Tough or No Love? Parental Migration and Children’s Exposure to Corporal Punishment and Neglect in Rural China

Huang, Wan; Chen, Xiaojin; Wu, Yuning

doi:10.1080/15564886.2022.2084194

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“…Rural grandparents, acting as ‘other mothers’ or ‘other fathers’ (Parrenas, 2005), take over as primary caregivers rather than simply sharing the burden of caring. This has resulted in diverse living and caring arrangements that compensate for the absence of parents in certain domains and contribute to a distinct family landscape that differs from the modern nuclear family ideal (Huang et al, 2023; Ye & Pan, 2008). While there is a growing body of research on rural family dynamics, particularly parenting and gender relations between parents (e.g.…”

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‘Them’ in an abnormal world: Media construction and responsibility attribution of left‐behind children in rural China

Huang

Zou

2023

Children & Society

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Left‐behind children who live away from their migrant parents in rural China have received widespread media attention, especially around their vulnerability and delinquency. To examine the media construction of this population and responsibility attribution for the incidents occurring to them, we used the phronetic iterative approach to analyse 348 news reports published by The Paper, one of China's leading digital media outlets. Our findings revealed that the media constructed a stereotypical portrayal of these children and their families. Moreover, structural inequalities existing in social policies were shifted into personal responsibility in media discourses. This study offers empirical support for the role of news media in shaping public perceptions through their construction and framing processes. We highlight the need to identify structural factors that affect media portrayals of rural families and call for more social support for left‐behind children.

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confidence: 99%