Connecting Families? : Information & Communication Technologies, Generations, and the Life Course, Hardcover by Neves, Barbara Barbosa (EDT); Casimiro, Cláudia (EDT), ISBN 1447339940, ISBN-13 9781447339946, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Sociology, communication, media, and other scholars from Australia, South Africa, North America, Europe, and Japan present 14 essays that explore the intersection between family life and the use of information and communication technologies within generations and from a life course perspective. They address theoretical and conceptual perspectives and methodological techniques, including theoretical perspectives on technology and society, recursive approaches to study technology adoption within family and the life course, networked individualism as a model to understand social and network transitions affecting family and communities, and the affordances of information and communication technologies and different intergenerational practices of sharing online; research methods and strategies, including methods, a cross-disciplinary and mixed methods project, and research on the dual relationship between technology and family; and research from different regions around the world, including Australia, Canada, the US, Germany, and Japan in terms of intergenerational solidarity, media practices related to care and intimacy, the use of information and communication technologies in storytelling by Colombian migrants, care-based communication by Mexican migrants, smartphones as a tool for maintaining family and romantic relationships, and work-family conflicts over childcare. Th is based on sessions at conferences of the International Sociological Association. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()