
Children, media and parenting in the COVID-19 pandemic (Pandemic parenting)
Lead investigator
Professor Julian Sefton-Green
Chief Investigator and Connected Child Co-Leader
Deakin University
Investigators
Professor Rebekah Willett
Partner Investigator (International)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Dr Xinyu (Andy) Zhao
Research Fellow
Deakin University
Professor Hyeon-Seon Jeong
Partner Investigator (International)
Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea
Dr Sarah Healy
Research Fellow (Alumnus)
Deakin University
Jessica Laraine Williams
Research Fellow
Deakin University
Overview
The pandemic has changed childhood to digital by default. Given changes in domestic media practices, where everything happens through digital platforms, this international comparative research project seeks to understand how parents and caregivers regulate media, understand advice about media, and articulate what it means to create the conditions for a good childhood in relation to media practices in the home.
Project aims
- understand changes in children’s media practices in response to the pandemic as described by parents/caregivers
- understand what parents/caregivers imagine for future media practices in the home
- understand changes in ideas around digital media in relation to the regulation of media practices in the home
Project design
This qualitative inquiry is being conducted in seven countries: Australia, China, UK, US, South Korea, Canada and Colombia. 20 participants per country are being recruited and data generated by the following methods:
- online surveys x 140 – collecting contextual data to inform analysis of interview data
- 45-minute audio-recorded interviews x 140 (20 x 7 countries) – to be transcribed and thematically analysed
- visual data/images x 140 (20 x 7 countries) – to be curated into an image quilt and a virtual exhibition space threaded with excerpts from interview data
Additional investigators
Dr Becky Coles, Deakin University, Australia
Associate Professor Natalie Coulter, York University, Canada
Dr Diana García Gómez, George Mason University, United States
Dr Amie Kim, Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea
Ju Lim, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Maureen Mauk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Lindsay Sheppard, York University, Canada
Jess Williams, Deakin University, Australia
Timeframe
June 2021 - December 2022Contact
Dr Xinyu (Andy) Zhao
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