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Hi there. I\u2019m the Marsh<\/em> in Braithwaite, Marsh, Tschamp-Diesing, and Leach\u2019s research on Family kinkeepers from 2017. Family kinkeepers enact an important role centered on interaction and maintaining family relationships. We studied kinkeeping communication in light of mediated communication, topics engaged, and kinkeepers\u2019 assessments. We worked with thirty-four self-identified kinkeepers, who kept an interaction diary over a 2-week span. We created 275 reports within 1,487 interactions where they usually had a large amount of mediated communications between them and their family members via text, telephone, e-mail, and social media. These interactions centered on everyday activities, rituals, health and safety. And despite potential complications of their role, most of the kinkeepers reported a high agreement and overall openness with family members, very little conflict, and overall satisfaction with these interactions. Implications of our findings, and new directions for researchers, and the important mediated role of family kinkeeping are discussed later in our article. We welcome you to read through it for yourself and see all that actually a kinkeeper does for their family. <\/p>\n\n\n\nFlashcards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Accounts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n refer to other kinds of narratives that provide explanations or reasons for people\u2019s\u00a0 behaviors\u00a0or situations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chilling effect<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n refers to the tendency of individuals to withhold complaints and avoid\u00a0 confrontation with their partner or with other family members for fear of reprisal, compared\u00a0 two potential explanations for how expressions of coercive power influence decisions to\u00a0 conceal secrets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Communication rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n are relationship agreements that highlight ” what\u00a0behaviors\u00a0are required,\u00a0 preferred, or prohibited in various social contexts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Constitutive rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n define ” what counts as what” and help family members understand why they\u00a0 should not do or say something<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Family network<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n refers to a group of people within a family system who have\u00a0established\u00a0a\u00a0 pattern of connecting through social interaction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Family secrets<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n involve information purposefully hidden or concealed by one or more family\u00a0 members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Horizontal communication<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n occurs when the persons involved in the interaction\u00a0possess\u00a0equal\u00a0 status or power, as when siblings share messages or when parents and adult children work\u00a0 out problems together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Master narratives<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n is a story of extraordinary proportions that is known to all members of the\u00a0 family and that serves to define what it means to be a family member<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Networked families<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n use a wide range of mediated channels to develop, enact, and change family \u00a0relationships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Regulative rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n prescribe acceptable communication\u00a0behavior: how, when, where, and with\u00a0 whom to talk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Relational culture<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n a shared set of meanings, expectations, and rules for interaction that\u00a0 contributes to creating a\u00a0relatively unique\u00a0communication system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stories<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n can be defined as narratives that provide a history or re-telling of what was experienced\u00a0 by family members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Transactional patterns<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n are ways in which each member of the family motivates and monitors\u00a0 the\u00a0behavior\u00a0of the other and is influenced, in turn, by the other person\u2019s\u00a0previous\u00a0actions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vertical communication<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\n\noccurs when real or imagined power differences characterize the\u00a0 interactions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n Press Enter or Space to flip the card<\/div><\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Accounts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
refer to other kinds of narratives that provide explanations or reasons for people\u2019s\u00a0 behaviors\u00a0or situations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Chilling effect<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
refers to the tendency of individuals to withhold complaints and avoid\u00a0 confrontation with their partner or with other family members for fear of reprisal, compared\u00a0 two potential explanations for how expressions of coercive power influence decisions to\u00a0 conceal secrets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Communication rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
are relationship agreements that highlight ” what\u00a0behaviors\u00a0are required,\u00a0 preferred, or prohibited in various social contexts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Constitutive rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
define ” what counts as what” and help family members understand why they\u00a0 should not do or say something<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Family network<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
refers to a group of people within a family system who have\u00a0established\u00a0a\u00a0 pattern of connecting through social interaction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Family secrets<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
involve information purposefully hidden or concealed by one or more family\u00a0 members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Horizontal communication<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
occurs when the persons involved in the interaction\u00a0possess\u00a0equal\u00a0 status or power, as when siblings share messages or when parents and adult children work\u00a0 out problems together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Master narratives<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
is a story of extraordinary proportions that is known to all members of the\u00a0 family and that serves to define what it means to be a family member<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Networked families<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
use a wide range of mediated channels to develop, enact, and change family \u00a0relationships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Regulative rules<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
prescribe acceptable communication\u00a0behavior: how, when, where, and with\u00a0 whom to talk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Relational culture<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
a shared set of meanings, expectations, and rules for interaction that\u00a0 contributes to creating a\u00a0relatively unique\u00a0communication system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Stories<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
can be defined as narratives that provide a history or re-telling of what was experienced\u00a0 by family members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Transactional patterns<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
are ways in which each member of the family motivates and monitors\u00a0 the\u00a0behavior\u00a0of the other and is influenced, in turn, by the other person\u2019s\u00a0previous\u00a0actions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
Vertical communication<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n