Maternal digital competencies as a prerequisite for effective digital parenting among Malaysian mothers

• Main Authors: Mohamed, Shafizan, Wok, Saodah, Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira, Nasir, Shakira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Sosial Malaysia 2022
• Subjects: HQ2035 Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills; HQ503 The family. Marriage. Home; LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education; T10.5 Communication of technical information
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/102912/7/102912_Maternal%20digital%20competencies%20as%20a%20prerequisite.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102912/; https://ijsps.ism.gov.my/index.php/IJSPS/article/view/236/198

In addition to childbearing and managing the family, the rise of digital technologies also requires mothers to parent their children digitally. However, are mothers competent enough to monitor or even mediate their children’s digital media use? Unfortunately, very few studies still look into materna...