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A sociological approach to understanding new media's impact on society We use cell phones, computers, and tablets to access the Internet, read the news, watch television, chat with our friends, make our appointments, and post on social networking sites. New media provide the backdrop for most of our encounters. We swim in a technological world yet we rarely think about how new media potentially change the ways in which we interact with one another or shape how we live our lives. In New Media and Society, Deana Rohlinger provides a sociological approach to understanding how new media shape our interactions, our experiences, and our institutions. Using case studies and in-class exercises, Rohlinger explores how new media alter everything from our relationships with friends and family to our experiences in the workplace. Each chapter takes up a different topic – our sense of self and our relationships, education, religion, law, work, and politics – and assesses how new media alter our worlds as well as our expectations and experiences in institutional settings. Instead of arguing that these changes are "good" or "bad" for American society, the book uses sociological theory to challenge readers to think about the consequences of these changes, which typically have both positive and negative aspects. New Media and Society begins with a brief explanation of new media and social institutions, highlighting how sociologists understand complex, changing relationships. After outlining the influence of new media on our identities and relationships, it discusses the effects new media have on how we think about education, practice our religions, understand police surveillance, conceptualize work, and participate in politics. Each chapter includes key sociological concepts, engaging activities that illustrate the ideas covered in the chapter, as well as links, films, and references to additional online material

International audience ; Transdisciplinary research on borders has flourished since the late 1980s, but most so called Border Studies focus on social and cultural life in border areas, or on the effects of frontiers on the experience and perceptions of local populations. In contrast to this now well-established trend in research, studies concerned with the practices and perceptions of professional groups stationed on the border - that is to say, the police - are relatively underdeveloped1. Police cooperation on borders, as a specific aspect of policing activities, has received little attention by social scientists, as well. The few studies to be found are written by English-language researchers who often prefer to investigate supranational cross-border cooperation policies and the policing schemes such as Interpol in charge of enforcing them, rather than observing local cooperative practices on the borders themselves. For Europe as a whole, research on border protection is particularly valuable, since border control is central to the EU project : the Schengen Agreement, signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 1985, provides for the elimination of border checks within the Schengen area, in exchange for the reinforced control of its outer limits (with provisions made, essentially, by the Convention implementing the agreement, adopted in June 1990). The distinction between internal and external borders then became central to the EU project as well as to the integration of new member States. The present research project, based on observations made between 2004 and 2007 at the border between Austria and the Czech Republic (an external frontier of the Schengen area at the time), attempted to determine how police border control practices were modified on a Schengen area border destined to become an internal EU border. To do so, interviews were conducted with upper-echelon police officers in Vienna and Prague, completed by field observations and interviews with border police officers ...

International audience ; Transdisciplinary research on borders has flourished since the late 1980s, but most so called Border Studies focus on social and cultural life in border areas, or on the effects of frontiers on the experience and perceptions of local populations. In contrast to this now well-established trend in research, studies concerned with the practices and perceptions of professional groups stationed on the border - that is to say, the police - are relatively underdeveloped1. Police cooperation on borders, as a specific aspect of policing activities, has received little attention by social scientists, as well. The few studies to be found are written by English-language researchers who often prefer to investigate supranational cross-border cooperation policies and the policing schemes such as Interpol in charge of enforcing them, rather than observing local cooperative practices on the borders themselves. For Europe as a whole, research on border protection is particularly valuable, since border control is central to the EU project : the Schengen Agreement, signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 1985, provides for the elimination of border checks within the Schengen area, in exchange for the reinforced control of its outer limits (with provisions made, essentially, by the Convention implementing the agreement, adopted in June 1990). The distinction between internal and external borders then became central to the EU project as well as to the integration of new member States. The present research project, based on observations made between 2004 and 2007 at the border between Austria and the Czech Republic (an external frontier of the Schengen area at the time), attempted to determine how police border control practices were modified on a Schengen area border destined to become an internal EU border. To do so, interviews were conducted with upper-echelon police officers in Vienna and Prague, completed by field observations and interviews with border police officers stationed at the Czech/Austrian border.

International audience ; Transdisciplinary research on borders has flourished since the late 1980s, but most so called Border Studies focus on social and cultural life in border areas, or on the effects of frontiers on the experience and perceptions of local populations. In contrast to this now well-established trend in research, studies concerned with the practices and perceptions of professional groups stationed on the border - that is to say, the police - are relatively underdeveloped1. Police cooperation on borders, as a specific aspect of policing activities, has received little attention by social scientists, as well. The few studies to be found are written by English-language researchers who often prefer to investigate supranational cross-border cooperation policies and the policing schemes such as Interpol in charge of enforcing them, rather than observing local cooperative practices on the borders themselves. For Europe as a whole, research on border protection is particularly valuable, since border control is central to the EU project : the Schengen Agreement, signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 1985, provides for the elimination of border checks within the Schengen area, in exchange for the reinforced control of its outer limits (with provisions made, essentially, by the Convention implementing the agreement, adopted in June 1990). The distinction between internal and external borders then became central to the EU project as well as to the integration of new member States. The present research project, based on observations made between 2004 and 2007 at the border between Austria and the Czech Republic (an external frontier of the Schengen area at the time), attempted to determine how police border control practices were modified on a Schengen area border destined to become an internal EU border. To do so, interviews were conducted with upper-echelon police officers in Vienna and Prague, completed by field observations and interviews with border police officers stationed at the Czech/Austrian border.

