“Teen mom” discourses in thai society through fiction media and celebrities’ real lives

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to study the power constructing “teen mom” discourse in each era and to study teen mom’s communication and struggling to the discourses and practices to teem mom. This is qualitative research with discourse analysis from textual analysis of 40 fiction media about teen mom in Thailand and historical study of 5 teen moms who are celebrities in Thailand accepting that they are teen mom in public. The discourse analysis of “teen mom” in Thailand in each era has been divided based on socio-cultural changes into 3 discourses as follows; 1) Teen mom is matter of course, 2) Teen mom is culpability, 3) Teen mom is flexibility. The 40 fiction media about teen mom in Thailand and 5 real lives of teen moms who are celebrities in Thailand were representatives differently in these 3 discourses.