The study of cultural objects and their materiality has moved to the center of cultural
sociology. This review synthesizes the work of this third wave of cultural sociology …

Names: Mohr, John, author. Title: Measuring culture/John W. Mohr [and eight others].
Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 2020.| Includes bibliographical …

The metaphor of resonance often describes the fit between a message and an audience's
worldviews. Yet scholars have largely ignored the cognitive processes audiences use to …

A perennial concern in frame analysis is explaining how frames structure perception and
persuade audiences. In this article, we suggest that the distinction between personal culture …

In Model Cases, Monika Krause asks about the concrete material research objects behind
shared conversations about classes of objects, periods, and regions in the social sciences …

Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists
aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of …

While our traditional view of creative work might lead us to think of artists as solitary
visionaries, the creative process is in fact deeply social. From those trying to land their first …

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing
countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public …

Current research on culture rarely differentiates explicitly between period-specific and other
kinds of cultural patterns. This paper develops the concept of “zeitgeist” as a tool for …

Over the past two decades, a sociology of global health has emerged. While this new
subfield takes up some themes and issues that are familiar to the discipline as a whole …