Hookway, Nicholas
University of Tasmania
Australia
Dr Nicholas Hookway is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania. His work focuses on the construction of moral identity in late modernity. His other research interests are kindness, religion and spirituality, new media and online research technologies.
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ArticlesIntroduction From the annual ‘Pink Test’ cricket match in Australia to Mother’s Day fun runs, there has been a proliferation of ‘pink’ uniformed charity events. This article analyses the pink uniform of the 2020 Cancer Council Tasmania’s Women’s first virtual 5K walk/run (W5K). The Women’s 5K event took take place virtually in September 2020 due to COVID-19...Read more
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ArticlesIntroductionIn 2016, the online cause #Mission22 went viral on social media. Established to raise awareness about high suicide rates among US military veterans, the campaign involves users posting a video of themselves doing 22 push-ups for 22 days, and on some platforms, to donate and recruit others to do the same. Based on a ‘big data’ analysis of Twitter data...Read more
