Engl. transl.: From surveillance to co-viewing: Strategies and responses to smartphone regulation within a family context

The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between family communication patterns and family approaches to the regulation of mobile smartphones. In a more general sense, the study explores how families are using mobile phones, what rules are established as well as how much and in what ways children adjust to or resist these rules. In doing so, we draw attention to the patterns that appear in connection with different communication styles of families. This aim is explored through a qualitative study conducted in Slovenian families with children in the age group from 11 to 13 years. The primary research method is based on in-depth semi-structured personal interviews with family members and group discussions among singular families. Due to interdependent family dynamics where we can determine both personal and group opinions formed in the families, the interpretive ethnographic approach has been used.