"The world has witnessed the rise of China, and there is a sustained debate on the China model. While some scholars believe that the China model is obsolete, others regards the China model as a threat to democracy. This book takes an empirical approach and regards the China model as it is, and looks into different aspects of the China model, ranging from economic growth, social development, central-local relations to the development of internal pluralism, the rise of civil society and rural democracy. Given the fact that China's reform and opening up since the late Deng Xiaoping has taken place in the context of globalization, the book draws implications of the China model for the world. Particularly, the book attempts to examine the impact of China's socio-economic development model on democratization"--

Scientific research of contractual relationships represents not only an interesting aspect of learning about the past of human civilization, but also a necessary component of the creation and improvement of new forms of state-public structures. This component implies consent as a basic element of the interaction system. But many questions remain insufficiently researched for the following reasons: the dominant view on the contract as subordinate in relation to the state and law; the lack of integrity of positions on the origin and composition of the elements that determine the contract's nature. To get new ideas and perspectives of study it is necessary to reconsider traditional points of view on the emergence of norms, exchange, individualism, property, to use new approaches, especially anthropological one. Based on scientific research, the authors concluded that the agreement (contract) appeared simultaneously with the emergence of the human community; the agreement (contract) does not need to be recognized by the state, it can be considered as a natural regulator of social relations. The general and private levels were identified in the process of forming the contract, and there were indicated contracts' features, components and the principle of interaction through the individual person

This article looks ethnographically at the cocaine trade in and through Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. It clarifies some of the less obvious aspects of illegal cross-border trade and ties the minor flow of drugs, often trafficked by the desperate and disenfranchised, to larger global dynamics. While international media and commentators alike frequently depict transnational organized crime as a pathogen attacking the healthy global order, a closer look at the Bissau cocaine trade clarifies that the trade is neither external nor parasitical but integral to it. The trade's grasp of Bissau is anchored in enduring critical circumstance, stretching from the social to the political, and displays several ironic feedback loops and interdependencies linking misfortune in time and space. The article thus shows how negative conditions may travel and circulate in a manner that ramifies vulnerability across economic and political borders.

Since the outbreak began, we are collectively caught in a double avalanche: an uninterrupted flow of figures (daily counting of deaths, attempts to measure excess mortality due to COVID-19, projections and estimates of pandemic developments by various models, development of indicators to understand the diversity of national reactions and reactivity, etc.), but also of tribunes, notes, tweets and other quick publications not only from editorialists who have been broken in the exercise of current commentary but also from researchers and researchers in social sciences. These two flows sometimes meet on an issue we have been researching in recent years with other colleagues: the link between numbers and events. What is needed to quantify in order to describe, understand, predict and respond to the epidemic? Under what conditions and to what extent can quantification operations constitute a danger to populations? Can it be seen as a simple tool of manipulation and coercion in the hands of power? The time of social sciences, and history in particular, is not that of emergency medicine or crisis epidemiology. It seems to us scientifically and ethically premature to develop definitive analyses of the current global crisis, in particular by purporting to take a firm look at the value of the "COVID-19 figures" and the role they play in setting up public policies and managing the populations they commit to. However, this does not prevent us from showing how certain assertions circulating in the public sphere appear to be particularly problematic in terms of intellectual, political and even practical aspects of the dual issue of the construction and use of quantitative data. While we reserve our empirical analyses for a better period of time, after taking the necessary step back for a systematic survey, we would like to point out that there is a wide field of research in social and sociology history of quantification, and that it is not possible to confine ourselves to indignation or to conclude the reflection with ...

Seasonal labour migration is an increasingly important aspect of rural livelihoods in tribal areas of Western India. Such migration can no longer be viewed merely as an adjunct to an essentially agrarian way of life, but has to be seen as integral to the coping, survival and livelihood strategies of tribal farming families. (DSE/DÜI)

1.The Political Philanthropy of the Female Elites -- Part I: A Women's Network in Early 20th Century Italy -- 2.Harriet Lathrop Dunham alias Etta de Viti de Marco -- 3.Alice Hallgarten Franchetti: A Woman Beyond Barriers -- 4.Cora Slocomb Savorgnan di Brazzà. An Artisan of Peace and Social Justice -- Part II: From Generation to Generation: A Case Study -- 5.Harriet Luthrop Dunham and Carolina de Viti de Marco: Emancipation through Lacemaking -- 6.The Second Generation: The Transmission of the Philosophy of Work and Assistance -- 7.The Present-Day Heritage -- Part III: Arts, Politics and Transmission: Methodological and Historiographical Considerations -- 8.The Signs of Art -- 9.Female Biographies and Family History. An Approach to Social and Political History -- 10.A Feminine and Feminist Story of Transmission.

