出版社:Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要:Images of children and family life are prevalent across social media contexts. Inparticular, Instagram is a popular platform for sharing photographs and videos of childrenand families. This paper explores the representation of children and family life, with anemphasis on the ‘image of the child’ that exists on Instagram. A qualitative case studymethodology was used to analyse a parent’s Instagram posts for one month and herquestionnaire responses. The deep meaning that Instagram holds in her life will beexplored, the processes she engages in to take and share photos, and key issues and ideasfor educators, researchers, and family members to consider. Focus will be drawn towardsthe ‘image of the child’ as understood by early childhood educators, and how the imageof children presented in this parent’s Instagram posts compares or contrasts to that.