Aikuisten neuvottelua lasten näkyvyydestä: Lasten toimijuus ja ei-toimijuus sharenting-ilmiötä käsittelevissä uutis- ja blogiteksteissä

Translated title of the contribution: Adults’ negotiation about children’s visibility: Children’s (non)agency in news and blog texts concerning the sharenting phenomenon

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Abstract

In this article, I examine how children’s agency is structured discursively in news and blog texts
dealing with the sharing of children’s images. The article’s approach towards childhood comes from
sociological childhood studies, which emphasizes children’s agency and participation in the society.
The data consists of a total of 95 Finnish news articles and blog posts, which deal with the so-called
sharenting phenomenon, i.e. the way parents share pictures and information about their children on
social media platforms. With the help of multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA), I have identified
three discourses that construct children’s agency in the public debate: 1) The discourse of control, 2)
The discourse of time, and 3) The discourse of special quality. I suggest that the public debate about
the sharenting phenomenon reproduces the way of representing childhood by adults and for adults.
Children`s voices are seldom heard in the debate. The discussion is also characterized by anticipation,
where the adults’ viewpoints are focused on the children’s growth and development and possible changes
in regulation of sharenting phenomenon.
Translated title of the contributionAdults’ negotiation about children’s visibility: Children’s (non)agency in news and blog texts concerning the sharenting phenomenon
Original languageFinnish
Pages (from-to)80-103
Number of pages24
JournalMedia & viestintä
Volume47
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2024
Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • agency, childhood, discourse analysis, public debate, sharenting

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 2

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