimacy and privacy? This edited collectiont akes a life course and generational perspective covering theory, including posthumanism and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Casimiro, Cláudia (Editor ), Neves, Barbara Barbosa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Families.
Communication in families.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Are Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) connecting families? And what does this mean in terms of family routines, relationships, norms, work, intimacy and privacy? This edited collectiont akes a life course and generational perspective covering theory, including posthumanism and strong structuration theory, and methodology, including digital and cross-disciplinary methods. It presents a series of case studies on topics such as intergenerational connections, work-life balance, transnational families, digital storytelling and mobile parenting. It will give studients, researchers and practitioners a variety of tools to make sense of how ICTs are used, appropriated and domesticated in family life. These tools allow for an informed and critical understanding ICTs and family dynamics"--Back cover image.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (324 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781447339953

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