How is Fatherhood Framed Online in Singapore?
Tran Hien Van Abhay Goyal Muhammad Siddique Lam Yin Cheung Nimay Parekh Jonathan Y Huang Keri McCrickerd Edson C Tandoc Jr. Gerard Chung Navin Kumar
The proliferation of discussion about fatherhood in Singapore attests to its
significance, indicating the need for an exploration of how fatherhood is
framed, aiding policy-making around fatherhood in Singapore. Sound and holistic
policy around fatherhood in Singapore may reduce stigma and apprehension around
being a parent, critical to improving the nations flagging birth rate. We
analyzed 15,705 articles and 56,221 posts to study how fatherhood is framed in
Singapore across a range of online platforms (news outlets, parenting forums,
Twitter). We used NLP techniques to understand these differences. While
fatherhood was framed in a range of ways on the Singaporean online environment,
it did not seem that fathers were framed as central to the Singaporean family
unit. A strength of our work is how the different techniques we have applied
validate each other.