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Community music, identity and belonging among Dutchies in Australia: Comparing assimilation to multiculturalism

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses variations in the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music‐making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. It answers the research question “Which variations of ‘Dutch identity’ are there for the participants and how does music‐making relate to this?”. Feelings of identity and belonging
Karien Dekker, Jora Broerse, Nonja Peters   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology of Drug Consumption

Research on Addiction, 2004
In this article which is a review of sociological ideas and studies of drug abusers in social situation, drug addiction steps (particularly alcohol, heroin and cocaine consumption) are revised and some explanations are made.

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FOOD STUDIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY TODAY

Місто: історія, культура, суспільство, 2019
The author presents the history of sociological theories about food and consumption. This brief description, by and large, coincides with the description of the development of the whole discipline.
Tymofii Brik
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Book review: the sociology of consumption: a global approach by Joel Stillerman [PDF]

, 2016
The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach, authored by Joel Stillerman, offers a long-overdue account of the processes and cultural relevance of consumption in the twenty-first century.
Hogwood, Patricia
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Smoke gets in your eyes:what is sociological about cigarettes? [PDF]

, 2016
Contemporary public health approaches increasingly draw attention to the unequal social distribution of cigarette smoking. In contrast, critical accounts emphasize the importance of smokers’ situated agency, the relevance of embodiment and how public ...
Adam B., Bauman Z., Benjamin W., Bourdieu P., Brandt A., Campbell C., Dennis S., Donncha Marron, Elster J., Featherstone M., Ferguson H., Giddens A., Goodman J., Graham H., Greaves L., Hens G., Hilton M., Hughes J., Hunt A., Keane H., Lears T. J., Lears T. J., Lupton D., Miller D., Mills C. W., Mintz S., Rudy J., Schor J., Schudson M., Simmel G., Simmel G., Sobel D.   +31 more
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Why Online Consumption Communities Brutalize

Journal of Consumer Research
Consumers who socialize in online consumption communities sometimes become alarmingly hostile, toxic, and otherwise verbally violent toward one another—a phenomenon known in sociology as brutalization.
Olivier Sibai, M. Luedicke, Kristine de Valck   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Cookbook choice a matter of self-identity [PDF]

, 2008
Cookbooks have long been recognised as more than instructional texts rather as a literary genre with narratives beyond the functional. This paper discusses the influences which guide choices of cookbook and cookery writer for a group of thirtysomethings ...
Tonner, A.
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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]

, 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, Barnett, Beech, Birmingham, Castells, Castells, Castells, Castells, Castells, Castells, David, David, Foer, Forrest, Geey, Giulianotti, Giulianotti, Giulianotti, Giulianotti, Giulianotti, Giulianotti, Kerr, King, King, King, King, Littlewood, McGovern, McGovern, Millward, Rookwood, Rookwood, Taylor, Taylor, Weed   +34 more
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source