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Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure: Network Effects on Conversations aboard Skylab
How do absent others influence our interactions? We argue in this paper that interactions are embedded within networks formed by chains of specific relationships between known third parties. The anticipation of future interactions with external others conditions our interpretation of the current situation and affects our behavior in the interaction. We
Michael Schultz +2 more
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This study aims to identify and explain the dimensions of humor in the narrative of Eutychus in Acts 20:7–12 and to demonstrate its theological function within the framework of Luke's theology.
James A. Lola +2 more
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“Time‐Tripping” and Memory‐Making: A Grounded Theory of Grounded Theory
This paper explores the development of grounded theory methodology through the lens of memory studies, introducing the concept of “time‐tripping” as a key generic social process. The paper identifies several sub‐processes of time‐tripping, including “reclaiming,” “resisting,” “retro‐casting,” and “landscaping,” which shape the methodological “imaginary.
Barry John Gibson +2 more
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“I'm a Good Guy Who Deserves Better, Yet Nobody Wants to Give me Better”: The Accounts of Nice Guys
Within Western popular culture and online discourse, a “Nice Guy” is someone who enacts niceness for which they believe they are owed, deserving of, or entitled to something in return—especially the romantic or sexual attention of women. In this study, we examine the use of accounts in personal narratives told in an anonymous online discussion forum ...
Brooke Weinmann, Dennis D. Waskul
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A City Never Lies – Situational Irony and the Political Impact of Public Urban Space.
In this text, I question the concepts of urban space and public art. Experimental artistic interventions are conducted using situational irony as a method for reflecting on the impact urban public space and its user can have. Instead of interrogating people and involving them in the process, the interventions put questions directly to public ...
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical
While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
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This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
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Applying humour in Malaysian university settings: The perceptions of lecturers
This study investigated lecturers’ application of humour in Malaysian university settings. Eleven local Malaysian university lecturers from different local universities participated in this qualitative study.
Mazlin Mohamed Mokhtar +5 more
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Discourse Analysis of Ubayd Zakani’s The Treatise of One Hundred Advices Based on Critical Discourse Analysis [PDF]
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a theory derived from sociology and linguistics that posits that texts, while being influenced by prevailing socio-political conditions, can in turn influence and transform those very conditions.
Fatemeh Azizabadi +2 more
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