This study focuses on the Mwomboko poetry, which emerged in 1940s among the Gĩkũyũ community. It represents the socio-historical origins and emergent dance styles. The central focus of the study is analysis of style and literary devices, aspects of performance and aesthetic values embodied in the compositions by selected performing artistes. Nevertheless, an analytical study of various musical works and listening to recorded cassettes on Mwomboko gives impetus to our findings. The researcher has coined and adapted a multiethnocultural approach whereby: dance, drama, song, language and philosophy that embraces the social interaction of communities and appreciation of each other's ways of life. The study demonstrates that Mwomboko poetry is rich in stylistic devices: irony, satire, metaphor, simile, metonymy and structural devices; repetition, parallelism, tonal patterns and rhyme. This study proves that these tools are the vehicles of literary communication in the community and society. Stylistic and extra-literay features are invaluable properties for the conduct of poetic discourse. Oral poets are the mouthpieces of the Gĩkũyũ community and its neighbouring communities: Embu, Meru and Kamba who cherish this cultural heritage. The multicultural nature of Mwomboko is further depicted in the incorporation of Waltz and Scottish dance art forms. The Luo, Luhya and Miji Kenda touches proves that Mwornboko represents historical, political, cultural, religious and economic realities in Kenya. The guiding light in this study is ethnomethodolo / ethnopoetics, stylistics, semiotic and multiethnoculturalogy approaches in uncovering the literariness in Mwomboko poetry. This project affirms that oral literature is not disappearing but thrives even today and it is a means of recording historical and educational events, which are relevant and popular in contemporary society. It is a demonstration that poetry and society are inseparable entities in humankind.

Compared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future seem to promise anything different. In Welfare As We Know It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different, arguing that deeply rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what social reformers have been able to accomplish

Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense, 2004: dans un Brésil aux paysages religieux et politique en pleine transformation, les groupes catholiques du Renouveau Charismatique et de la Théologie de la libération se trouvent en compétition. Dans un univers de grandes disparités sociales et où le taux d'homicides a augmenté de 130% entre 1980 et 2000, ces deux grandes orientations spirituelles doivent donner du sens à la pauvreté si elles veulent gagner "leurs" élections. Le cadre théorique de Pierre Bourdieu, grâce aux concepts d'agent, d'habitus, de capital social et surtout, de champ, permet de comprendre à la fois les forces de reproduction sociale et celles de transformation sociale, et ce, à travers des tensions, négociations et échanges de « capitaux » spécifiques entre les champs religieux et politique. Des entrevues ont été réalisées (dont 14 ont été retenues) avec des tenants de ces deux groupes. Elles ont permis de faire ressortir le poids de l'éthos sur les représentations de la pauvreté et sur les actions privilégiées par ces deux groupes. ; Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense, 2004: in a Brazil on changing political and spiritual landscapes, the Catholics Charismatic Renewal groups and the Liberation Theology ones are in competition. In a universe of large social disparities where the homicide rate increased by 130% between 1980 and 2000, these two spiritual orientations must make sense of poverty if they want to win « their » elections. The theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu, thanks to the concepts of agent, habitus, social capital and especially, field, allows to understand the forces of reproduction and social transformation, and this, through tensions, negotiations and exchanges of specific "capital" between the religious and political fields. Interviews were conducted (14 of which were retained) with supporters of both groups. They made it possible to highlight the weight of the ethos on the representations of poverty and the actions favored by these two groups.

The book discusses recent innovation and diversification paths in agri-food, specifically the linkages among food research and innovation, production, consumption, gastronomy, and place branding as well as technology. It also focuses on EU policies and instruments in support of R & I activities in agri-food, and explores agri-food domains within the context of smart specialisation. Katerina Ciampi Stancova is Scientific Officer at the European Commission, DG JRC in Sevilla, Spain. Her research agenda revolves around cross-sectoral topics such as R & I, smart specialisation, innovation in agri-food, collaboration in quadruple helix, mutual learning, transnational and transregional cooperation, as well as social innovation. Alessio Cavicchi is Associate Professor in Agribusiness at University of Macerata, Italy. His main fields of interest and research are consumer food choice, economics of food quality and safety, and innovation and sustainability in agribusiness and tourism. He has served as an agri-food expert for several DGs of the European Commission, and he is the coordinator of two EU Erasmus+ funded projects: "The Wine Lab" and "FoodBiz."