Trust is key to understanding the dynamics of social relations, to the extent that it is often
viewed as the glue that holds society together. We review the mounting sociological …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

Identity theory (IT) and social identity theory (SIT) are eminent research programs from
sociology and psychology, respectively. We test collective identity as a point of convergence …

We develop and test a theory to address a puzzling pattern that has been discussed widely
since the 2016 US presidential election and reproduced here in a post-election survey: how …

Trust is a crucial prerequisite for peer-to-peer rental and sharing. Therefore, platform
operators such as Airbnb have implemented a plethora of trust-building mechanisms, user …

This accessible, alphabetical guide provides concise insights into a variety of digital
research methods, incorporating introductory knowledge with practical application and …

Analytical sociology focuses on social interactions among individuals and the hard-to-
predict aggregate outcomes they bring about. It seeks to identify generalizable mechanisms …

Online behavioral data, such as digital traces from social media, have the potential to allow
researchers an unprecedented new window into human behavior in ecologically valid …

This is a personal account of the stages through which my thinking and my research career
unfolded, beginning with student socialization into questionnaire-based survey research …

We examine how signals of a candidate's capability affect perceptions of that person's
commitment to an employer. In four experimental studies that use hiring managers as …