Family Relationships in the Digital Era
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- ISBN 9781041100997
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 16 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Family Relationships in the Digital Era explores the adoption of digital technologies within various types of family relationships and discusses their potential to foster connection while also having the capacity to create rifts and distance.
The book reconciles the psychological and psychosocial dynamics of human family relationships with the digitally immersed, hyperconnected social environments they inhabit. Synthesizing 15 years of research, it explores technology use in a range of family relationships from romantic relationships and parent-child bonds to siblings and later-life kin networks, including transnational family relationships across distance. Expert contributors from diverse disciplines provide a multidisciplinary perspective, bridging communication studies, family studies, media studies, migration studies and more.
Addressing both personal and societal concerns, this book appeals to a wide readership from academics, educators, and policymakers to anyone interested in the impact of technology on modern family life.
Kristiina Tammisalo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Population Research Institute at Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland.
Mirkka Danielsbacka is a Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland.
Antti O. Tanskanen is a Full Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Turku, Finland, and a Research Professor at the Population Research Institute at Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland.
