• Case-based research in community and social psychology: Introduction to the special issue 

  Hodgetts, Darrin; Stolte, Ottilie Emma Elisabeth (Wiley, 2012)

  Cases are highly prevalent in teaching and practice in psychology. Case-based research is crucial for engaged and relevant community and applied social psychologies, but is often subject to critique. This editorial responds ...
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  Characterizations of Pacific Island people in the New Zealand press 

  Loto, Robert; Hodgetts, Darrin; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Chamberlain, Kerry; Karapu, Rolinda; Barnett, Alison Reremoana (2005)

  Researchers have documented how ethnic minorities are often disadvantaged in mainstream media coverage, which function to silence minority voices and to privilege majority voices. Such representational practices have very ...
• Child poverty and government policy: the contesting of symbolic power in newspaper constructions of families in need 

  Barnett, Alison Reremoana; Hodgetts, Darrin; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Chamberlain, Kerry; Karapu, Rolinda (2007)

  News media play a central role in processes of symbolic power through which social issues are defined and solutions legitimized. This paper explores the role of newspaper coverage in the public construction of the New ...
• Considering photographs never taken during photo-production projects 

  Hodgetts, Darrin; Chamberlain, Kerry; Radley, Alan (2007)

  The visual medium is central to how most of us navigate daily life and come to know and interact with our social worlds. Recently, the role of visual dimensions of everyday life has surfaced in qualitative research in ...
• Constructing health news: Possibilities for a civic-oriented journalism 

  Hodgetts, Darrin; Chamberlain, Kerry; Scammell, Margaret; Karapu, Rolinda; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (2007)

  Health is a very prominent news category. However, we know little about the production processes of journalists leading to the health stories we encounter on a daily basis. Such knowledge is crucial for ensuring a vibrant ...

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  Positive Ageing in Place: Older Māori in Traditional and Non-traditional Place 

  Williams, Cassandra (University of Waikato, 2012)

  This thesis examines the role of place in experiences of ageing for older Māori, and the extent to which places of choice facilitate a sense of positive ageing. Particular attention is given to multiple experiences of home ...
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  The everyday Bogans: Identity and community amongst Heavy Metal fans 

  Snell, Dave (University of Waikato, 2012)

  Since the mid-twentieth century some social psychologists have demarcated communities as static entities; conceptual and physical boundaries were placed around communities to facilitate scholarly analysis. This theoretical ...
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  The Emotional Lives of Men: The Complexities of Expressing Emotions 

  McKenzie-Norton, Esmae (University of Waikato, 2010)

  This research responds to the widely held view expressed in academic and popular literature that men have difficulties expressing themselves emotionally. Both popular and academic literatures on men’s emotional lives often ...
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  To medicate or not to medicate? Exchange, identity and care in everyday household medication practices 

  Hayward, Brooke Particia (University of Waikato, 2011)

  In contemporary societies, medications are one of the most commonly used resources for the prevention, treatment, or cure of illness and disease (Shoemaker & de Oliveira, 2008). Despite this, there is a lack of understanding ...
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  Shifting Selves: Home beyond the House - A Study of Ageing, Housing and Wellbeing of Older Chinese Migrants to New Zealand 

  Li, Wendy Wen (University of Waikato, 2011)

  Older Chinese immigrants are one of the largest ethnic ageing groups in New Zealand. However, people‘s everyday experiences of settling in a new and unfamiliar environment have been largely overlooked, particularly for ...

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