Search Results - "Journal of sociology (Melbourne, Vic.)"

Liquid love?: Dating apps, sex, relationships and the digital transformation of intimacy by Hobbs, Mitchell, Owen, Stephen, Gerber, Livia

“…In Liquid Love Zygmunt Bauman argued that the solidity and security once provided by life-long partnerships has been 'liquefied' by rampant individualisation…”
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Technology, innovation, employment and power: Does robotics and artificial intelligence really mean social transformation? by Boyd, Ross, Holton, Robert J.

“…How far do recent innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence herald an unprecedented economic and social transformation? This article provides a…”
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The economy of attention by Franck, Georg

“…This article outlines a theory of the economy of attention constituting the logic of the mass media in contemporary social life, focusing on celebrity as the…”
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Help-seeking among lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender victims/survivors of domestic violence and abuse: The impacts of cisgendered heteronormativity and invisibility by Donovan, Catherine, Barnes, Rebecca

“…Despite growing research into domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans (LGB and/or T) people's relationships, LGB and/or T…”
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Rethinking neoliberalism by Dean, Mitchell

“…There are many key questions concerning the current status of the notion of neoliberalism. What is it? Is it an appropriate concept to describe a political and…”
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Old and afraid of new communication technologies?: Reconceptualising and contesting the 'age-based digital divide' by Neves, Barbara Barbosa, Waycott, Jenny, Malta, Sue

“…Despite sociological attempts to critically address an age-based digital divide, older adults (65+) continue to be portrayed in the academic literature and…”
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Affective design and memetic qualities: Generating affect and political engagement through bushfire TikToks by Brown, Yanni, Pini, Barbara, Pavlidis, Adele

“…This article explores the affective dimensions of social media platform TikTok, and its potential as a novel form of political participation among young…”
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OBGYNs of TikTok and the role of misinformation in diffractive knowledge production by Southerton, Clare, Clark, Marianne

“…Health misinformation on social media has largely been examined from a harms-focused perspective, with scholars seeking to identify what impacts misinformation…”
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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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A sociology of Covid-19 by Matthewman, Steve, Huppatz, Kate

“…The Covid-19 pandemic presents the profoundest public health and economic crisis of our times. The seemingly impossible has happened: borders have closed,…”
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Schizoid subjectivities?: re-theorizing teen girls' sexual cultures in an era of 'sexualization' [Paper in special issue: Youth: Identities, Transitions, Cultures. Geldens, Paula; Lincoln, Sian and Hodkinson, Paul (eds)] by Renold, Emma, Ringrose, Jessica

“…Drawing on three case studies from two UK ethnographic research projects in urban and rural working-class communities, this article explores young teen girls’…”
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International students on the edge: The precarious impacts of financial stress by Wilson, Shaun, Hastings, Catherine, Morris, Alan, Ramia, Gaby, Mitchell, Emma

“…International students are an important global cohort of 'noncitizens' whose experiences are central concerns for urban sociologists and migration scholars…”
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Younger generations' expectations regarding artificial intelligence in the job market: Mapping accounts about the future relationship of automation and work by Vicsek, Lilla, Bokor, Tamás, Pataki, Gyöngyvér

“…There is a deficiency of in-depth explorations of young people's visions of automation and work, and how these relate to popular projections found in the…”
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Ageing, migration and new media: The significance of transnational care by Wilding, Raelene, Baldassar, Loretta

“…The experiences of ageing for today's older people present a striking contrast to those of the past. They are entering older age in a world that is…”
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Institutional prestige, academic supervision and research productivity of international PhD students: Evidence from Chinese returnees by Shen, Wenqin, Jiang, Jin

“…Since the emergence of global university rankings in the 2000s, East Asian universities have been recruiting academics with doctoral degrees from Western…”
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Conspiracy, misinformation, radicalisation: Understanding the online pathway to indoctrination and opportunities for intervention by Booth, Emily, Lee, Jooyoung, Rizoiu, Marian-Andrei, Farid, Hany

“…In response to the rise of various fringe movements in recent years, from anti-vaxxers to QAnon, there has been increased public and scholarly attention to…”
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Pox populi: Anti-vaxx, anti-politics by Russell, Francis

“…This article explores the political meaning of the interconnected anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protest movements that have emerged in response to the…”
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Public health pedagogy and digital misinformation: Health professional influencers and the politics of expertise by Thompson, Jay Daniel

“…This article asks: 'To what extent can health professional influencers function as health pedagogues, educating their audiences and protecting public health in…”
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Status-making: Rethinking migrant categorization by Robertson, Shanthi

“…Migrants are increasingly categorized with different 'statuses' - that is, classified, quantified, coded and placed into hierarchies that are politically and…”
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Youth, social cohesion and digital life: From risk and resilience to a global digital citizenship approach by Harris, Anita, Johns, Amelia

“…Cultural diversity and the digital have been identified as among the most important megatrends facing young Australians in current times. These challenges have…”
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