Self-Directed Learning of Mothers’ Using Social Media as Parenting Guide in Bali, Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.210407.210How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Parenting, Mothers, Social Media, Postnatal

Abstract

This study aims to describe the perception of young mothers towards the influence of social media as source of information or parenting guide. This research was conducted using qualitative approach. Participants of this study were 24 young mothers who have been selected through purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview. Data were coded into several themes: (1) reasons of using social media as parenting information; (2) types of contents accessed by mothers on parenting accounts; (3) implications of parenting accounts. The result showed that there are ten main reasons of using social media as parenting information. Furthermore, there three types of contents accessed by mothers on parenting accounts including pregnancy, parenting, and family life. Lastly, there are two implications of parenting accounts mentioned by the participants namely: overload information and non-accountable parenting accounts.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Luh Putu Laksmi Prema Dewi
AU  - Puji Yanti Fauziah
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/09
TI  - Self-Directed Learning of Mothers’ Using Social Media as Parenting Guide in Bali, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Technology and Educational Science (ICTES 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 33
EP  - 37
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210407.210
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210407.210
ID  - Dewi2021
ER  -