Digital parenting awareness and social media use practices of religious mothers

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Thesis Type: Postgraduate

Institution Of The Thesis: Ondokuz Mayis University, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü, İletişim Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

Approval Date: 2024

Thesis Language: Turkish

Student: HANDAN ARLI

Supervisor: Sinan Kaya

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Abstract:

With the rapid development of digital technologies, children are under the influence of these technologies and suffer great harm as a result of unconscious and uncontrolled use. Digital parenting, which has emerged as a new area of responsibility in the face of digital technologies, is an issue that involves the guidance of parents for the correct and beneficial use of digital technologies by children who constitute the largest risk group. Since the responsibility and closeness of mothers, who are children's first guides, towards children differ from other social roles, only mothers were included in the study. The purpose of this study is to examine the digital parenting awareness and social media use practices of religious mothers. Knowing the digital parenting awareness and social media usage practices of religious mothers who live their lives in accordance with religious rules is important in revealing the current situation of religious mothers in the digital world. For data collection, an online survey was administered to 385 mothers with high religious practices. The Religious Life Scale was used to identify mothers with high religious lives. The research data were collected with the Digital Parenting Awareness Scale and social media usage practices questionnaire. The results of the study showed that religious mothers' levels of negative modeling differed according to the social media platform they use the most, their purpose of using social media, and the duration of their social media use. Additionally, religious mothers who take precautions against social media risks have higher digital parenting awareness levels than those who do not. Religious mothers who try to control the time they spend on social media, restrict content they think may be harmful, and provide content control have higher digital parenting awareness than those who do not take these measures.