‘Life in<i>Happy Land</i>’: using virtual space and doing motherhood in Hong Kong

Chan, Annie

doi:10.1080/09663690701863281

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“…Posts concerning the event made it clear that face‐to‐face contact among forum members was common. Similar results were found by Chan (2008), who described how a level of interdependency developed between users' online and offline lives. In the case of this parenting site, the level of support received from the forum appears to rival the support traditionally received from neighborhood communities and may fill the void created by today's mobile society (Vimpani, 2001).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web Site

Brady

Guérin

2010

Family Relations

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Support groups in online communities provide an anonymous place to exchange information and advice. Previous research has suggested that these groups offer a safe, nonjudgmental forum for new parents to share experiences and interact anonymously. This study investigated how participants in online parenting groups experience support via the Internet and what types of support they receive. All posts made over a 2‐week period on the parenting‐related discussion boards of an Irish parenting Web site were analyzed using content and thematic analyses. Exploratory, semistructured interviews were also conducted with 2 forum participants to discuss their experience of using the Web site. Themes uncovered from the data gathered included the attempts by posters to dispel the myths surrounding motherhood and the recognition of the superiority of the mother as caregiver. The results revealed that the parenting Web site was seen as a safe, supportive space, in which mothers could develop an enhanced frame of reference in which to better understand the role of parenting. The role of online support groups as a viable solution to the decreasing social networks created by modern society is discussed, along with the implications of the findings for future practice and research.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web Site

Brady

Guérin

2010

Family Relations

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“…While the majority of online sites aimed at parents are provided by parenting experts, with limited possibilities for parents themselves to show their knowledge, there is a growing number of sites where parents can talk directly to parents and offer support and advice themselves, and a complementary body of research related to women's use of such communities (see for instance Brady & Guerin 2010;Chan 2008;Drentea & Moren-Cross, 2005, 2011Dunham, Hurshman, & Litwin 1998;Madge & O'Connor 2005, 2006Miyata 2002;O'Connor & Madge 2004;Pedersen & Smithson 2010Sarkadi & Bremberg, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Is it Friday yet? Mothers talking about sex online

Pedersen¹

2014

Cyberpsychology

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Inspired by the media furore over 'penis beaker gate' , this article investigates the discussion of sex on the UK parenting website Mumsnet. It asks why there was such shock at finding mothers discussing sexual matters online, what types of discussion related to sex can actually be found on Mumsnet and why women use Mumsnet to discuss these matters. It suggests that the Internet in general offers a new place for women to discuss and discover their sexuality and that Mumsnet in particular offers an interactive and anonymous forum for women whose needs in this area are not met by the mainstream media. On Mumsnet women seek advice and support from others in similar situations, attempt to establish 'norms' relating to sexual behaviour, and supplement information given by health professionals. . Her research interests are focused on women and the media. She has published on subjects such as women and blogging, Mumsnet, gendered use of Facebook, the history of the book and the suffragettes and the media.

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“…While not prominent in the major disciplinary discourses, a considerable number of works with interest in friendship has been also produced by geographers. These include studies centred around themes such as the role of friendship in migrants communities (Conradson and Latham 2005, Hibbins 2005, Stodolska and Santos 2006, Muanamoha et al 2010, connections between virtual space and face-to-face friendships (Chan 2008), the place of friendship in community desegregation (Lemanski 2006), geographies of lesbian friendships (Valentine 1993, Blackman 1998, or the role of friendship in political resistance (Sangtin Writers andNagar 2006, Featherstone 2008), for young people with disabilities (Butler 1998, Holt 2010, Madriaga 2010 or among women experiencing violence (Kedir and Admasachew 2010). However, arguably the greatest attention to friendship has been given by geographers of the lives of young people (e.g.…”

Section: Children's Friendships and Peer-relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Place, children's friendships, and the formation of gender identities in a Slovak urban neighbourhood

Blažek

2011

Children's Geographies

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The paper explores how children form their peer relationships in a small urban neighbourhood in Bratislava, and how their gender identities are affected by practices of friendship. Drawing on Hörschelmann and Stenning's (2008, Progress in Human Geography, 32, 339) idea of the 'ethnographic attitude' to researching 'post-socialist' change, the paper identifies links between children's everyday performances and broader structures in which these are embedded. Special attention is given to the spatial ranges of children's practices, developing an argument about the significance of children's neighbourhood as a pivotal spatial domain for the constitution of children's friendships.

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‘Life inHappy Land’: using virtual space and doing motherhood in Hong Kong

Cited by 40 publications

References 43 publications

“Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web Site

“Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web Site

Is it Friday yet? Mothers talking about sex online

Place, children's friendships, and the formation of gender identities in a Slovak urban neighbourhood

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