In this article, we take stock of the institutional logics perspective and highlight opportunities
for new scholarship. While we celebrate the growth and generativity of the literature on …

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 …

From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that will help researchers
think more productively about the relation between theory and data at every stage of their …

A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social world From social
media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers …

Ecosystems are typically evaluated and understood using standard visible material metrics,
such as new products, patents, startups, VC funding, jobs, and successful exits. Yet …

How can generative artificial intelligence (GAI) be used for sociological research? The
author explores applications to the study of text and images across multiple domains …

The last decade witnessed a spectacular rise in the volume of available textual data. With
this new abundance came the question of how to analyze it. In the social sciences, scholars …

Using the frequency of keywords is a classic approach in the formal analysis of text, but has
the drawback of glossing over the relationality of word meanings. Word embedding models …

We propose that individuals differ in their ability to generate creative ideas as a function of
the values, beliefs, and norms of their social group's culture they have adopted and routinely …

Are contemporary higher-status tastes inclusive, exclusive, or both? Recent work suggests
that the answer likely is both. And yet, little is known concerning how configurations of such …