Family Communication in the Age of Digital and Social Media

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Family Communication

Inter-Family Communication Languages via the Discourse in Women's Roles in Turkish TV Series

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Şebnem Gürsoy Ulusoy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles

Modernization and urbanization have changed many phenomena. One of these changes is the representation of mother and women. It is seen that the modernization and urbanization and motherhood concept of women have changed. Maternity representations have recently changed in Turkish series. Within the scope of the study, the language of the woman in the family as a mother and her place in the family were examined. It is also an important issue whether urban culture changes the representations of motherhood. In this sense, social media, urbanization, modernization, and the changes in women's representations are all interrelated.

scholarly journals Social Media Causing Communication Gap: A Study of Middle-Class Families in Latifabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Rashid Ali Khuhro ◽  
Bashir Memon ◽  
Rabia Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
The Family ◽  
Communication Gap ◽  
Middle Class Families

In family communication, the effective communication stands as the base of strong relations among the family members. However, a little gap in communication weakens family relationships and creates severe problems. Like all types of advanced communication channels; the advent of social media has also facilitated the effectiveness of interface among people. Although, social media's instantaneous communication process ended the communication gap among masses. Thus, many scholars believed that it has also created a communication gap among humans, especially in family communication. In this way, this study aimed to examine the communication gap created by social media among middle-class families of sub-division Latifabad Sindh, Pakistan. The researchers adopted a focus group discussion technique to collect data from three middle-class families. The result of this study shows that most of the focus group participants prefer communication in interpersonal communication settings. Further, it reveals that the majority of the family members use social media by smartphone, tabs and laptops. Significantly, the findings of this study emerged that social media creates a communication gap among middle-class families of Latifabad Hyderabad, Sindh –Pakistan.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effects of Social Media on Interpersonal Communication among Family Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Ayla G. Lopez ◽  
Kennet G. Cuarteros
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Family Members ◽  
School Year ◽  
Interpersonal Communications ◽  
The Family

Communication is essential toward all families and given the technology that we have today, Facebook has been one of many social media sites that lets people stay connected whereever they may be, although, not all members of the family are in to using Facebook to communicate with their loved ones. This study aims to determine the effects of social media on interpersonal communication among family members, in particular, it analyzes the effectiveness of Facebook and family communication. In connection with this, the emphasis of this study is the effects of social media on the quality of interpersonal communication skills among family members. A sample of 25% of 120 individuals from four different colleges during the 2016-17 school year were the respondents of this study. A questionnaire was given to the respondents which included their profile, number of hours and activities on Facebook, and lastly the quality of their interpersonal communications with their family members. The results of the study show that communicating through Facebook more than likely leads to misunderstandings among family members as the messages are not expressed properly. Hence, a family must take time to talk and interact with each other personally in order to avoid these kinds of conflicts and maintain a good family relationship.

scholarly journals Views on the Usage of Social Media Tools in School-Family Communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 314-330
Author(s):  
Abdullatif Kaban
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Family Participation ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Social Media Tools

This study, it was aimed to reveal the views of parents and teachers about the usage of social media tools in school-family communication. In this study, which was carried out with the phenomenological method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, the data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. As a result of the content analysis conducted on the data obtained, it was concluded that social media tools, especially WhatsApp, are widely used in school-family communication. It has been found that the advantages of these tools are free, fast, and easy to use, and they prevent waste of time and workload by sending mass messages. The disadvantages were determined to be used out of purpose and timeless, causing misunderstanding and violation of privacy. Participants suggested that while using these tools, they should not deviate from their purpose, some restrictions in terms of time and content should be introduced and their use should be expanded. The results obtained are expected to contribute significantly to the studies to be done to increase family participation in education and the practices to be developed in this sense.

Aesthetics Perceptions of Social Media Generations

2021 ◽  
pp. 543-566
Author(s):  
Aylin Tutgun Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Trust Model ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
And Behavior

This chapter aimed to investigate the online value and behavior transfer of generations who use social media with the phenomenon of aestheticization. By examining the social media generations' preferences, usage habits, the levels of acceptance of differences and the effects of social media use on the work life in the light of researches, generations' togetherness and differences on the online network are revealed. In social networks, generations can provide power by affecting each other's moods, and can easily impose violence, aggression, and power factors on others by making fun. When compared to older generations, the fact that young generations prefer social media environments that are with more photo and video sharing makes for them to produce/consume many emotions that have been made usual with aestheticization, especially the information that contains violence. At the end of this chapter, some suggestions are made including family communication and trust model named “5S+1M.”

scholarly journals Uses if Social Media as Electronically Mediated Interpersonal Communication [EMIC] on Commuter Marriage Family [Phenomenology Studies at Postgraduate Women Student in Abroad]

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 675
Author(s):  
Yuanita Setyastuti ◽  
Jenny Ratna Suminar ◽  
Purwanti Hadisiwi ◽  
Feliza Zubair
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Commuter Marriage ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Guilty Feeling ◽  
Domestic Affairs

Self-actualization, career and professional demand sometimes require a person to pursue further studies at a higher level for both men and women. A woman who has married and has children then studying a postgraduate abroad certainly faces a complicated situation relating to eastern and patrilineal cultures that are identical to the roles and responsibilities of mothers in domestic affairs and parenting. In carrying out the role, required high quality communication by media with spouses and children when being separated residence during a relatively long study and with a long distance location. The aim of this study is to know how the uses of social media as electronically mediated interpersonal communication [EMIC] on commuter marriage family at Postgraduate Women Student in aboard. This is a qualitative approach study with phenomenology studies. Study done by depth interview with 4 [four] respondents whose studied at aboard, in Australia, America, and Europe. The result of this study was found that the respondent used Social Media to ccommunicate with their family, especially by WhatsApp, Line, Facebook and Skype. Most of respondents have enough skills of both sender and receiver for electronic message. Most of respondents also have enough communication richness, communication speed and presence. Social media also augment family communication by providing opportunities for social support beyond family members. The respondent also could kept maintaining the role of a mother and reduce the loneliness feeling and guilty feeling by video call and social media chatting. The contribution of this study was to give recommendation to some mother and/or wife who are in commuter marriage to escalate the skills of family communication trough social media so they could still run the role of mother and/or wife as much as they could.  

scholarly journals The Effects of Social Media on Family Communication in the UAE

Media Watch ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VIOLA GJYLBEGAJ ◽  
HUSSEIN MOHAMED ABDI
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Family Communication

Where Social Media Meets AAC

ASHA Leader ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Social Media
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