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Where Does the Time Go: Smartphone Use Among Immigrant Mothers Born in the English-Speaking Caribbean
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Where Does the Time Go: Smartphone Use Among Immigrant Mothers Born in the English-Speaking Caribbean
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The author investigates the ways in which smartphone use shape the daily routines of seven mothers who immigrated to Montreal from the English-speaking Caribbean. Using a combination of empirical data collection through a use-tracking app installed on participants’ smartphones and open-ended interviews, the author argues that the pervasive use of smartphones in these mothers’ routines creates conflict with children while simultaneously providing mothers with a valuable outlet for socialization, identity creation and the maintenance of community ties. Evidence found by the author also suggests that media literacy is a relevant concern for women belonging to this population. One of the roles of a “good” mother is media gatekeeper, and while most of the participants in the author's study subscribe to this belief, most of them also have very little working knowledge about the media landscape in which they inhabit, and in some cases very little ability to decode the meaning and function of basic media products. The author concludes that media literacy among this population emerged as both an area of inquiry and a possible area of further study or outreach.
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Master's Thesis
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Concordia University
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Montreal
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2016
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iv-69p.
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en
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Jezer-Morton, Kathryn. “Where Does the Time Go: Smartphone Use Among Immigrant Mothers Born in the English-Speaking Caribbean.” Master’s Thesis, Concordia University, 2016. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/981845/1/JezerMorton_MA_F2016.pdf.
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