The Internet is a critically important research site for sociologists testing theories of
technology diffusion and media effects, particularly because it is a medium uniquely capable …

" The Transnational Villagers is one of the finest empirical studies available of a
phenomenon that is commanding the attention of scholars and policymakers--the creation …

Why did the occupational norm of 'objectivity'arise in American journalism? This question
has attracted the interest of many journalism historians but it has not previously been …

Some aspects of democracy appear more sensitive than others to the availability throughout
society of political information. Individual-level political engagement poses a puzzle in this …

This article reconsiders civic involvement and citizen empowerment in the light of interactive
media and elaborates the concept of media participation. Departing from conventional …

This article uses public debates over same-sex marriage in Hawaii to address gaps in the
framing perspective on social movements. Drawing on both elite and nonelite discourses in …

Journalismissa kannetaan nykyisin huolta kansalaisten laimeasta osallistumisesta
politiikkaan. Huomattavasti harvemmin journalismissa kiinnitetään huomiota sen omaan …

Although this is a special education publication, in this article I engage the broader topic of
creation of social hierarchy. Disability-which is subsumed under the generic construct" …

Although significant social progress characterized the twentieth century, sociologists usually
avoid acknowledging progress for fear of encouraging complacency about social problems …

" This interesting volume of essays on contemporary religion and its ambivalent relationship
to modernity not only serves as a testimony to the intellectual influence of Robert Bellah, it …