Mobile Motherhood: Assessing the Implications of Social Media Use and Intensive Mothering from a Response-Based Approach
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Authors
Kierans, Katherine
Issue Date
2024-05
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
intensive mothering , motherhood , response-based practice , social responses , resistance , social media , problematic phone use
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Abstract
The capstone explores the oppressive confines of intensive mothering in the age of social media. The literature review examines three themes: the social construction of motherhood, mental health in matrescence; and motherhood and social media. The project explored these themes through a response-based contextual analysis, noting the importance of understanding mothers' context, social settings, responses/acts of resistance to oppression, social responses of networks and mothers' responses to social responses. The capstone ends with recommendations for applied practice in the counselling field and suggestions for further research