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Sociology
S. L. Amrutha, Luke Gerard Christie
Summary: This paper explores how queer neurodivergent women practice their sexualities by subverting and disrupting traditional heterosexual norms. It argues that using the frameworks of queer phenomenology and feminist phenomenology can help analyze the narratives of these women and understand their experiences.
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Communication
Anna D. Gibson, Niall Docherty, Tarleton Gillespie
Summary: This article critically analyzes the metaphor of health and toxicity, finding that it is often used to justify decisions and legitimize actions while ignoring the challenges of democratic governance.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Carla J. Hart, Tammie King
Summary: Owning and walking a dog is reported to have physical and emotional health benefits, but owners of reactive dogs may face additional challenges that affect their pet ownership experience. This study found that the biggest challenge for owners of reactive dogs is the lack of understanding from others, leading to inappropriate behavior from the owners or the dogs. Many owners try to control the situation by avoiding crowded places or walking at less popular times. Walking a reactive dog often causes stress and anxiety.
Article
Sociology
Jose Pereira Coutinho, Sarah Wilkins Laflamme
Summary: This study explores the remnants and dynamics of religious beliefs and practices among religiously unaffiliated young people in Europe, comparing them with older unaffiliated individuals and religiously affiliated individuals. The study finds that, on average, young people have stronger eschatological beliefs compared to older age groups, regardless of religious affiliation. Additionally, young people engage in religious practices less frequently than older age groups, regardless of religious affiliation. The study also reveals that there are still gaps in levels of religious beliefs and practices between the religiously unaffiliated and the religiously affiliated among younger populations, but this gap has become narrower in terms of religious practices.
JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
(2023)
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Sociology
Anna Bagirova, Natalia Blednova, Aleksandr Neshataev
Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine fathers' involvement in childcare during parental leave in Russia and to assess the attitudes of the Russian population towards measures that can increase fathers' utilization of parental leave. The findings indicate that Russian parents are generally satisfied with the current workload distribution during parental leave. However, there is an increasing demand for greater involvement of fathers in childcare responsibilities and an interest in transforming parental leave policies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
(2023)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Maira de Jong van Lier, Jessica Duncan, Annah Lake Zhu, Simon R. Bush
Summary: This paper examines the framing of sustainable agriculture by Embrapa, a major contributor to Brazil's agricultural development, and highlights the underlying assumptions of dominant industrial food systems. The study reveals the exclusion of divergent perspectives within the organization.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Marthe Stevens, Anne Beaulieu
Summary: Machine learning approaches have the potential to contribute to patient treatment and care organization, but they also introduce complex environments and responsibility challenges. By elaborating on the concept of epistemic responsibility, this study investigates the process of responsibility formation among healthcare professionals learning machine learning techniques. The study argues that understanding the embedded relations in these complex environments is essential for generating epistemic responsibility. Contrary to the calls for control and clarification, the care approach reveals opportunities for ethical reflection and action.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Ethics
Yasusuke Minami, Hiro Yuki Nisisawa, Mitsuhiro Okada, Rui Sakaida
Summary: This study explores the use of touch and cane guidance to facilitate the mobility of visually impaired individuals. It finds that this method not only enables them to navigate their surroundings, but also fosters a sense of intersubjectivity and inclusion. The findings suggest that touch can be an effective means of conveying information and learning, beyond the traditional visual and auditory methods.
