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Sharing images of children on social media: British motherhood influencers and the privacy paradox
Full text linkThis study examines the extent to which popular British motherhood influencers infringe on their children’s privacy by posting images of them online. We conducted a content analysis of 5,253 Instagram posts from ten UK-based influencers, supplemented by self-reported data from these influencers. This represents the first comprehensive analysis of actual sharing practices in the British motherhood influencer industry, linking observed behavior with self-reported perceptions. Children appeared in over 75% of the posts (3,917), though the proportion of posts containing embarrassing, intimate, or revealing content was relatively low (11.5%). Notably, sponsorships and product advertisements were present in 46.4% of posts featuring children, indicating that children’s images are frequently used for financial gain. Despite this, post popularity did not vary based on the inclusion of children, as posts featuring children did not receive more likes than those without. Influencers reported strong trust in online safety on Instagram, and reported indifference or willingness to sharenting suggesting that sharing images of their children may be a deliberate strategy rather than an accidental act. Half of the influencers did not accurately estimate their past sharenting behavior. This study extends the existing body of knowledge on sharenting behaviour and the privacy paradox by establishing a foundation of parents’ real-world posting habits and connecting them to their beliefs about publicly sharing their children’s images in the UK context. The findings do not strongly support the privacy paradox in this sample
‘Being a teacher is different from working as a teacher’: Evaluating pre-service primary school teachers’ practicum experiences in a Spanish context
Full text linkThis longitudinal qualitative study explores the value of practicum experiences for the formation of pre-service teachers' (PSTs) identities at different stages of their training in a Spanish context. It aimed to understand pre-service teachers’ professional development and practicum experiences, their support needs during this time and contribution of practicum experiences for the formation of their teacher identities. Using a case study approach, data were collected from interviews with pre-service teachers and their drawings, to elicit visual representations of their sense-making. A reflexive thematic approach was adopted for the data analysis. The findings demonstrate their learning about the realities and challenges facing teaching professionals, and raise pressing concerns for teacher education. Firstly, teacher education has become a technical and instrumental practice due to the process of 'professionalisation' of teachers, the concern is that important moral and ethical dimensions of teaching are overlooked, resulting in unintended negative consequences. Secondly, pre-service teachers lack opportunities and space to question practice. Practicum experience must be more than simply 'learning the ropes'. It must support pre-service teachers to become reflexive practitioners, and it is suggested that in this task teacher educators and school-based mentors have an important part to play
Et in Arcadia Ego: Death, Fortitude and the Birth of Wessex in Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd
Full text linkAs has long been recognized, Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd transcends simple pastoral idealization by integrating the harsh realities of labour, economic instability, and mortality into its narrative. The early episodes of the novel, in which the chief characters, Gabriel and Bathsheba, are introduced as potential lovers, culminates in the catastrophic loss of Gabriel’s entire flock of sheep. Other key scenes of the novel also feature untimely deaths – of Fanny Robin and Sergeant Troy – highlighting the persistent shadow of mortality over pastoral life. Written during a period of personal turmoil when Hardy was mourning the suicide of his friend Horace Moule while beginning marriage with Emma Lavinia Gifford, the novel serves as both a pastoral tale and a meditation on death. To keep his promise to the editor of Cornhill of ‘a pastoral tale’, such as would fit with the magazine’s usual fare and tenor required careful management of scenes like the death of the sheep and the opening of Fanny’s coffin. Repeatedly we see the narrator deflect away from the abject and toward the beauty of the surrounding natural world in a narrative strategy often enhanced through allusions to the visual arts. This psychological work in the novel during Hardy’s bereavement is put under pressure in the treatment of Troy, whose life (emerging in the wake of Moule’s death) closely corresponded with that of Moule. Troy’s elimination from the narrative to make way for the pastoral conclusion is brought about by clearly differentiating him from Anglo-Saxon natives of Wessex. Troy, as an ‘outsider’ due to his French lineage that is linked with his flaws, contrasts sharply with the local characters’ Englishness that is tested and proven worthy by contrast in times of adversity. The incursion and removal of ‘outsiders’ in Hardy’s Wessex, first conceptualized in Far from the Madding Crowd, thus reflects a deeper ideological project – the construction and protection of a distinct notion of Englishness
Mattering Spiritualities Performative Experiments for a Radical Imagining of the World Becoming
No full textMattering Spiritualities brings together an array of international scholars and practitioners to explore spirituality in embodiment through the lens of performance, performative writing, and performance studies.
