TY - BOOK ID - 46172636 TI - Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families PY - 2019 SN - 3030119475 3030119467 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Telecommunication. KW - Computer science. KW - Communications Engineering, Networks. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Family. KW - User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Electric communication KW - Mass communication KW - Telecom KW - Telecommunication industry KW - Telecommunications KW - Communication KW - Information theory KW - Telecommuting KW - Electrical engineering. KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Families. KW - Families—Social aspects. KW - User interfaces (Computer systems). KW - Interfaces, User (Computer systems) KW - Human-machine systems KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Family KW - Families KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Civilization and computers KW - Civilization KW - Electric engineering KW - Engineering KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46172636 AB - This book provides a comprehensive review of how digital communication technology can help families network and communicate across generations, despite differences in family composition, residential location, cultural values and orientations. Covering the full spectrum of intergenerational relations (including child to parent, and parent to grandparent), it offers a positive view of the value of digital technology usage within families. The author focuses on three European countries: Finland, Italy and Slovenia, but also touches on other European countries and parts of the United States, revealing evidence that challenges ideas of universal adoption of information communication technology (ICT) and consistency in the social effects of such adoption in different regions and cultures. Further, the book discusses numerous other challenges and issues, such as: • the social transformations and technological developments that have made digital families possible; • the resulting changes in family roles, responsibilities, and practices; and • the theoretical and conceptual implications of digital communication-technology use in families. The author illustrates how ICT can facilitate family solidarity and how it helps to provide new ways of being together, and they discuss how social media, particularly instant messaging applications, helps develop affinity between family members better than traditional one-to-one personal communication tools. Combining highly nuanced material with fresh sociological thinking, it enhances readers’ theoretical understanding of the meaning of the ‘digital family’, making it a powerful resource for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as academics. Thanks to its structured format with easy-to-understand explanations, it appeals to practitioners and researchers alike. ER -