9 Best Articles in 2021
Longreads
A Sociology of the Smartphone
Longreads
20+ min read · From 2017 · Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.
thesociologicalreview.com
What Works of Sociology and Anthropology Should All Students Read?
thesociologicalreview.com
From 2017 · What works of Sociology and Anthropology should all students read? We asked our followers for their recommendations.
LSE Review of Books
Book Review: What is Digital Sociology? by Neil Selwyn
LSE Review of Books
2020-06-15 · In What is Digital Sociology?, Neil Selwyn offers a new overview of digital sociology, advocating for its mainstream acceptance as a valuable expansion of sociological inquiry, while dispelling the…
The Atlantic
The Time Tax
The Atlantic
~15 min read · Jul 27th · A six-month wait for unemployment insurance. A paperwork nightmare over an insurance reimbursement. Drug tests for cash benefits. Why is there so much red tape in American life?
The Guardian
Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
The Guardian
~19 min read · From 2017 · The long read: Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime
perc.org.uk
Thoughts on the sociology of Brexit
perc.org.uk
9 min read · From 2016 · The geography reflects the economic crisis of the 1970s, not the 2010s
It became clear early on in the night that Leave had extraordinary levels of support in the North East, taking 70% of the votes in Hartlepool and 61% in Sunderland. It subsequently emerged that Wales had voted for Leave
cowles.yale.edu
Narrative Economics
cowles.yale.edu
From 2018 · The field of economics lags considerably behind other social sciences, such as history, anthropology and sociology, in understanding the ways narratives affect human thoughts and actions. Noted economist Robert J. Shiller explains the large-scale ramifications and detailed nuances of “narrative economics,” and how stories about an economic event – perhaps tales of the Great Depression or accounts of asset bubbles – may contribute to financial disruption. getAbstract recommends his erudite report to economists and historians interested in a sweeping discussion of the arc of narrative and its impact on economies.
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Family Background, Cultural Capital and College Major Choice in China
zhuanlan.zhihu.com
From 2018 · In a study published by The British Journal of Sociology in December 2107, Chinese scholars Hu Anning and Wu Xiaogang investigated the correlation between what French sociologist Pierre Bourdain identified as “cultural capital” and college major choice in China, where students must choose between a science-focused curriculum and an arts-focused curriculum at the start of high school. The older generation grew up in a country thirsty for economic growth and industrial prowess. In those days, many students favored science and technology above literature and the arts. According to Hu and Wu’s study, today it’s mostly those from a lower social strata – with less cultural capital – who choose a science-related major. Chen Xiaoxue, editor of the WeChat wemedia account The Intellectual, and research student Shi Jiaxin report on Wu and Hu’s findings. Chen and Shi’s study is thought-provoking and opens up a wealth of questions that researchers will undoubtedly explore in the future: As China develops, will the popularity of science majors decrease? Will the choice of majors affect China’s social stratification in the long run? How will changes in China’s education system affect the influence of cultural capital on social advancement? getAbstract recommends Chen and Shi’s insightful analysis to those interested in education, social mobility and economics.
The New York Times
The Age of Rudeness
The New York Times
20+ min read · From 2017 · As the social contract frays, what does it mean to be polite?
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phc.ox.ac.uk
Introduction to the Jefferson system of transcription
phc.ox.ac.uk
Oct 5th · This highly-regarded programme of short courses, led by Dr Charlotte Albury, is delivered by a team of qualitative researchers from Oxford’s Medical Sociology and Health Experiences Research Group.…
Kaiser Health News
‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
Kaiser Health News
6 min read · Oct 22nd · Diapers are a baby essential, but no federal program helps families cover their considerable cost. Jennifer Randles, a professor of sociology at Fresno State in California, spoke with KHN about her…
nbforum.com
It’s in the way you talk.
nbforum.com
2 min read · Oct 13th · Culture and common language are essential drivers of innovation. Because innovation is, contrary to the common belief of Scandinavian engineers, above all a sociology challenge. Pete Newell used to…
Phys.org
White Americans pay less attention to Black peers, says a new study
Phys.org
2 min read · Sep 17th · In a study of more than 2,500 participants published today in Science Advances, Sheen S. Levine, adjunct research scholar in the sociology department at Columbia University and professor of management…
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Truthout
As Campuses Cut Ties to Police, Sociology Departments Must Do the Same
Truthout
5 min read · 2020-07-21 · Sociology departments must end their role as pipelines to police academies.
New York Magazine
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The Economist
Democracy continues its disturbing retreat
The Economist
3 min read · From 2018 · More than half the countries in the latest update of a democratic-health index saw their scores decline
Nautilus Magazine
Overcoming Us vs. Them
Nautilus Magazine
20+ min read · From 2017 · As a kid, I saw the 1968 version of Planet of the Apes. As a future primatologist, I was mesmerized. Years later I discovered an anecdote…
Lifehacker
The Evolution of Anxiety: Why We Worry and What to Do About It
Lifehacker
6 min read · From 2017 · Let’s pretend for a moment that you are a giraffe. You live on the grasslands of the African savannah. You have a neck that is 7 feet long (2.1 meters). Every now and then, you spot a group of humans…
Guardian Books
Top 10 books writers should read
Guardian Books
6 min read · From 2016 · From unforgiving French sociology to Machiavelli’s manual for realpolitik, the Booker prize-winning author DBC Pierre recommends books that helped him write
Eugene Wei
The age of distributed truth
Eugene Wei
10 min read · From 2017 · Apparently, for years, Nora Ephron, who was once married to Carl Bernstein, would openly tell people that Deep Throat was FBI Associate Director Mark Felt . It wasn't that Bernstein told her; she…
Aeon+Psyche
How to have more meaningful conversations
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · Apr 28th · Be brave enough to share, kind enough to listen, and you can escape the shallows of small talk to dive deep with another
medium.com
Forget STEM, We Need MESH
medium.com
9 min read · From 2019 · The importance of media literacy, ethics, sociology and history education
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