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1. 1. Being and Becoming : A Narrative Inquiry into Teenage Girls’ Online Discussion of Eating Disorders

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

   Author : Sarah Mitchell; [2016]
   Keywords : teenage; girls; eating disorders; online forum; narrative inquiry;

   Abstract : This study takes a social constructionist approach, using narrative inquiry methods to analyse posts made by teenager girls on an online eating disorder forum. The study draws upon the sociology of childhood, which argues that children should be recognised as social actors, and as both ‘beings’ in the present, as well as future ‘becomings’. READ MORE

3. 2. Doing disability online : Young people’s negotiations of disability labels and identities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

   Author : Sarah Mitchell; [2015]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Historically, there has been little theoretically-informed research which focuses on the voices and experiences of young, disabled people without making use of adult proxies. The current study sought to address this gap in the literature by taking an inductive, constructionist approach to exploring how young people negotiate their disability labels and identities on an online forum called Teenhelp. READ MORE