| Title | "Back to the living room era": Smart speaker usage and family democracy from the family dynamic perspective |
| Authors | Wang, Bing Luo, Longxiang Wang, Xiuli |
| Affiliation | Tsinghua Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Sch New Media, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | PARENTAL MEDIATION THEORY RESTRICTIVE MEDIATION EXPOSURE STYLE |
| Issue Date | Feb-2023 |
| Publisher | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY |
| Abstract | Based on joint media engagement (JME) and parental mediation theory (PMT), this study conducted a textual and thematic analysis of 360 user-generated content videos to explore, in the family scenario, smart speaker use behavior between Chinese children and parents. The findings reveal the following: (a) smart speakers create a new JME model and new co-use scenarios; (b) the mediation strategy used by parents differs from the mediation strategies in traditional PMT; (c) smart speakers are social actors and play a mediating role in the construction of family relationships; and (d) smart speaker use behavior between parents and children is characterized by a return to the living room era, which creates a new family dynamic and a reshaping of family politics. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/672815 |
| ISSN | 1461-4448 |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448231155624 |
| Indexed | SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 新媒体研究院 |
