New Social & Personality Psychology Compass article coming soon: ‘Asymmetric Explanations of Group Differences: Experimental Evidence of Foucault’s Disciplinary Power’ by Dr. Peter Hegarty … Provisional Abstract: Whilst the same group differences can be explained in many ways, explanations of group differences tend to spontaneously figure the distinctive attributes of lower-status groups against a background … Continue reading »
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COMING SOON: ‘The Dark Triad of Personality: Ten Years On’ by Dr. Delroy Paulhus
New Social & Personality Psychology Compass article coming soon: ‘The Dark Triad of Personality: Ten Years On’ by Dr. Delroy Paulhus … Provisional Abstract: Ten years ago Paulhus and Williams (2002) called attention to the ‘Dark Triad’, a constellation of three conceptually distinct but empirically overlapping personality variables. The three members — Machiavellianism, narcissism and … Continue reading »
We Have Moved
We are pleased to announce that Sociology Lens is now a part of the Contexts Webring. As well as connecting us with a network of Sociology sites, it means we get a new URL and a makeover. From now on, the site can be found at http://contexts.org/sociologylens/. Please update your bookmarks accordingly.
facebook’s message of empowerment
by nathan jurgenson Users logged into Facebook this week to find various messages from the company telling them of changes in the way they will share their information. While the company frames all of this as putting users in “control” of their own data, it strikes me that this is more about empowering the company … Continue reading »
George Ritzer Guest Post – Consuming America: What Have We Done to Ourselves?
By: George Ritzer Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland (Note: The Following comments were prepared for a symposium sponsored by the Center on Religion and Culture, September 15, 2009.) Let me begin by quarreling with the title of this discussion. I think it is certainly a good idea to focus on consumption because: (1) of … Continue reading »
When Emotions Stall Political Change: The case of abortion and health care reform
By Dena T. Smith While abortion is certainly a hot-button issue on the American Political Scene, the fervent debate over the topic – mostly fueled by a clash between liberal and conservative, predominately religiously-oriented moral entrepreneurs – faded into the background after the presidential election season. In short, abortion is an issue that, while always central … Continue reading »
information wants to be expensive
by nathanjurgenson My previous post centered on the implications of Google’s dominance in internet search. However, subsequent major news provides the possibility of a major restructuring of the internet search market. It also has implications on how “flat” and “open” the web really is. One of the basic things all users of the internet do … Continue reading »
Cyborg Systems: Sociology’s Proper Unit of Analysis
by pj.rey The increasing centrality of the Internet in our daily lives has precipitated a spate of theorizing about how we – as humans and as a society – are changing (or not) due to the constant technological mediation of our most basic interactions and activities. Let’s face it: This sort of theorizing is populated … Continue reading »
Consequences of terror trials in NY: Re-traumatization and Revenge
By Dena T. Smith The announcement that several terror suspects, including Khalid Saikh Mohammed, implicated in the 9/11 attacks, will have their day in New York City courts was released last week. This news sparked fervent debate both between and within political parties for a range of reasons. Why civilian courts? Why in New York … Continue reading »
conference summary part 2: the internet as playground and factory
by nathan jurgenson Following PJ Rey’s excellent summary of the Internet as Playground and Factory yesterday, I offer a few additional observations from the conference this past weekend, focusing on Web 2.0 capitalism, and Google as the primary target. The roughly 100 presenters were not joined by Google, as the company said that the conference … Continue reading »