The book concerns spirituality and takes the body as the site of whatever it is we call spirituality. The methodological assumption is that the opposition of body and spirit is a false binary that calls for re-examination and revision. It stems from the argument that people can deliberately shift their boundaries of perception and knowing through practice, technologies and performative techniques that can alter the way in which they perceive the ecologies in which they are embedded. This approach understands that careful attention to which bodies are performing in any given scenario is crucial, as is a sensitivity to the ramifications of any body’s race, gender, class, and biological ability. Performance can therefore be regarded as anything through which individuals and collectives experiment with bodies as technologies. Each chapter engages with such experiments to explore how bodies experience and relate to other bodies, human and other-than-human, but also how, by mobilizing bodies and changing relationships between them, practitioners can transform people, spaces and places, objects, ecologies large and small, and shift the borders-of-the-known. Such experiments can also reveal intersectional dynamics within given social, political, and biological borders offering new perspectives and angles of analysis.
This collection intends to serve transdisciplinary studies and to support varied learning and teaching environments for undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students
The US president, an Irish minister and a huge White House row
Full text linkAnalysis: Franklin D Roosevelt's 1941 explosive meeting with Frank Aiken ended with raised voices, histrionics and flying knives, forks and plate
Rethink the Way of Conducting Research: It is Time to Change to the Artificial Intelligence Era for Reliable Outcomes
No full textTechnological advancements have occurred over the last decade. Many of these advancements became an essential part of academic and scientific work. ChatGPT represents a significant advancement in the digital age that may have revolutionised changes inside and outside the academic society. This conceptual paper aims to discuss the role of ChatGPT in changing our view of the effective way of conducting research. This conceptual paper projects a future reform in research structure using “Advanced” ChatGPT and demonstrates critical changes that will influence the research structure using a step-by-step approach. This conceptual study demonstrates the transformative potential of “Advanced” ChatGPT in addressing entrenched research challenges, offering time-saving solutions, and
delivering high-quality outcomes. Unlocking the full potential of this AI can significantly bolster research endeavours. This conceptual study stands among the pioneering papers emphasizing the critical need to revolutionize conventional research methodologies through the integration of artificial intelligence technologies. A major contribution of this conceptual paper is its overview of the research and development efforts that have been endeavoured in the field and the potential advantages and disadvantages of using ChatGPT
Unpaid family workers and poverty reduction: a macro perspective
Full text linkWhile the significance of unpaid family workers (unpaid workers) to the social fabric of family-based economic activities is well acknowledged, their role in mitigating poverty at the macro level has received less attention. Achieving sustainable and inclusive growth that aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires understanding their role in poverty reduction. The study examines the role of unpaid workers on poverty dynamics using macro-level data from 64developing countries covering the period 1990–2021. While poverty incidence, depth and severity are measured using revised thresholds of 3.65 per day, unpaid workers are disaggregated by gender. Findings based on dynamic panel data analysis suggest that while unpaid workers reduce poverty, such effects are modest, nuanced and gender-specific. These findings gain significance in light of developing countries’ efforts to achieve SDG 1 (poverty reduction) and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and highlight the need for targeted policy interventions to value and support these worker
Secondary school leaders' lack of knowledge of abuse in adolescent intimate partner relationships in Northern Ireland, a post-conflict region
Full text linkThis paper explores secondary school leaders’ knowledge, specifically lack of knowledge, about abuse in adolescent intimate romantic relationships in Northern Ireland (NI), a post-conflict society. It is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with 14 participants (principals, deputy-principals, senior teachers - all pastoral leads). There were participants who did not recognize that abuse may exist in adolescent relationships, or that adolescents may have romantic relationships, thus focusing their school’s prevention activities on adult relationships. Findings and implications are discussed within the silencing structures of the NI context. The paper identifies the need to
reconceptualize school prevention efforts to encompass both youth and adult relationships and emphasizes the need for systemic change