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Spirals of Care: Resisting Paternalism and Palliation in Chronic Homeless Services

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how organizationally supported resistance to paternalism and palliation unfolds on the frontlines of poverty governance. Sociological research shows that poverty in the United States is often managed through paternalist behavioral control or palliative minimalism.
Alexa Damaska
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating Reality: Exploring Synthetic Media Through Multistakeholder AI Governance

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence's integration into daily life has brought with it a reckoning on the role such technology plays in society and the varied stakeholders who should shape its governance. This is particularly relevant for AI‐generated, or synthetic, media, an emergent visual technology impacting perceptions of media as records of reality ...
Claire R. Leibowicz
wiley   +1 more source

Youthful culture: Immaterial labour, co-optation and the space between IRL young people and their conceptual doppelgangers [PDF]

open access: yes
DIY and alternate cultures are important social spaces to study because they are where young people can find themselves when they feel like they do not fit in and where they can find like-minded peers with whom to work, make and play. DIY and alternative
Steven Threadgold (21127991)
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Pragmatism, Dual‐Process Theory, and the Study of Reflective Cognition

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article advances dual‐process theory (DPT) by developing a pragmatist framework for the study of reflective cognition. Although dual‐process models were introduced to sociology via Bourdieusian practice theory, Bourdieusian DPT has proven inadequate for theorising reflective cognition and action, with sociologists looking to pragmatism as
Gordon Brett
wiley   +1 more source

The Dilemma of Carbon‐Conscious Consumers: A Multi‐Study Investigation of Carbon Transparency in AI Use

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 8, Page 1829-1844, August 2026.
ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in everyday consumer services, it introduces ethical dilemmas that extend beyond fairness and privacy. One underexplored concern is the environmental cost of AI, particularly its carbon footprint.
Vik Naidoo
wiley   +1 more source

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