Jane O'Connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 7442842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane O'Connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Connor |
| SIGNATURE | CONNOR J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Education Futures University of Wolverhampton Walsall UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Making potions and jumping on the moon’
This study explores young children's understanding of scientists' roles using the Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) and semi-structured interviews with children aged 4-8 (n = 75) who were visiting a Science Museum in England. A mixed methods design was adopted in order to address the following questions: (i) How do young children represent scientists? (ii) What do children's drawings reveal about their understanding of scientists' gender, appearance, …
Orphans and Rich People’
In 2012, an art gallery in Birmingham, England presented an exhibition of ‘Children's Lives’. Through its curation of photography, fine art, objects, video and text, ‘Children's Lives’ claimed to ‘let childhood through the ages speak for itself’ and to contribute ‘to a debate over what it means to be a child’. In this article, we offer a critical analysis of the exhibition, examining the relationship between the exhibition as discourse and the ‘e…
An analysis of British Newspaper Coverage of the Teenage Swimming Gold Medallists at the London 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 Olympics saw a number of medallists across events who were 16 years old or younger. This article examines the British print media coverage of three of the youngest gold medallist swimmers, namely: Ye Shiwen of China (16), Ruta Meiluyte of Lithuania (15) and Kate Ledecky of the USA (15). The aim of the analysis is to highlight the ways in which dominant discourses around childhood, exceptional ability, ethnicity and gender, are pla…
From Jackie Coogan to Michael Jackson
The death of former child star Michael Jackson in 2009 reignited public debates around the potential dangers of early fame. This article explores the ways in which the status of child stars has changed over the course of the twentieth century in line with shifting attitudes toward childhood in general and with the proliferation and diversification of media formats. Starting with the Hollywood “Child Star” era and moving on to child stars of telev…
The Demonisation of Charlotte Church
This paper traces the media coverage of former child prodigy Charlotte Church over the period 1998–2007 as she moved from a charmed childhood through a turbulent adolescence and into young womanhood. Through an analysis of newspaper stories about the young star, I argue that Church is presented as a tragic figure who became symbolic of the metaphorical struggle between good and evil, and between childhood and adulthood, in British society. I demo…
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The Demonisation of Charlotte Church
This paper traces the media coverage of former child prodigy Charlotte Church over the period 1998–2007 as she moved from a charmed childhood through a turbulent adolescence and into young womanhood. Through an analysis of newspaper stories about the young star, I argue that Church is presented as a tragic figure who became symbolic of the metaphorical struggle between good and evil, and between childhood and adulthood, in British society. I demo…
From Jackie Coogan to Michael Jackson
The death of former child star Michael Jackson in 2009 reignited public debates around the potential dangers of early fame. This article explores the ways in which the status of child stars has changed over the course of the twentieth century in line with shifting attitudes toward childhood in general and with the proliferation and diversification of media formats. Starting with the Hollywood “Child Star” era and moving on to child stars of telev…
An analysis of British Newspaper Coverage of the Teenage Swimming Gold Medallists at the London 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 Olympics saw a number of medallists across events who were 16 years old or younger. This article examines the British print media coverage of three of the youngest gold medallist swimmers, namely: Ye Shiwen of China (16), Ruta Meiluyte of Lithuania (15) and Kate Ledecky of the USA (15). The aim of the analysis is to highlight the ways in which dominant discourses around childhood, exceptional ability, ethnicity and gender, are pla…
Orphans and Rich People’
In 2012, an art gallery in Birmingham, England presented an exhibition of ‘Children's Lives’. Through its curation of photography, fine art, objects, video and text, ‘Children's Lives’ claimed to ‘let childhood through the ages speak for itself’ and to contribute ‘to a debate over what it means to be a child’. In this article, we offer a critical analysis of the exhibition, examining the relationship between the exhibition as discourse and the ‘e…
‘Making potions and jumping on the moon’
This study explores young children's understanding of scientists' roles using the Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) and semi-structured interviews with children aged 4-8 (n = 75) who were visiting a Science Museum in England. A mixed methods design was adopted in order to address the following questions: (i) How do young children represent scientists? (ii) What do children's drawings reveal about their understanding of scientists' gender, appearance, …
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