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Book Chapters

Kirby E; Newton G; Smith L; Strnadova I; Churchill B; Hoffstatter L; Judd-Lam S; Newman CE, 2024, 'When caring ends: Exploring the hidden aspects of loss in trajectories out of caring in Australia', in Understanding the Grief and Loss Experiences of Carers: Research, Practitioner and Personal Perspectives, pp. 110 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003435365-9

Newton G, 2023, 'On familial haunting: donor-conceived people’s experiences of living with anonymity and absence', in Donor-linked families in the digital age: Relatedness and regulation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009008129.012

Newton G, 2022, 'Doing reflexivity in research on donor conception: examining moments of bonding and becoming', in Reproductive Citizenship: Technologies, Rights and Relationships, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9451-6_12

Journal articles

Newton G; Kirby E; Carah N; Wilson Gray R, 2024, 'On the sensations of direct-to-consumer DNA testing: realisations, resemblance and relationships', Emotions and Society, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/26316897y2024d000000045

Newton G; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2024, 'From lived experience to lived expertise: How donor-conceived witnesses claim and sustain epistemic authority', Journal of Pragmatics, 221, pp. 89 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.12.006

Lewis S; Newton G; Kenny K; Boyle F, 2024, 'The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer', Sociology of Health and Illness, 46, pp. 295 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13704

Newton G; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2023, 'Embodied sociotechnical imaginaries: how donor-conceived people imagine identity, family and reprodigital futures beyond regulation', Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 4, pp. 1221913, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1221913

Newton G; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2022, 'More than Humor: Memes as Bonding Icons for Belonging in Donor-Conceived People', Social Media and Society, 8, pp. 20563051211069055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20563051211069055

Newton G; Drysdale K; Zappavigna M; Newman CE, 2022, 'Truth, Proof, Sleuth: Trust in Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing and Other Sources of Identity Information among Australian Donor-Conceived People', Sociology, 57, pp. 36 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00380385221091184

Newton G; Southerton C, 2021, 'Situated Talk: a method for a reflexive encounter with #donorconceived on TikTok', Media International Australia, 186, pp. 66 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878X211064646

Kirby E; Newton G; Hofstätter L; Judd-Lam S; Strnadova I; Newman C, 2021, '(How) Will it end? A qualitative analysis of free-text survey data on informal care endings', International Journal of Care and Caring, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16357694113165

Conference Papers

Newton G, 2020, 'THE ‘SEARCH-FOR METHOD’: EXAMINING INSTANCES OF SUPPORT IN FACEBOOK GROUPS FOR DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE', Online, presented at Association of Internet Researchers, Online, 03 May 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11289

Conference Presentations

Newton G; Newman C; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K, 2019, '“I would like to think that we – the donor-conceived people – are the real experts”: using linguistic methods to examine donor-conceived people’s accounts in public hearings', presented at The Australian Sociological Association 2019 Conference: Creativity and Methodological Innovation in the Sociology of Familial and Intimate Relationships Workshop, Sydney, 29 November 2019

Newton G; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K; Newman C, 2019, 'Evaluating contraceptive methods using peer support from Reddit', presented at 2019 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Abstracts

Newton G; Newton G, 2020, '“It’s Terrible That Some People Have 300 Siblings But You Can Make A Really Funny Meme About National Sibling Day”: Bonding Around Donor Conception Memes.', in “It’s Terrible That Some People Have 300 Siblings But You Can Make A Really Funny Meme About National Sibling Day”: Bonding Around Donor Conception Memes., Sydney, presented at Digital Intimacies 6: Connection in Crisis, Sydney, 07 December 2020

Newton G, 2020, '“Telling It Like It Is”; Examining Donor-Conceived Witnesses’ Participation in Public Hearings.', in “Telling It Like It Is”; Examining Donor-Conceived Witnesses’ Participation in Public Hearings., presented at International Communication Association Pre-conference: Storytelling, Persuasion and Mobilization in the Digital Age


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