Factors and barriers to communication opportunities between parents and parents and adolescents in the family

Document Type : Original Article

Author
mansour saei
assistant professor of ihcs
Abstract
The purpose of this study is analyzing the existing factors and barriers to communication opportunities between parents and children in the family. Communication opportunities are times, events and programs which during that members of a family have the chance to communicate face-to-face or through medium including communication tools and the media. Using qualitative method and theoretical sampling, interviews were conducted to analyze the lived experience of 40 high school students in Tehran schools. The results show that the most opportunity for face-to-face communication between parents and children is formed in night gatherings family at dinner times and other coactivity’s (like watching movies and TV shows), and their daily interpersonal communication is "mediated", "shortened" and "unstable." The results also show that although leisure events and programs are good opportunities for the formation of lasting, long-lasting interaction and conversation, but "parent-centered collective leisure" is very minimal among adolescents. Meanwhile,"media-centered individual leisure" and "peer-centered collective leisure" programs account for the largest share of children''s leisure time.

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Cultural Studies & Communication
Volume 20, Issue 74
Spring 2024
Pages 87-113