Gestar, parir e maternar: o nascimento de um filho mediado pela internet e mídias em Natal/RN

Abstract

This research is an investigation of the process of searching for information on the internet and digital social media during the stages of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. The media's centrality in the contemporary world means that periods related to the birth of a child are permeated by media content that influences the experience of women. This context creates an environment in which society is inserted, it is the mediatization of motherhood. At the same time, women have the possibility to search for topics of interest on websites and digital social media, as well as sharing their experiences, doubts and desires, generating a mediated experience of the birth of a child. We aim to understand how pregnant women and mothers look for information on the internet and social media in Natal (RN). To carry out the work we chose the theorists Barbero (2003, 2006 and 2014), Lopes (2014), Braga (2012) and Silverstone (2002). Childbirth as a ritual of passage (GEERTZ, 1989) and its social and cultural structures in Brazil is treated to understand the context in which motherhood is inserted. In order to understand the dynamics of the meaning bonds (TRINDADE; PEREZ 2019) of women, in-depth interviews were conducted with three middle-class women from Natal (RN). We follow the entire process to record their life stories (MAIA, 2006 e 2019) and the moments of their lives. The dissertation also has an autobiography (WALL, 2006, and PEREIRA, 2017) of motherhood together with a summary of the main contents accessed during their experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. The final consideration is that women search the internet and social media for information on the subject. And the way each one develops their search is associated with factors such as education, networks of affection, life history and health conditions of the pregnancy-baby.