Overview
Examines emerging tensions as a result of the use of social media in adoptive families in the UK, US and across the world
Analyses the use of popular media and as a narrative tool
Assesses the implications for family policy and social work practice
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About this book
Adoption in the Digital Age explores the transformation of adoption due to social and digital media technologies. The most prolific of these changes can be seen within contact arrangements, particularly those that are not managed by an intermediary, between adopted minors and their biological kin. Within this shift, it becomes clear that this often-breached contact arrangement lends itself towards discussions about further openness within adoption. At the same time these technologies continue to document the way adopted individuals and their biological kin feel about themselves and each other. It is for these reasons that the Internet remains both a promise and threat. Samuels explores this in detail, highlighting that what it means to be adopted continues to evolve in the context of networked media cultures.
Combining both theoretical discussions with the human experience of adoption, Adoption in the Digital Age will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, social work and cultural studies, as well as practitioners working with adoptive families and other members of the adoption triad connected and disconnected by adoption.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Julie Samuels is an independent researcher with a background in digital media, in both industry and the higher education sector.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adoption in the Digital Age
Book Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century
Authors: Julie Samuels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70413-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70412-8Published: 23 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88933-7Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70413-5Published: 13 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 167
Topics: Social Work, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Media Sociology, Children, Youth and Family Policy