This chapter discusses the contested practice of sharing pictures and information of one’s children on social media, newly coined as “sharenting”. Based on a multi-case study of eight Danish first-time parent couples’ uses and experiences of digital media in relation to their new role as parents, the chapter identifies four types of communicative orientation that characterise parents’ approach to Facebook as a social network site (SNS). The four types are expressed through differences in aesthetics, values and attitudes toward sharenting and consist of 1) family-oriented, 2) peer-oriented, 3) oppositional and 4) non-use. On this basis, the chapter discusses the ways in which sharenting poses new challenges and demands for “good parenting”.
Original language
English
Title of host publication
Digital Parenting : The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age
Editors
Giovanna Mascheroni, Cristina Ponte, Ana Jorge
Number of pages
9
Place of publication
Göteborg, Sweden
Publisher
Nordicom
Publication year
9 Nov 2018
Pages
209-218
Chapter
19
ISBN (print)
978-91-88855-00-8
Publication status
Published - 9 Nov 2018
Series
Yearbook 2018 / The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
Research areas
Parenting, Sharenting, Social network sites (SNS), Facebook