The effect of social media information on college major choices in China: a difference-in-differences analysis. [PDF]
Ma L, Liu B, Wu Y, Li Q, Zeng C.
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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment
Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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From intersection names to street rankings in Kyoto: Comparing ranking methods for incomplete pairwise data. [PDF]
Teramoto T.
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Of Numbers and Frogs: Wending One's Way through the Mind Fields of Symbolic Interaction Identity
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Gary T. Marx
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Abstract Digital democracy needs tools and platforms for people to engage with public life and governance. Yet we know surprisingly little about the political life of this ‘civic technology’ infrastructure. How do citizens make use of these well‐intentioned invitations to participate?
Laszlo Horvath
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Government by WhatsApp? Transparency, Secrecy and Avoidance during Covid in the UK
Abstract It has been claimed repeatedly that transparency undermines decision‐making. The fear of disclosure means officials and politicians may not discuss policy fully, are inhibited from giving frank advice, and could avoid proper record keeping. The use of informal communications—particularly the use of WhatsApp—makes all these tensions more likely,
Ben Worthy, Martin Rosenbaum
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Unconventional Practices and Boundary Work in Small Town Newspapers: The Case for a Rural Journalism Subfield. [PDF]
Nagel TWS, Broersma M.
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Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Trust undone: How COVID-19 coverage shaped scientists' trust in journalism and their willingness to engage with the media. [PDF]
Marcinkowski F, de Haas H, Kohler S.
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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