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Changing masculinities?: Using caring masculinity to analyse social media responses to the decline of men in Australian primary school teaching by Hookway, Nicholas Samuel, Cruickshank, Vaughan

“…Commentators have predicted that Australian male primary school teachers will be extinct within 50 years. Drawing upon sociological ideas about the emergence…”
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Navigating 'thin' dating markets: Mid-life repartnering in the era of dating apps and websites by Dwyer, Zack, Hookway, Nicholas, Robards, Brady

“…This article is a qualitative analysis of how people aged in their 30s and 40s use dating apps and websites to repartner following relationship separation or…”
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Towards an understanding of loneliness among Australian men: Gender cultures, embodied expression and the social bases of belonging by Franklin, Adrian, Barbosa Neves, Barbara, Hookway, Nicholas, Patulny, Roger, Tranter, Bruce, Jaworski, Katrina

“…Recent quantitative investigations consistently single out considerable gender variations in the experience of loneliness in Australia, and in particular how…”
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Reading in Community, Reading for Community: A Survey of Book Clubs in Regional Australia by Clarke, Robert, Hookway, Nicholas, Burgess, Rebekah

“…Worries about weakening community are central to assessments of modern Australia, yet it is easy to overlook the everyday ways we "do" and participate in…”
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Entering the blogosphere': some strategies for using blogs in social research by Hookway, Nicholas

“…Since 1999 blogs have become a significant feature of online culture. They have been heralded as the new guardians of democracy, a revolutionary form of…”
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The moral self: Class, narcissism and the problem of do-it-yourself moralities by Hookway, Nicholas

“…This article is a qualitative exploration of how contemporary morality is understood and constructed using Australian blog and interview data. A key finding is…”
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Zygmunt Bauman’s moral saint: Reclaiming self in the sociology of morality by Hookway, Nicholas

“…Zygmunt Bauman’s sociology of morality signals an important new direction from the orthodoxy of Emile Durkheim’s ‘society’ realised ethics. The first part of…”
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Beyond millennials v baby boomers: Using kindness to assess generationalism across four age cohorts in Australia by Hookway, Nicholas, Woodman, Dan

“…Today’s young people (youth and young adults) are routinely understood in generational terms, constructed as narcissistic and selfish in comparison with their…”
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Emotions, Body and Self: Critiquing Moral Decline Sociology by Hookway, Nicholas

“…Morality is argued to be in a state of decline in the contemporary West. This article identifies two dominant strands of moral decline sociology: the 'cultural…”
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Moral decline sociology: Critiquing the legacy of Durkheim by Hookway, Nicholas

“…This article critically evaluates key assumptions within classical and contemporary ‘decline’ moral sociology. It argues that two dominant models of moral loss…”
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Becoming and being a masters athlete: Class, gender, place and the embodied formation of (anti)-ageing moral identities by Hookway, Nicholas, Palmer, Catherine, Dwyer, Zack, Mainsbridge, Casey

“…Once discouraged or viewed as dangerous, Masters athletes are now seen as exemplars of how people should age. This paper qualitatively examines the sporting…”
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‘Losing my religion’: Managing identity in a post-Jehovah’s Witness world by Hookway, Nicholas Samuel, Habibis, Daphne

“…What is it like to be socialised into the self-contained Christian fundamentalist world of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and to move towards disinheriting that…”
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Kindness in Australia: an empirical critique of moral decline sociology by Habibis, Daphne, Hookway, Nicholas, Vreugdenhil, Anthea

“…A new sociological agenda is emerging that interrogates how morality can be established in the absence of the moral certainties of the past but there is a…”
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Does passive hip stiffness or range of motion correlate with spinal curvature and posture during quiet standing? by Elliott, Bethany Jane, Hookway, Nicholas, Tate, Brittany May, Hines, Mark Graham

“…•Spinal curvature does not correlate with hip joint passive stiffness.•Joint range of motion does not correlate with maximum joint stiffness.•There are few…”
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Risk, morality and emotion: social media responses to pregnant women who smoke by Hookway, Nicholas, Elmer, Shandell, Frandsen, Mai

“…In this article, we use qualitative data to examine the shape and nature of the online 'moral outrage' that was directed at a research trial that used…”
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Living Authentic: "Being True to Yourself" as a Contemporary Moral Ideal by Hookway, Nicholas

“…IntroductionFrom reality television and self-help literature to exhortations to be “true to yourself,” authenticity pervades contemporary culture. Despite…”
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Embodied philanthropy and Sir Captain Tom Moore's “Walk for the NHS” by Wade, Matthew, Hookway, Nicholas, Filo, Kevin, Palmer, Catherine

“…Recent decades have witnessed growing popularity in embodied philanthropy, where participants undertake various types of publicly displayed bodily labour in…”
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"I Decked Myself Out in Pink": Examining the Role of the Pink Uniform in a Virtual Sports Charity Event by Hookway, Nicholas, Palmer, Catherine, Wade, Matthew, Filo, Kevin

“…Introduction From the annual ‘Pink Test’ cricket match in Australia to Mother’s Day fun runs, there has been a proliferation of ‘pink’ uniformed charity…”
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‘22 Push-Ups for a Cause’: Depicting the Moral Self via Social Media Campaign #Mission22 by Hookway, Nicholas, Graham, Tim

“…IntroductionIn 2016, the online cause #Mission22 went viral on social media. Established to raise awareness about high suicide rates among US military…”
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Zygmunt Bauman’s moral saint: Reclaiming self in the sociology of morality by Hookway, Nicholas

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