ERIC Number: EJ1053356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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The Changing Nature of Parent-Teacher Communication: Mode Selection in the Smartphone Era
Thompson, Blair Christopher; Mazer, Joseph P.; Flood Grady, Elizabeth
Communication Education, v64 n2 p187-207 2015
Parent-teacher communication continues to evolve due to smartphones and other new communication technologies. In all, 1,349 parents completed the Parental Academic Support Scale to assess the frequency and importance of communication across modes. Confirmatory analysis revealed a good model fit. Media richness theory was applied to parents' qualitative and quantitative responses to understand the communication modes parents now select to communicate with teachers at the P-12 level. The data revealed an increase in parents' preference for frequent e-mail communication as well as for emerging modes of parent--teacher communication such as text messaging and social media. Implications for media richness theory and changes to parent--teacher communication are discussed.
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Electronic Mail, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Likert Scales, Factor Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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