Internet Ecologies of New Mothers: Trust, Variety and Strategies for Managing Diverse Information Sources

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dc.contributor.authorBarkhuus, Louise
dc.contributor.authorBales, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorCowan, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T00:54:59Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T00:54:59Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractNew parents are faced with the challenge of quickly acquiring a new base of knowledge, while simultaneously navigating a significant life change. While both new mothers and fathers experience new and unique parental demands, their early caregiving challenges differ and new mothers often search for different types of support and information online. We here present findings from an exploratory interview study of how new first-time mothers navigate online resources as they transition into parenthood. We find that many parenting tasks are supported by a variety of resources, which are often used in combination to accomplish a task. We also found that variety in sources was often valued over general source credibility, and new mothers relied on their own ability to filter information to assess how much to trust information. We also provide more general insight into the methods individuals used to gain domain knowledge in a completely new area.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.276
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41431
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectParents
dc.subjectmothers
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectsearch
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.titleInternet Ecologies of New Mothers: Trust, Variety and Strategies for Managing Diverse Information Sources
dc.typeConference Paper
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