Article
Communication
Lillian Boxman-Shabtai
Summary: This paper introduces the Marketplace of Interpretation (MoI), a method that combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to quantify and compare polysemy in media reception studies. By drawing on the concept of framing and the marketplace metaphor, the paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the MoI method in comparing the polysemy of Facebook comment threads responding to different news stories.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Terry Flew, Petros Iosifidis, James Meese, Agata Stepnik
Summary: This article provides an overview of news media bargaining codes and discusses the reforms responding to the unequal bargaining power between digital platforms and news media publishers, using Australia and Canada as case studies. However, there are concerns about whether the funds received by news publishers will be reinvested into public interest journalism. The article questions the effectiveness of digital platform regulation and measures taken by nation-states in promoting reliable information and stabilizing democratic societies.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
(2023)
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Sociology
Martina Yopo Diaz
Summary: This article explores the multiple ontologies of time shaping women's reproductive experiences through 40 life story interviews. The findings show that women understand and live reproductive time as determined by God, nature, the clock, and technology, and often manage convergent and conflicting ontologies of time in negotiating childbearing, thus enabling and constraining women's childbearing experiences in particular ways.
SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Quah Ee Ling
Summary: This article examines the workings of heteronormativity in Southeast Asian queer migration biographies. It makes use of qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews with 15 queer migrants from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, The Philippines, and Thailand, and explores their local and transnational familial care practices and needs. The study reveals that although the queer migrants attempt to veer off from discriminatory heteronormative structures in their home country, they still remain implicated in the political economy of heteronormativity locally and transnationally.
Article
Sociology
Young-Joo Lee
Summary: This study examines the relationship between different congregational characteristics and churches' interests and involvement in refugee resettlement, using the data from the 2018-2019 National Congregations Study. The findings show that political conservatism, educational level, and participation in international humanitarian works are linked to churches' interests and discussions on refugee resettlement.
JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
(2023)
Article
Demography
Muzhi Zhou, Man-Yee Kan
Summary: Using data from multiple studies conducted in the UK between 1992 and 2019, this study examines the effects of partnership and parenthood on the paid and unpaid work time of men and women in Great Britain. The findings indicate that the traditional gender roles associated with partnership have weakened over the years, but motherhood continues to significantly reduce women's paid work time. The study also suggests that family policies have not been successful in increasing mothers' paid work time and fathers' unpaid work time.
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
(2023)
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Sociology
Elisabeth Wide
Summary: This article analyzes the relationship between law and class formation through the case of migrant care and domestic work. It highlights the issues faced by migrant workers in Finland and how migration laws restrict their ownership of labor power. The findings demonstrate the gratitude expressed by migrant domestic workers for their employment, while also acknowledging the undervaluation of their work.
SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Mavis Adjei, Huaming Song, Emmanuel Nketiah, Gibbson Adu-Gyamfi, Bright Obuobi, Javier Cifuentes-Faura
Summary: This study analyzed residents' preventing littering behavior in Ghana using the value-belief-norm theory. The findings showed that biospheric value, altruistic value, and egoistic value had positive effects on the new environmental paradigm, and personal norms influenced residents' preventing littering behavior.
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2023)
Article
International Relations
Julia Schoeneberg, Lata Narayanaswamy
Summary: In Western academic spaces, there is a growing commitment to decolonisation, but the emphasis on rankings, impact factors, citation numbers, and third-party funding can lead to extractive and violent practices in the name of decolonial scholarship. This article reflects on attempts to decolonise the discipline and practice of development, particularly in terms of knowledge production. Despite institutional pushback, there are potential openings within networks to challenge dominant knowledge structures and dismantle the master's house.
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Political Science
Sukwon Lee
Summary: This paper evaluates existing measurements and proposes new ones for foreign policy similarity in international politics, highlighting the importance of measurement in social science. The proposed indicators align with theoretical concepts and data characteristics to ensure consistency and validity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Ana Ines Mallimaci Barral, Maria Jose Magliano
Summary: This article examines the long-term effects of migration on social security. The study finds that South American immigrants with precarious and informal jobs face limited capabilities for coping with the aging process and encounter various limitations when accessing social security benefits.
CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Blaine Robbins, Daniel Karell, Simon Siegenthaler, Aaron Kamm
Summary: This study finds that subsidies can increase prosocial behavior among leaders, while the relative price of giving has no effect. These factors also do not influence norms about giving. Moreover, the introduction or removal of a subsidy does not affect giving behavior over time.
EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
(2023)
