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Dr Clare Southerton

Dr Clare Southerton

Visiting Fellow

BA(Hons), PhD(Sociology)

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
Centre for Social Research in Health

Dr Clare Southerton is a Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. Her research explores how social media platforms and other digital technologies are used for learning and sharing knowledge. Her previous work has explored digital youth cultures, surveillance and privacy, digital health and sexuality. Her work has been published in New Media & Society, Social Media + Society and the Journal of Sociology.
E-mail
c.southerton@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2024
    Smith N; Southerton C; Clark M, 2024, Researching contemporary wellness cultures,
    Books | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C; Clark M; Watson A, 2021, The Face Mask in COVID Times: A Sociomaterial Analysis, De Gruyter,
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Smith N; Clark M; Southerton C, 2024, 'Looking good, feeling good and refusing the jab: Tracing the relationships between healthism, wellness culture and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy', in Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures, pp. 47 - 60,
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Smith N; Southerton C; Clark M, 2024, 'Introduction: Researching contemporary wellness cultures', in , pp. 1 - 11,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Southerton C; Clark M, 2023, 'Imagining intimacy after COVID', in The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures, pp. 161 - 176,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Lupton D; Clark M; Southerton C, 2022, 'Digitized and Datafied Embodiment: A More-than-Human Approach', in Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 23,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Lupton D; Clark M; Southerton C, 2022, 'Digitized and datafied embodiment: A more-than-human approach', in Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism, pp. 361 - 383,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Southerton C; Clark M; Watson A; Lupton D, 2022, 'The Futures of Qualitative Research in the COVID-19 Era: Experimenting with Creative and Digital Method', in Matthewman S (ed.), A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 155 - 174,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Southerton C, 2022, 'Datafication', in Encyclopedia of Big Data, Springer International Publishing, pp. 358 - 361,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '1 Introduction: The Shifting Meanings and Practices of Face Masks', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 1 - 16,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '2 Face Mask Politics', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 17 - 30,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '3 Living with Face Masks', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 31 - 43,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '4 Face Masks and Breath', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 44 - 56,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '5 Face Mask Making Cultures', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 57 - 70,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, '6 Face Masking and Care', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 71 - 83,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, 'Epilogue: Masks Matter', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. 84 - 85,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, 'List of Illustrations', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. vii - viii,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    , 2021, 'Preface', in The Face Mask In COVID Times, De Gruyter, pp. ix - xiv,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2021, 'Beyond Wicked Facebook: A Vital Materialism Perspective', in , Bristol University Press, pp. 34 - 52,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2021, 'Beyond Wicked Facebook: A Vital Materialism Perspective', in Dystopian Emotions, Bristol University Press, pp. 34 - 52,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2021, 'Beyond Wicked Facebook: A Vital Materialism Perspective', in Dystopian Emotions, Bristol University Press, pp. 34 - 52,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2021, 'Beyond Wicked Facebook: A Vital Materialism Perspective', in Dystopian Emotions, Policy Press, pp. 34 - 52,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Southerton C; Taylor E, 2021, 'Dataveillance and the Dividuated Self: The Everyday Digital Surveillance of Young People', in Arrigo B; Sellars B (ed.), The Pre-Crime Society Crime, Culture and Control in the Ultramodern Age, Policy Press,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Southerton C, 2020, 'Datafication', in Schintler L; McNeely C (ed.), Encyclopedia of Big Data, Springer, Cham,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Southerton C; Bruce M, 2019, 'Beyond Human (Un)Belonging: Intimacies and the impersonal in Black Mirror', in Tsalapatanis A; Bruce M; Bissell D; Keane H (ed.), Social Beings, Future Belongings: Reimagining the Social, Routledge, London, pp. 107 - 121
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Southerton C; Damkaer M; Albrechtslund A, 2019, 'Photo Sharing as Participatory Surveillance', in Cultures of Participation Arts, Digital Media and Cultural Institutions, Routledge
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Southerton C; McCann H, 2019, 'Queerbaiting and Real Person Slash: The Case of Larry Stylinson', in Brennan J (ed.), Queerbaiting and Fandom Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities, University of Iowa Press, pp. 161 - 163
