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Photo-based Narratives as Communication Mediatorsbetween Grandparents and, their Living Abroad Childrenand Grandchildren

Media-sharing websites are facilitating modern versions of storytelling activities. This study investigates the use of photo-based narratives for supporting young parents who are geographically-separated from their aging parents to share stories about their young children. We analyze the case of Malaysian young mothers living in the UK, communicating regularly with their families back home, sharing experiences living in another country, looking for parenting advice, and opening opportunities for sharing the life and development of their young children. Sixteen families participated in our study through giving us access to their social networking and web spaces and participating in exercises for creating photo stories. We identified the characteristics of the mediating system serving to establish the contact between grandparents and grandchildren as well as the characteristics of the photostories and the practices around sharing them.