TY  - JOUR
A1  - Milosevic, Tijana
A1  - Bhroin, Niamh Ni
A1  - Olafsson, Kjartan
A1  - Staksrud, Elisabeth
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
T1  - Time spent online and children's self-reported life satisfaction in Norway
BT  - the socio-ecological perspective
JF  - New media & society
N2  - Despite public discourses highlighting the negative consequences of time spent online (TSO) for children's well-being, Norwegian children (aged 9-16 years) use the Internet more than other European children and score higher on self-reported life satisfaction (SRLS). 
To explore the possibility that TSO might contribute to high life satisfaction or other underlying explanatory factors, we investigate the relationship between TSO and SRLS in Norway while also accounting for how individual, family, school, and broader social circumstances influence this relationship. 
Countering prevailing discourses, we find a positive relationship between TSO and SRLS, which remains positive and significant even after a wider range of variables are accounted for. 
By explaining the circumstances under which TSO has a positive effect on SRLS, this article provides evidence of the complex role that digital technology plays in the lives of children. 
It also provides a critique of the often simplistic arguments found in public discourses around children's digital media use.
KW  - children and media
KW  - family
KW  - Internet use
KW  - Norway
KW  - self-reported life
KW  - satisfaction
KW  - well-being
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221082651
SN  - 1461-4448
SN  - 1461-7315
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hipp, Lena
A1  - Bünning, Mareike
T1  - Parenthood as a driver of increased genderinequality during COVID-19?
BT  - exploratory evidence from Germany
JF  - European societies
N2  - Drawing on three waves of survey data from a non-probability sample from Germany, this paper examines two opposing expectations about the pandemic's impacts on gender equality: The optimistic view suggests that gender equality has increased, as essential workers in Germany have been predominantly female and as fathers have had more time for childcare. The pessimistic view posits that lockdowns have also negatively affected women's jobs and that mothers had to shoulder the additional care responsibilities. Overall, our exploratory analyses provide more evidence supporting the latter view. Parents were more likely than non-parents to work fewer hours during the pandemic than before, and mothers were more likely than fathers to work fewer hours once lockdowns were lifted. Moreover, even though parents tended to divide childcare more evenly, at least temporarily, mothers still shouldered more childcare work than fathers. The division of housework remained largely unchanged. It is therefore unsurprising that women, in particular mothers, reported lower satisfaction during the observation period. Essential workers experienced fewer changes in their working lives than respondents in other occupations.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - gender
KW  - family
KW  - employment
KW  - division of labour
KW  - satisfaction
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1833229
SN  - 1461-6696
SN  - 1469-8307
VL  - 23
SP  - S658
EP  - S673
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - London
ER  -