Family Relationships in the Digital Era

How Information and Communication Technology Connects and Disconnects Us

AvKristiina Tammisalo,Mirkka Danielsbacka

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Family Relationships in the Digital Era explores the adoption of digital technologies within various types of family relationships and discusses their potential to foster connection while also having the capacity to create rifts and distance.The book reconciles the psychological and psychosocial dynamics of human family relationships with the digitally immersed, hyperconnected social environments they inhabit. Synthesising 15 years of research, it explores technology use in a range of family relationships from romantic relationships and parent-child bonds to siblings and later-life kin networks, including transnational family relationships across distance. Expert contributors from diverse disciplines provide a multidisciplinary perspective, bridging communication studies, family studies, media studies, migration studies, and more.Addressing both personal and societal concerns, this book appeals to a wide readership from academics, educators, and policymakers to anyone interested in the impact of technology on modern family life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-16
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Research in Communication Studies
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041100997

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Kristiina Tammisalo is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Population Research Institute at Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland. Mirkka Danielsbacka is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Antti O. Tanskanen is Full Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Turku, Finland, and Research Professor at the Population Research Institute at Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland.

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“This data-packed book will prove to be the single most important contribution to the ongoing debate about the impact of ICT on family life.”-- Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford, and author of 'Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Family relationships in times of technological change; 2. Theories on family relationships in the digital world; 3. Meeting a partner online; 4. Digital engagement and romantic relationship quality; 5. Fertility desires in the digital era; 6. Technoference in parent–child relationships; 7. Technology-facilitated interaction in the parent–child relationship; 8. Sibling relationships in the digital environment; 9. Intergenerational digital relationships in later life; 10. What we have learned about the effects of technology on family relationships; Index