ArticleJMIR pediatrics and parenting2024
Young Children and the Creation of a Digital Identity on Social Networking Sites: Scoping Review.
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- Children's privacy, autonomy, and digital identity in sharenting research: a scoping review with bibliometric mapping.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Parents' Sharenting Behaviours: A Systematic Review of Motivations, Attitudes, Perceptions, and Impression Management Perspectives.F1000Research · 2025Pooled it
- Growing stronger: Nine decades of physical disability representation in children's media and implications for pediatric rehabilitation.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- The Exposed Childhood: An Examination of Chinese Parents' Online Sharing of Children's Photos and Videos-An Analysis Based on Douyin Network Data.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Examining antecedents of parents' privacy concerns and mindful sharenting behaviors: through a lens of protection motivation theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Pediatrics advances in 2024: choices in allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, immunology, infectious diseases, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, nutrition, palliative care respiratory tract illnesses, and social media.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Adolescent social media use and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol of current research.BMJ open · 2025Article
- The awareness of sharenting in Italy: a pilot study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media's impact on young people's mental health.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is limited understanding of the concept of the digital identity of young children created through engagement on social networking sites.
objectiveThe objective of this scoping review was to identify key characteristics of the concept of digital identity for children from conception to the age of 8 years on social networking sites.
methodsThis scoping review was conducted using the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. The key databases searched were EBSCO, Web of Science, ProQuest ERIC, and Scopus. Gray literature sources (National Grey Literature Collection, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and Google Scholar) were also searched to identify unpublished studies. Articles were selected if they were published in English and reported data on the digital identity of children in relation to social networking sites.
resultsThe key terms used in the literature were sharenting, followed by digital footprints and children's identities. Our study revealed 2 approaches to the creation of digital identity: social digital identity and performative digital identity. The articles in this review most commonly used the term sharenting to describe the behavior parents engage in to create digital identities for children on social networking sites. Motivations to post information about children differed among parents; however, the most common reasons were to share with friends and family and create digital archives of childhood photos, termed social digital identity. The second motivation was categorized as performative digital identity. The risk of digital kidnapping and identity theft associated with the creation of digital identities also influenced parents' behaviors.
conclusionsThe creation of a digital identity for children is an emerging concept. Our review develops a deeper understanding of sharenting behaviors that can be used to better support parents and their children in creating a digital identity with children and awareness of the potential future impact. We recommend that future studies explore the perspectives of children as key stakeholders in the creation of their digital identity.
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