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Mary, Sophie M., Duschinsky, Robbie, Davis, Louise, Dunnett, Susan and Coughlan, Barry (2024) Representations of motherhood in the media: a systematic literature review. Information, Communication & Society, 28 (1). pp. 169-186. ISSN 1369-118X
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Abstract
We undertook a systematic review to understand (i) how motherhood is represented across different media, (ii) how the modalities of media domains influence the motherhood representations that they offer, (iii) the gaps in recent research on the subject. We searched 7 databases for all studies investigating the representation of motherhood in media texts, in any geographical location, published after 31 December 2016. We identified 55 studies as relevant to the search criteria and undertook a thematic analysis of their findings. Our contribution is to offer a framework that summarizes and contrasts key themes of motherhood and tensions within and between motherhood ideologies as identified in different media domains.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | representation; media; motherhood; discourse; modalities |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Information Science > Communication > Mass media H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Relationships |
| Divisions: | School of Business (- 2025) > Staff Research and Publications |
| Depositing User: | Tamara Malone |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2026 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2026 10:07 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/9168 |
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