1st Edition
Parenting in a Digital World Beyond Media Panics Towards a New Theory of Parental Mediation
Introduction 1. Media panics and narratives of risk – Parenting teens in anxious times 2. Legislative, policy and educational responses to online risks 3. Parental mediation and construction of the ‘good’ parent 4. 'Is that appropriate?' How do parents make sense of their anxieties and concerns? 5. Family conflict and digital media 6. What do young people understand about online risk? 7. Promoting parent/child understanding about media use through dialogue 8. Towards a new theory of parental mediation
Biography
Catherine Page Jeffery is a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is currently on the board of Children and Media Australia and previously worked in internet content regulation and online safety for the Australian Government.
"At last, an accessible evidence-based book that cuts through the media panics about young people and technology. Cat Page Jeffery writes with wit, insight and empathy to produce a book that every parent should read and every child wishes they would."
Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
