“Dad Doesn’t Text”

Schon, Jennifer

doi:10.1177/2167696814551786

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“…Thanks to communication technologies, college students today have frequent interaction with parents via electronic channels (Miller-Ott, Kelly, & Duran, 2014; Schon, 2014) despite the physical distance. Frequent parent-child communication is associated with higher relational closeness (Miller-Ott et al, 2014) and relationship satisfaction (Schon, 2014) between college students and their parents. Among various social media, SNSs may stand out for their low intrusiveness and convenience in sharing life events.…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Media as More Than a Peer Space: College Freshmen Encountering Parents on Facebook

Yang

2016

Journal of Adolescent Research

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Social networking sites, first embraced by youth, have become increasingly popular among older generations. With more parents joining the sites, young people today are likely to encounter their parents on these platforms. However, there is limited information about how youth respond to the changing landscape, especially during the transition to a residential college, when parental support is particularly important but parent-child interaction may be disrupted by geographical distance. Drawing on literature of college transition, youth's relationship with parents, and "context collapse," this study explores how college freshmen react to parents' participation in Facebook. Fifty-one semistructured interviews were conducted with 28 first-year students attending a major residential U.S. university (age M = 18.14, SD = 0.45; 50% female; 75% White, 11% multiethnic, 7% Asian, and 7% Latino). Findings showed that college freshmen overwhelmingly accepted parents and family adults as their Facebook Friends and offered them equal access as that offered to peers. Facebook provided a space for college freshmen and parents to bond and express affections, although freshmen sometimes considered family adults as being overresponsive or overreactive to Facebook posts. The implications of "friending" parents on Facebook

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Social Media as More Than a Peer Space: College Freshmen Encountering Parents on Facebook

Yang

2016

Journal of Adolescent Research

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“…However, only phone calls with parents were associated with the quality of the relationship. Schon (2014) found that although the number of tech-mediated modes used by parents and children to communicate with each other was associated positively with relationship satisfaction, relationship satisfaction was better explained by communication competence. Taken together, these findings suggest that tech-mediated communication may be a useful, albeit insufficient, tool for maintaining quality relationships.…”

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confidence: 92%

Tech‐Mediated and Traditional Communication Modes in Adult Adoptees' Contact With Birth Parents

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ObjectiveTo understand how adult adoptees use traditional and tech‐mediated modes of communication in contact with birth parents. To examine associations between desire for increased use of both modes and quality of relationship.BackgroundAs tech‐mediated modes of communication become more commonplace, it is important to understand their implications for family relationship quality. Limited research has examined the use of tech‐mediated modes of communication between adult adoptees and birth parents.MethodParticipants (Mage = 31 years) were adopted as infants (N = 90). Participants reported their current and desired future use of traditional and tech‐mediated communication modes and their satisfaction with contact, current closeness, desired future closeness, and psychological presence of birth parents.ResultsThose with current contact reported using both traditional and tech‐mediated modes of communication. Desired increase of traditional modes was associated with greater psychological presence and desired future closeness with birth mothers, while both traditional and tech‐mediated were associated with these outcomes for birth fathers.ConclusionAdult adoptees use both traditional and tech‐mediated modes of communication with their birth parents. However, these modes may play distinct roles in maintaining close relationships with birth parents.ImplicationsFamily professionals should consider the unique roles traditional and tech‐mediated modes of communication may play when supporting adult adoptees in contact with birth relatives.

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“…Media multiplexity theory (MMT) emphasizes that individuals use many different channels to communicate; individuals in stronger relationships use more media to communicate (Haythornthwaite, 2005). Building on this perspective, Schon (2014) hypothesized, and concluded with modest effect sizes, that the number of channels used to communicate (i.e., "communication repertoire size") is positively associated with the quality of the parent-child relationship. For example, a mother and adolescent, with strong ties, will communicate over more channels (e.g., phone calls, FaceTime, texting) than the mother and adolescent with weaker ties, who may use only one or two channels with each other.…”

Section: Social Domain Theory and Communication Privacy Management Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Communication Technology in the Context of Adolescent and Family Development: An Integration of Family and Media Theories

Dworkin

Hessel

LeBouef

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Scholars across many academic fields have studied adolescence, family development, and technology use. As such, existing research has reflected the theoretical orientations of several different disciplines—disciplines that have generally operated in silos and without integration. To begin to make meaningful connections among these theoretical ideas, we apply and integrate theories that can help elucidate how parent–child dynamics influence adolescent development in a media‐saturated family environment. First, we present some of the paradoxes that have emerged as a result of innovation and the adoption of mobile technology. Then, we provide a brief overview of the theories that have been applied to adolescence and technology in the family context. Finally, we consider opportunities to integrate and apply theoretical ideas from outside adolescent development that can enrich future research.

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“Dad Doesn’t Text”

Cited by 26 publications

References 34 publications

Social Media as More Than a Peer Space: College Freshmen Encountering Parents on Facebook

Social Media as More Than a Peer Space: College Freshmen Encountering Parents on Facebook

Tech‐Mediated and Traditional Communication Modes in Adult Adoptees' Contact With Birth Parents

The Use of Communication Technology in the Context of Adolescent and Family Development: An Integration of Family and Media Theories

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