“How Any Woman Does What They Do Is Beyond Comprehension”: Media Representations of Meghan Markle’s Maternity

Orgad, Shani; Baldwin, Kate

doi:10.1080/07491409.2021.1912497

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“…During Queen Elizabeth II's rule, the monarchy featured on television, in paparazzi photographs, on news websites, and on social media (Clancy, 2021). Very little has been written about social media and the monarchy, beyond a spate of work analysing representations of, and (abusive) comments about, Meghan Markle (Orgad and Baldwin, 2021;Ward, 2021). But media form is important because each of these technologies afforded the monarchy increasingly intimate contact with the public, moving from posed portraits affixed to walls and designed to last centuries, to fluid, instant snapshots or videos that people scroll past on their phones.…”

Section: Mediating Monarchymentioning

confidence: 99%

#MournHub and @GrieveWatch: Mediating monarchy and mourning in the digital age

Clancy

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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Queen Elizabeth II's death in September 2022 prompted a predictable saturation of representations across all UK media. A lot of ‘traditional’ media, like the BBC, largely assumed, and hence attempted to reproduce, a hegemonic and unified response of national mourning. But some social media representations exposed a struggle over meaning, displaying ambivalence or even outright negativity towards the British monarchy and ‘national’ mourning practices. This article uses #MournHub and @GrieveWatch as two critical case studies to explore the complex meanings of the Queen's death across different communities and spaces. Doing so, this article illuminates the ambivalences of ‘national’ mourning, the intersectionality of class, race and national identity in shaping the tenor of people's responses to the Queen's death, the commercialisation and corporatisation of memorialising death and nationhood, the changing forms of royal mediations, and the careful staging of royal events.

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Section: Mediating Monarchymentioning

confidence: 99%

#MournHub and @GrieveWatch: Mediating monarchy and mourning in the digital age

Clancy

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…‘Good’ parenting, particularly ‘good’ motherhood, is then associated with restrictive and well-managed digital mediation. In the absence of instituted and shared indicators, the mothers of our study dot their discourse on digital mediation with mechanisms of ‘mom shaming’ (Orgad and Baldwin, 2021), processes of guilt (Teichert, 2020), and the different fears and concerns mentioned above:…”

Section: From ‘Bad’ Screen Use Regulation To the ‘Bad Mother’ Figurementioning

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Familial digital mediation as a gendered issue between parents

Balleys

2022

Media, Culture & Society

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The different strategies explored by parents managing their children’s digital practices, the associated challenges, and the conditions for a successful outcome are central in the literature on digital mediation within families. However, few studies consider the family context in its entirety, which is essential if we wish to capture the meanings, perceptions, and negotiations that are played out in the daily family routine. Based on an ethnographic survey on the place of screens in Swiss families’ socialization processes, the paper shows, first, how paternal use undermines digital mediation within the family and, second, that this mediation is ultimately a maternal concern and responsibility. By interviewing all family members (including children) on their assessment of screen use by all family members (including parents), our research design provides access to the backstage of parental digital mediation. Our data shows that women confront fears and guilt in the face of social norms that a ‘good’ mother should regulate screens ‘well’ within her household. We conclude that parental digital mediation is embedded in a gendered social and relational context, where fathers and mothers do not adopt the same roles, the same duties, nor the same mental burden.

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