Understanding and Supporting Fathers and Fatherhood on Social Media Sites

@article{Ammari2015UnderstandingAS,
  title={Understanding and Supporting Fathers and Fatherhood on Social Media Sites},
  author={Tawfiq Ammari and Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck},
  journal={Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  year={2015}
}
  • Tawfiq Ammari, S. Schoenebeck
  • Published 18 April 2015
  • Sociology
  • Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Fathers are taking on more childcare and household responsibilities than they used to and many non-profit and government organizations have pushed for changes in policies to support fathers. [] Key Result We conclude with a call for a research agenda to support fathers online.
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