03451nam 22006855 450 991030059800332120260122053543.09783319704135331970413310.1007/978-3-319-70413-5(CKB)3840000000347810(MiAaPQ)EBC5295029(DE-He213)978-3-319-70413-5(Perlego)3493389(iGPub)SPNA0055885(EXLCZ)99384000000034781020180213d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAdoption in the Digital Age Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century /by Julie Samuels1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (167 pages)Palgrave pivot9783319704128 3319704125 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Adoption in the Digital Age -- 3. Popular Media Representations of Adoption in the Digital Age -- 4. Adoption: Search and Reunification in the Digital Age -- 5. Further Openness in Adoption? -- 6. Conclusion.Adoption in the Digital Age explores the transformation of adoption due to social and digital media technologies. The most prolific of these changes can be seen within contact arrangements, particularly those that are not managed by an intermediary, between adopted minors and their biological kin. Within this shift, it becomes clear that this often-breached contact arrangement lends itself towards discussions about further openness within adoption. At the same time these technologies continue to document the way adopted individuals and their biological kin feel about themselves and each other. It is for these reasons that the Internet remains both a promise and threat. Samuels explores this in detail, highlighting that what it means to be adopted continues to evolve in the context of networked media cultures. Combining both theoretical discussions with the human experience of adoption, Adoption in the Digital Age will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, social work and cultural studies, as well as practitioners working with adoptive families and other members of the adoption triad connected and disconnected by adoption.Palgrave pivot.Social serviceSociologySocial groupsMass mediaFamily policySocial WorkSociology of Family, Youth and AgingMedia SociologyChildren, Youth and Family PolicySocial service.Sociology.Social groups.Mass media.Family policy.Social Work.Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.Media Sociology.Children, Youth and Family Policy.362.734Samuels Julieauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut916983MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300598003321Adoption in the Digital Age2055813UNINA