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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
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Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Consumption: A Critical Assessment of Recent Developments

, 2013
The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has been an extraordinarily influential figure in the sociology of music. For over three decades, his concepts have helped to generate both empirical and theoretical interventions in the field of study.
Nick Prior
semanticscholar   +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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Towards a Critical Understanding of Music, Emotion and Self-Identity [PDF]

, 2008
The article begins by outlining a dominant conception of these relations in sociologically informed analysis of music, which sees music primarily as a positive resource for active self-making.
Born Georgina, Bourdieu Pierre, Butler Judith, Cook Nicholas, David Hesmondhalgh, De Nora Tia, Elliott Anthony, Filmer Paul, Finnegan Ruth, Finnegan Ruth, Foucault Michel, Frith Simon, Frith Simon, Giddens Anthony, Hennion Antoine, Herzog Herta, Hochschild Arlie, Illouz Eva, Lasch Christopher, Martin Peter J., McGuigan Jim, Sennett Richard, Straw Will, Wouters Cas   +23 more
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Quantifying Imperfect Cognition Via Achieved Information Gain

Annalen der Physik, EarlyView.
Cognition, the processing of information in the form of inference, communication, and memorization, is the central activity of any intelligence. To quantify imperfect cognition, the concept of achieved information gain (AIG) is introduced. AIG can be derived axiomatically, allows cognitive fidelity and efficiency to be defined mathematically, and ...
Torsten Enßlin
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change in sociology: Still silent or resonating?

, 2020
Since Lever-Tracy’s call for stronger sociological engagement with climate change in 2008, the number of climate-related contributions to leading sociological journals has increased.
Jens Koehrsen, Sascha Dickel, T. Pfister, S. Rödder, Stefan Böschen, Björn Wendt, Katharina Block, A. Henkel   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

, 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, Kraaykamp, Gerbert, Lenthe, Frank van, Monden, Christiaan W.S.   +3 more
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The Computer‐Assisted Sequence Annotation (CASA) workflow for enzyme discovery

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise With the advent of inexpensive nucleic acid sequencing and automated annotation at the level of basic functionality, the central problem of enzyme discovery is no longer finding active sequences, it is determining which ones are suitable for further study.
Gemma R. Takahashi, Franchesca M. Cumpio, Carter T. Butts, Rachel W. Martin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectional inequalities in mental health by education, income, gender, and age before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background It remains unclear how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the mental health of different vulnerable groups. This study explores how mental health inequalities changed between 2014 (pre-COVID-19) and 2021 (during COVID-19) in the ...
Sanne E. Verra, Clare Evans, Joost Oude Groeniger, John de Wit, Maartje P. Poelman, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source