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Southerton C, 2014, 'Zombies, Run! Rethinking Immersion in Light of Nontraditional Gaming Contexts', in Transmedia Practice: A Collective Approach, Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 131 - 141,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Southerton C, 2014, 'Zombies, Run! Rethinking Immersion in Light of Nontraditional Gaming Contexts', in Polson D; Cook AM; Velikovsky JT (ed.), Transmedia Practice: A Collective Approach, BRILL, pp. 132 - 141,
  • Edited Books | 2024
    Smith N; Southerton C; Clark M, 2024, Researching contemporary wellness cultures,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Clark M; Southerton C; Driller M, 2024, 'Digital self-tracking, habits and the myth of discontinuance: It doesnā€™t just ā€˜stopā€™', New Media and Society, 26, pp. 2168 - 2188,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Clark M; Southerton C, 2024, 'Understanding digital period pedagogies: Exploring how young people navigate menstruation through embodied experience', Health Education Journal, 83, pp. 359 - 370,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2024, '#ActuallyAutistic: Competing Cultures of Expertise and Knowledge in Relation to Autism and ADHD Self-Diagnosis on TikTok', Historical Social Research, 49, pp. 188 - 212,
    Journal articles | 2024
    McLean J; Southerton C; Lupton D, 2024, 'Young people and TikTok use in Australia: digital geographies of care in popular culture', Social and Cultural Geography, 25, pp. 795 - 813,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Smith N; Southerton C; Clark M, 2024, 'Introduction: Researching contemporary wellness cultures', Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures, pp. 1 - 11,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Smith N; Southerton C, 2023, 'Special Issue: What do misinformation practices feel like? Embodiment, health and digital spaces', Journal of Sociology, 59, pp. 603 - 609,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Southerton C; Clark M, 2023, 'OBGYNs of TikTok and the role of misinformation in diffractive knowledge production', Journal of Sociology, 59, pp. 610 - 627,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Smith N; Maddox A; Southerton C; Baker SA, 2022, 'Conspiracy', M/C Journal, 25,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Smith N; Southerton C, 2022, '#FreeBritney and the Pleasures of Conspiracy', M/C Journal, 25,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lupton D; Southerton C, 2021, 'The thing-power of the Facebook assemblage: Why do users stay on the platform?', Journal of Sociology, 57, pp. 969 - 985,
    Journal articles | 2021
    McCann H; Southerton C, 2021, 'Boy crazy, but not in a straight way: The ā€˜truthā€™ about Larry in the One Direction fandom', Journal of Fandom Studies, The, 9, pp. 143 - 159,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Newton G; Southerton C, 2021, 'Situated Talk: a method for a reflexive encounter with #donorconceived on TikTok', Media International Australia, 186, pp. 66 - 80,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Southerton C, 2021, 'Lip-Syncing and Saving Lives: Healthcare Workers on TikTok', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 15, pp. 3248 - 3268,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Southerton C, 2021, 'Research Perspectives on TikTok & Its Legacy Apps| Lip-Syncing and Saving Lives: Healthcare Workers on TikTok', International Journal of Communication, 15,
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Fieldwork at your fingertips: creative methods for social research under lockdown', Nature,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rasmussen ML; Southerton C; Fela G; Marshall D; Cover R; Aggleton P, 2020, 'Playing Recognition Politics: Queer Theoretical Reflections on Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Youth Social Policy in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, pp. 2341 - 2352,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Southerton C; Marshall D; Aggleton P; Rasmussen ML; Cover R, 2020, 'Restricted modes: Social media, content classification and LGBTQ sexual citizenship', New Media & Society, 23, pp. 920 - 938,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Southerton C; Taylor E, 2020, 'Habitual Disclosure: Routine, Affordance, and the Ethics of Young Peoples Social Media Data Surveillance', Social Media and Society, 6,
    Journal articles | 2019
    McCann H; Southerton C, 2019, 'Repetitions of desire queering the one direction fangirl', Girlhood Studies, 12, pp. 49 - 65,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Southerton C, 2018, 'Sociology and the New Materialism: Theory, Research, Action', Journal OF Sociology, 54, pp. 156 - 158,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fox NJ; Alldred P, 2017, 'Sociology and the New Materialism: Theory, Research, Action', ,
  • Conference Papers | 2019
    McCann H; Southerton C, 2019, 'FANGIRLS AND FAKE NEWS: DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE AFFECTS OF FANDOM', in AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, University of Illinois Libraries,
  • Media | 2021
    Southerton C; Clark M, 2021, 10am brunch, 1pm Kmart: when the media pokes fun at someoneā€™s lifestyle, itā€™s harder for the next person to get COVID tested, ,
    Media | 2021
    Southerton C, 2021, Sydney businesses targeted in COVID-19 safety blitz after 'complacency' sets in,
    Media | 2021
    Watson A; Clark M; Southerton C; Lupton D, 2021, Fieldwork at your fingertips: creative methods for social research under lockdown, Springer Nature,
    Media | 2020
    Lupton D; Watson A; Southerton C; Clark M, 2020, From scary pumpkins to bridal bling, how masks are becoming a normal part of our lives in Australia,
    Media | 2020
    Southerton C, 2020, Queenslandā€™s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health, ,
    Media | 2018
    Rasmussen ML; Aggleton P; Southerton C; Marshall D; Cover R; Newman C, 2018, "It was just nice to see they existedā€. The importance of having LGBTQ teachers who are ā€˜outā€™ at school., ,