Internet usage is an increasingly common feature of contemporary life in post-industrial societies. One use of the internet involves ‘online communities’, structured around message boards. In this paper, we explore women’s usage of online parenting communities, focusing specifically on discussions relating to breastfeeding. Using a feminist approach to discourse analysis, we explore the ways in which women present themselves as parents online, and the manner in which they construct an identity as ‘breastfeeder’ or ‘bottlefeeder’ within threads focused on infant feedin
Mothers and mothers-to-be often become e-health users because of their need for sharing emotional a...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
This article explores the private and public dimensions of parenting using a case happened from a Ru...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
Recent studies have shown that British women, especially mothers of young children, spend a particul...
Language, Gender and Parenthood Online explores the digital interactions of parents on the UK-based ...
ABSTRACT Mothers who engage in “natural parenting, ” an unconventional style of parent-ing in Franco...
Predominant constructions of ‘expert’ parenting advice draw on and become framed by discourses of me...
Background: Social support is essential in both the transition to motherhood and maternal role devel...
Breastfeeding significantly impacts on the health of the population; however, few babies are breastf...
For centuries, women have struggled to understand the meaning of one of their most important roles i...
Using a survey of mothers with young children (N = 455), this study applies Fishbein and Ajzen’s rea...
This paper deals with birth stories on mommyblogs as a narrative genre through which writers become ...
The extension of information and communication technologies is purported to provide great opportunit...
Mothers and mothers-to-be often become e-health users because of their need for sharing emotional a...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
This article explores the private and public dimensions of parenting using a case happened from a Ru...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
Recent studies have shown that British women, especially mothers of young children, spend a particul...
Language, Gender and Parenthood Online explores the digital interactions of parents on the UK-based ...
ABSTRACT Mothers who engage in “natural parenting, ” an unconventional style of parent-ing in Franco...
Predominant constructions of ‘expert’ parenting advice draw on and become framed by discourses of me...
Background: Social support is essential in both the transition to motherhood and maternal role devel...
Breastfeeding significantly impacts on the health of the population; however, few babies are breastf...
For centuries, women have struggled to understand the meaning of one of their most important roles i...
Using a survey of mothers with young children (N = 455), this study applies Fishbein and Ajzen’s rea...
This paper deals with birth stories on mommyblogs as a narrative genre through which writers become ...
The extension of information and communication technologies is purported to provide great opportunit...
Mothers and mothers-to-be often become e-health users because of their need for sharing emotional a...
The promotion of breastfeeding is an important focus of intervention for professionals working to im...
This article explores the private and public dimensions of parenting using a case happened from a Ru...