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Official Bluesky account of Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, the open-access journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA) srd.sagepub.com
Changing spaces, diverse faces
W. Zhang & J. R. Logan’s new #Socius research analyzes #Census data on #racialdiversity in US #neighborhoods from 1980-2020 to understand what changes are contributing to this diversification.
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From ABCs to CVD 🫀
A. Zajacova, S. Fishman, & E. Lawrence’s new #Socius research examines national #UnitedStates #health data to uncover the complex relationship between #educationalattainment and #cardiovasculardisease
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Do Large Language Models have Religious Biases?
J. Tom, T. Ferguson, & B. Martinez’s new article in #Socius analyzes #AI generated sermons for their readability to uncover how #LLMs potentially sustain #socialbiases.
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Is the Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics Field gender-neutral?
Park et al.’s new research in #Socius employs #mixedmethods to understand how #gendered perceptions of #CSEM work challenges change throughout job tenure
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Labor divisions and marital divisions
Kimberly McErlean’s new research in #Socius compares how #gender egalitarian #labor divisions differently affect #divorcerates for couples across #education levels
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Shipwrecks and Shifting Opinions
N. Cavalli & E. Charitopoulou’s #Socius study demonstrates differing effects on public attitudes towards #immigration policies and #immigrants in #Italy in the wake of the #LampedusaShipwreck
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💲Relief and Righteous Anger
D. V. Reyes, M. Quesada, & K. Garcia-Galvez’s #Socius study examines the emotional impact of the #COVID #studentloans repayment pause for #Latinx #millennial borrowers.
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⛪ Unaffiliated, but not undevoted
@matthewblanton.bsky.social's new #Socius study challenges common understandings of #secularization, analyzing trends of increased personal religiosity alongside decreased institutional religiosity from 2004-2023 in #LatinAmerica.
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🎀🍺 Alcohol Miss-Use
C. Uscola’s (@colteruscola.bsky.social) new #Socius study examines how women and men seek to resist #familytrauma informed #genderexpectations through their performance of #alcoholuse.
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What's the collective in this #collectiveaction?
A. Kotanko’s (@akotanko.bsky.social) #Socius study of an #immigration clinic demonstrates how #socialmovement organizations draw on #personalidentity to encourage collective action participation.
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Same work, (perceptions of) different pay?
C. Diehl, J. Lang, O. Brüggemann, & S. Strauss compare relative #wageinequality and perceptions of wage inequality for #gendered differences in the perception and acceptance of wage inequality.
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📚How do gender-typed aspirations influence academic performance?
Dr. Liza Reisel’s #Socius study examines how gender-typed occupational goals and educational expectations help explain the #gender gap in #education achievement.
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⚖️ Same facts, different outcomes.
A #Socius study by Drs. Christopher Kleps, Vincent J. Roscigno & Reginald A. Byron shows how #RacialDiscrimination in the #Workplace gets interpreted in court—filtered through #Narratives and legal assumptions.
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🦄 Who gets heard in Washington?
Dr. @wendyyli.bsky.social (from @jhu.edu)'s #Socius study unpacks how revolving-door #Lobbyists cultivate #PoliticalCredibility through claims to #Expertise & #InsiderKnowledge.
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🌐 One flag invites another: Swedish #ClimateDenial isn’t just homegrown.
A new #Socius study by Drs. Anton Törnberg & Victoria Vallström shows how global #ClimateSkeptic content fuels far-right, antiestablishment alliances online.
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🔄 Identities shift, even when #SkinColor doesn't.
In #Jamaica, #SES and #Mixedness shape self-identification. Dr. Monique D. A. Kelly (@michiganstateu.bsky.social)’s #Socius study shows rising #RacialFluidity as “Black” and “Mixed” blur.
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🍹 “$10 for you, $6 for him.”
A #Socius study shows #Black men face higher drink prices than white patrons in urban #nightclubs—subtle but telling #Antiblack #Discrimination in #PublicSpace.
By Drs. Reuben May, Matthew Soener, Carileigh Jones & Quinesha.
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💼 How do people who use drugs navigate the #LaborMarket?
In #Socius, Drs. Mike Vuolo, Anneliese Ward, and
@leschneider.bsky.social show how #Stigma, survival strategies & low-wage work shape reentry for #JusticeInvolved adults.
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👨👩👧 #Interracial parents are rethinking how they raise mixed-race kids—using #RacialHumility to move beyond the #MonoracialParadigm and support their kids' identities.
Dr. Katherine Johnson explores these practices in #Socius.
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📊 When #PoliticalIdentity and policy views collide:
“Conflicted conservatives” support #PoliceReform despite right-leaning identities. Drs. Jonathan C. Reid (@tamu.bsky.social), Samantha J. Brown & Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill unpack this tension in #Socius.
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📶 Who’s still offline in a wired world?
A new #Socius data visualization by @spencerallen.bsky.social (@um-psc.bsky.social) tracks #BroadbandAccess in the U.S. from 2013–2023—showing gaps by #Race, #Education & #Poverty have narrowed, but persist.
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💻 Who posts more? Who writes more?
A new #Socius study by Drs. Számel, Huszár, Horváth, Rudas, Rakovics & Koltai (HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest) shows how #SocialClass shapes the #DigitalDivide — from access to #Facebook behavior.
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🤖 Sentient or not—should #AI have rights?
A new #Socius study by Drs. Patrick Schenk & Vanessa A. Müller from @uniluzern.bsky.social finds support for #RobotRights hinges on #SocialImpact, #Trust, and how AI fits into society—not just what it is.
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👩👧👦 Long #ParentalLeave helps—but can hurt.
A new #Socius study by Jennifer L. Hook & Meiying Li finds 6+ months of leave can widen the #GenderEarningsGap—especially for #Mothers with higher education.
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🏳️🌈 Why do rainbow flags cluster on some buildings—but not others?
A new #Socius study by Dominic Amstutz & Jaemin Lee shows how one flag invites another: public #LGBTQ+ support spreads via #SocialInfluence among neighbors in Bern.
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♿️ The #Paralympics began as rehab—but who stayed in control?
A new #Socius study by Evan T. Baughman shows how #Medicalization fueled the rise of the Games—while limiting #AthleteVoice and #DisabilityRights.
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👶 Big families—for boys only? #GenderDifferences
A new #Socius study by Dr. Ka U Ng reveals that #Muslim men in France’s tight #ReligiousNetworks and high #Segregation areas want more kids—while women from the same homes don’t.
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🚨 Why do rampage #SchoolShootings persist?
New #Socius study by Drs. @russelldavid.bsky.social, Jon Gordon & Kelly M. Thames refines #ConstellationTheory—revealing how #SocialMarginalization, #MasculinityThreat & #GunCulture collide to drive deadly #GunViolence.
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💼 Well-connected, underpaid?
Dr. @jessistreib.bsky.social’s #Socius study explores how class-privileged students face #LaborMarket uncertainty—challenging assumptions in #SociologyOfEducation about #SocialCapital and economic reward.
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🧑⚕️Burned out—or blamed?
Dr. Yaqi Yuan’s #Socius study shows how #WorkplaceHierarchy shapes #CareWorkers’ emotional responses to high turnover in assisted living during COVID—burnout below, blame above. #EmotionalLabor #SociologyOfWork
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