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      Parenting and Digital Media: From the Early Web to Contemporary Digital Society : Parenting and Digital Media

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      Sociology Compass
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          Internet use in pregnancy informs women's decision making: a web-based survey.

          Internet access and usage is almost ubiquitous, providing new opportunities and increasing challenges for health care practitioners and users. With pregnant women reportedly turning to the Internet for information during pregnancy, a better understanding of this behavior is needed. The objective of this study was to ascertain why and how pregnant women use the Internet as a health information source, and the overall effect it had on their decision making. Kuhlthau's (1993) information-seeking model was adapted to provide the underpinning theoretical framework for the study. The design was exploratory and descriptive. Data were collected using a valid and reliable web-based questionnaire. Over a 12-week period, 613 women from 24 countries who had confirmed that they had used the Internet for pregnancy-related information during their pregnancy completed and submitted a questionnaire. Most women (97%) used search engines such as Google to identify online web pages to access a large variety of pregnancy-related information and to use the Internet for pregnancy-related social networking, support, and electronic commerce (i.e., e-commerce). Almost 94 percent of women used the Internet to supplement information already provided by health professionals and 83 percent used it to influence their pregnancy decision making. Nearly half of the respondents reported dissatisfaction with information given by health professionals (48.6%) and lack of time to ask health professionals questions (46.5%) as key factors influencing them to access the Internet. Statistically, women's confidence levels significantly increased with respect to making decisions about their pregnancy after Internet usage (p < 0.05). In this study, the Internet played a significant part in the respondents' health information seeking and decision making in pregnancy. Health professionals need to be ready to support pregnant women in online data retrieval, interpretation, and application.
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            An Australian survey of women's use of pregnancy and parenting apps.

            There are now many pregnancy and parenting apps available on the market for both pregnancy and parenting.
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              New mothers and media use: associations between blogging, social networking, and maternal well-being.

              Drawing on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory and prior empirical research, the current study examines the way that blogging and social networking may impact feelings of connection and social support, which in turn could impact maternal well-being (e.g., marital functioning, parenting stress, and depression). One hundred and fifty-seven new mothers reported on their media use and various well-being variables. On average, mothers were 27 years old (SD = 5.15) and infants were 7.90 months old (SD = 5.21). All mothers had access to the Internet in their home. New mothers spent approximately 3 hours on the computer each day, with most of this time spent on the Internet. Findings suggested that frequency of blogging predicted feelings of connection to extended family and friends which then predicted perceptions of social support. This in turn predicted maternal well-being, as measured by marital satisfaction, couple conflict, parenting stress, and depression. In sum, blogging may improve new mothers' well-being, as they feel more connected to the world outside their home through the Internet.
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                Journal
                Sociology Compass
                Sociology Compass
                Wiley
                17519020
                August 2016
                August 2016
                August 02 2016
                : 10
                : 8
                : 730-743
                Affiliations
                [1 ]News and Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design; University of Canberra
                [2 ]Department of Communication, Marketing and Media, Aberdeen Business School; Robert Gordon University
                [3 ]School of Social Sciences; Cardiff University
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                10.1111/soc4.12398
                8ccafb60-c26c-4622-99ab-37cb961dde65
                © 2016

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