Location
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://www.mnstate.edu/sac/
Description
In this age of artificial intelligence and identity theft, there is an increasing concern for online safety. In recent years, there has been an increase in parents sharing more of their children's lives on the Internet, a trend known as "sharenting”. Beyond posing potential security risks, many of these children do not or cannot consent to publicly sharing their lives. This study used content analysis methods to explore how primary caregivers share information about their children's lives in ways that may compromise their privacy or safety. Fifty public Instagram posts were randomly selected and coded for several aspects of a child's life that could be considered "sharenting”, such as embarrassing or otherwise private behaviours. As expected, the results were consistent with public knowledge that parents violate a child's privacy; most posts coded contained at least one form of "sharenting."
Included in
“Sharenting” and Child Privacy: A Content Analysis of Parent Bloggers’ Instagram Posts
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
In this age of artificial intelligence and identity theft, there is an increasing concern for online safety. In recent years, there has been an increase in parents sharing more of their children's lives on the Internet, a trend known as "sharenting”. Beyond posing potential security risks, many of these children do not or cannot consent to publicly sharing their lives. This study used content analysis methods to explore how primary caregivers share information about their children's lives in ways that may compromise their privacy or safety. Fifty public Instagram posts were randomly selected and coded for several aspects of a child's life that could be considered "sharenting”, such as embarrassing or otherwise private behaviours. As expected, the results were consistent with public knowledge that parents violate a child's privacy; most posts coded contained at least one form of "sharenting."
https://red.mnstate.edu/sac/2023/cshe/1