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Partner’s and own education: does who you live with matter for self-assessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This study analyses the importance of partner status and partner’s education, adjusted for own education, on selfassessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
Graaf, Nan Dirk De   +3 more
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Football's coming home ? digital reterritorialization, contradictions in the transnational coverage of sport and the sociology of alternative football broadcasts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article critically utilizes the work of Manuel Castells to discuss the issue of parallel imported broadcasts (specifically including live-streams) in football.
Baimbridge   +34 more
core   +4 more sources

Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Within the Italian context, girlhood studies can hardly be considered a specific field: adolescence and gender construction in Italy have historically been investigated by sociology and psychology, although, in recent years, media studies have also ...
Romana Ando'
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Exploring consumption profiles, consumer experience and quality claims of Canary Islands' cider (Spain): A multidimensional analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The exponential expansion of the global cider market positions it as a viable alternative to traditional choices such as wine and beer. Nevertheless, there exists a paucity of research examining the various factors influencing consumer interest in cider.
Eva Parga Dans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEW TRENDS IN CONSUMPTION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. SOCIOLOGICAL REFLECTION

open access: yesRozprawy Społeczne, 2019
The aim of the article is to characterize the most common tendencies that occur in consumption in contemporary society, which is part of the research area of consumption sociology.
Olga Filipiak
doaj   +1 more source

Getting beyond the surface : using geometric data analysis in cultural sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) refers to a group of statistical techniques that disclose underlying patterns in categorized data. GDA represents categories of variables and individuals as points in a multi-dimensional Euclidean space.
Roose, Henk
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

The mediatization of ethical consumption

open access: yesMedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2013
Over the years, mediatization studies have investigated the influence of media in numerous sections of contemporary society. One area that has received limited attention is the mediatization of consumption, particularly issues concerning ethical ...
Mikkel Fugl Eskjær
doaj   +3 more sources

Distinction, Consumption and Social Classes: Elements for a Cinematografic Consumption Practice’s Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
El presente texto se aboca a la construcción de herramientas teóricas para el abordaje del cine como práctica social, específicamente en lo referido a la dimensión del consumo.
Assusa, Gonzalo
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