Digital parenting divides: the role of parental capital and
digital parenting readiness in parental digital mediation

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Title

Digital parenting divides: the role of parental capital and
digital parenting readiness in parental digital mediation

Subject

digital divides, parental mediation, social media, personal capital, digital parenting

Description

This study investigates digital parenting divides, or how parents’ strategies for regulating their children’s online activities differ based on their
available resources and digital parenting readiness (i.e., digital parenting self-efficacy, attitudes, and knowledge). We conducted a survey of 530

parents that reflected the composition of the U.S. population to explore how parents’ resources and digital parenting readiness predict their digi-
tal mediation strategies. The results indicate that parents’ economic, social, and cultural resources, as well as their digital parenting readiness,

play a significant role in how they approach digital mediation. Furthermore, digital parenting readiness has emerged as an underlying mechanism
explaining the relationship between parental resources and parental mediation strategies. The presence of digital parenting divides highlights the
need for tailored interventions to support parents in effectively using digital mediation strategies based on their family’s circumstances.

Creator

Pengfei Zhao1,*, Natalie N. Bazarova1

, Natercia Valle2

Source

https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad032

Publisher

Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication Association.

Date

30 May 2023

Contributor

PERI IRAWAN

Format

PDF

Language

ENGLISH

Type

TEXT

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Citation

Pengfei Zhao1,*, Natalie N. Bazarova1 , Natercia Valle2, “Digital parenting divides: the role of parental capital and
digital parenting readiness in parental digital mediation,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 21, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8742.