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Trabajo social
On-line version ISSN 2256-5493
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MUNOZ ZAPATA, Doris Elena and ARIZA SOSA, Gladys Rocío. Contemporary Motherhood and Virtual Social Networks: "I Was Not the Only One Going Through That". Trab. soc. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp.225-248. Epub Oct 28, 2021. ISSN 2256-5493. https://doi.org/10.15446/ts.v23n1.86615.
This article presents the results of a research about the meanings and contributions attributed to virtual social networks on maternity and raising by Colombian women. We carried out a qualitative research where we analyzed 17 interviews, one (1) focus group, and publications made for nine (9) months in a Facebook group and two Whatsapp groups on maternity. We concluded that these virtual spaces provide the social support that women did not find in their face-to-face networks and can constitute counter-hegemonic scenarios about motherhood and child-raising.
Keywords : birth; Facebook; motherhood; upbringings; social support; virtual social networks.