Parents’ understandings of social media algorithms in children’s lives in England: Misunderstandings, parked understandings, transactional understandings and proactive understandings amidst datafication

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant profiles.

Pseudonym	Age	Profession	Age of children	Ethnicity	Household income (in GBP)	Location
Jackson	30s	Design Engineer	Girl 4, Girl 2	White	Between 35,000 and 50,000	East Midlands
Aadi	45	Doctor	Girl, 2	South Asian	Over 75,000	Greater London
Rhianne	30s	Teacher	Boy2, Boy 12 weeks	White	Over 75,000	Surrey
Terri	30s	Social media marketing	Boy 3, girl 2	White	50,000 to 75,000	Hampshire
Jadyn	30s	Plumber	Boy 6, nephew 16	Black	50,000 to 75,000	Greater London
Clarissa	50s	National Health Services	Boy 18, older kids in 30s	White	50,000 to 75,000	Somerset
Leona	40s	Civil Service	Girl 11, Boy 9	White	50,000 to 75,000	Tyne and Wear
Audrey	40s	Learning coordinator for church	Girl 18, Girl, 12, Boy 2	White	Over 75,000	Southampton
Lara	50	Unemployed	Boy 16 Boy 18	White	35,000 to 50,000	West Yorkshire
Isabel	41	Police officer	Girl 4	White	35,000 to 50,000	Shropshire
Clara	27	Teacher	Boy 4 months	White	35,000 to 50,000	Surrey
Hettie	24	Karate Instructor	Girl under 1 month	White	Under 25,000	Southampton
Akemi	53	Etsy seller	Boy 14, Boy 11	Asian	Between 25,000 to 35,000	Newcastle
Andrew	35	Healthcare professional	Boy 5, Girl 2	White	35,000 to 50,000	Kent
Freddie	45	Transport worker	Boy 12, Girl 8	White	50,000 to 75,000	Southampton
Lewis	38	Nurse	Son, 2; baby on way	White	35,000 to 50,000	Dorset
Mehmet	44	Secondary teacher	Girl 11, Boy 9	Asian	50,000 to 75,000	Newcastle
Brett	31	Academic support in HE	Boy, 4, Girl 1	White	35,000 to 50,000	Southampton
Robbie	36	Prison Officer	Boy 6, Boy 4	White	50,000 to 75,000	Kent
Liam	33	Secondary teacher	Boy 2, Girl 0	White	25,000 to 35,000	Surrey
Rijula	31	UKRI	Boy 3, girl 0	Asian	Over 75,000	Bristol
Nandini	41	Charity worker	Boy 7, girl 5	Asian	Under 25,000	Bristol
Delyse	28	Unemployed	Girl 4, girl, 4	Multiple ethnicities	Under 25,000	Bristol
Felix	49	Currently unemployed	Girl, 11, boy 9	White	Under 25,000	Cheshire
Lisbeth	52	Nursery worker	Girl 14, Boy 11	White	50,000 to 75,000	Newcastle
Will	43	Secondary teacher	Girl 6	White	35,000 to 50,000	Bournemouth
Bert	31	Software engineer	Boy 1	White	50,000 to 75,000	Surrey
Theo	38	Secondary teacher	Boy 8, girl 5, boy 2	White	35,000 to 50,000	Kent
Jenny	33	Acting and show writing	Boy 2 weeks	White	35,000 to 50,000	Luton
Patrick	42	Secondary teacher	Girl 11, Girl 10	White	50,000 to 75,000	Cheshire

Table 2. Participants cited in this paper.

Pseudonym	Age of children	Location
Jackson	Girl 4, Girl 2	East Midlands
Rhianne	Boy2, Boy 12 weeks	Surrey
Audrey	Girl 18, Girl, 12, Boy 2	Southampton
Isabel	Girl 4	Shropshire
Hettie	Girl under 1 month	Southampton
Andrew	Boy 5, Girl 2	Kent
Freddie	Boy 12, Girl 8	Southampton
Brett	Boy, 4, Girl 1	Southampton
Rijula	Boy 3, girl 0	Bristol
Nandini	Boy 7, girl 5	Bristol
Felix	Girl, 11, boy 9	Cheshire
Lisbeth	Girl 14, Boy 11	Newcastle