Master of Arts in Media and Communication Plan II Graduate Projects
Title
Baby Mama – Baby Daddy Drama An Ethnography of Communication on Black Co-parenting Talk on YouTube
Abstract
As co-parenting research continues to emerge, it is important that we include the experiences of Black families in the literature. This project attempts to explore co-parenting talk among Black mothers and fathers on YouTube through Ethnography of Communication (EOC). This EOC analyzed the genres, topics, purposes, settings, keys, participants, message form and content , and act sequences of 100 YouTube videos. From this analysis, a list of recommendations for optimal co-parenting were presented as well as four co-parenting communication roles; Aggressor, Cooperator, Supervisor, and Shifter. This project concludes with a discussion on some of the key observations made during the EOC, and how research on co-parenting communication through a cultural lens, could benefit families directly.
Publication Date
Summer 8-12-2020
Document Type
Plan II Graduate Project
Committee Chair
Laura Stafford, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Alberto Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Recommended Citation
Whickum, Rosalyn, "Baby Mama – Baby Daddy Drama An Ethnography of Communication on Black Co-parenting Talk on YouTube" (2020). Master of Arts in Media and Communication Plan II Graduate Projects. 13.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ms_smc/13
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Social Media Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons