Mediating Grannies: Caring for Young Grandchildren who Use Digital Media
Mediating Grannies: Caring for Young Grandchildren who Use Digital Media
Author(s): Galit Nimrod, Dafna LEMISH, Nelly EliasSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Psychology, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Theory of Communication, School education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , Educational Psychology, State/Government and Education, History of Psychology, Individual Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Pschology, Neuropsychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self, Clinical psychology, Organizational Psychology, Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis, Methodology and research technology, Applied Sociology, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, Gerontology, Sociology of Culture, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Politics, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education, Politics and Identity
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: children, caregiving; grandmothers; mediation; technology
Summary/Abstract: Based on online surveys conducted in the United States and Israel, this study explored grandmothers’ involvement in mediation of their grandchildren’s digital media use. Study participants were highly involved in restrictive, instructive and supervising mediation—and to a much lesser degree in co-use and technological mediation. Their involvement was significantly associated with their familiarity with digital media popular among children, engagement in other activities with their grandchildren, and past mediation (as mothers). Results highlighted the technical challenges older women face in their efforts to mediate their grandchildren’s digital media use.
Journal: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies
- Issue Year: 13/2020
- Issue No: 26 (2)
- Language: English