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Various world-class research investigations increasingly focus on matters pertaining to the role of local communities. The research aimed to examine the theoretical aspects of the concept of community in the context of social sciences. The research results revealed that community studies was a relatively new field for academics in Latvia, which became relevant after common European Union priorities in community issues were defined. An essential feature of a community is common identity, a common sense of belonging to the locality, human relationships, the environment, culture and values. Most frequently, according to a survey of local residents, a community the respondents felt a sense of belongingness to was a territorial one. The research employed the following methods: monographic, descriptive, graphic, analysis, synthesis as well as a sociological method – questionnaire surveying.

The issue of the relation between ICT, teaching-learning and education at large has always been overshadowed by the many socioeconomic, political and cultural interests vested in the field. It remains a complex subject that, unlike with the computer sciences, the human and social sciences (HSS) have been, so far, reluctant to tackle. After listing the difficulties encountered by the HSS in setting up a scientific approach on the subject in relation with their specific paradigms, this paper analyzes the conditions necessary to the development of research in the area. It proceeds to show that more comprehensive approaches derived from viewpoints common to the HSS and the global concept of coupling of technology and society - provided it is not restricted to a few selected scientific disciplines nor confined to the educational field - should shed much needed light on some aspects of the tremendous development and impact of ICT in everyday human activities. ; L'étude des relations entre formation des individus et technologies a toujours été une entreprise difficile, en raison de la multiplicité de ses enjeux socioéconomiques, politiques et culturels. Contrairement aux disciplines à forte composante technique, les sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) ne l'ont abordé jusqu'ici que de façon marginale ou restreinte, alors qu'elles sont concernées au premier chef par les influences et les conséquences de l'usage généralisé des techniques contemporaines. Après un examen des difficultés des SHS à constituer un champ scientifique sur ce thème en relation avec leurs propres paradigmes, cette contribution analyse les conditions qui permettraient de développer la recherche dans le domaine. Elle propose une approche plus compréhensive qui, tout en s'inspirant de perspectives congruentes en SHS, vise à dépasser les frontières de l'une ou l'autre discipline et ne se confine pas aux questions strictement éducatives. Inscrite dans les &perspectives ouvertes par le concept général de couplage entre technique et société, cette approche pourrait éclairer utilement plusieurs aspects méconnus du développement et de l'influence considérable des technologies numériques dans tous les domaines de l'activité humaine.

In many modern economies, creativity, the essential prerequisite for innovation, tends to be assumed or neglected while the catchphrase "innovation" dominates the field of business as the key to national performance and competitiveness. Creativity and Innovation in Business and Beyond illustrates the ways in which creativity spurs innovation and innovation enables creativity - not only in the realms of business and management, where the innovation is regularly acknowledged and discussed, but throughout the social sciences. With contributions from experts in fields as far-flung as policy

"Report of the Annual Meeting Committee. Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, April 16, and 17, 1909": p. 163-171. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

A reflection on the importance of the social sciences and the ethical work of its professionals. © Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales. ; Una reflexión sobre la importancia que tienen las ciencias sociales y el quehacer ético de sus profesionales. © Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales.

"The purpose of this book is to examine how ideology operates--in the sense of influencing the conduct of inquiry--in the policy sciences, defined as economics, political science, and sociology. The author seeks to identify the main ideologies and show how each ideology produces a preference for certain problems, methods, and hypotheses; how it sensitizes scientists to certain phenomena and suggests certain interpretations of those phenomena; and how it closes off other phenomena and concepts from investigation and testing, or at least distorts that investigation. In this book, Diesing critically examines all the major schools of policy-related social thought from 1930 to 1975. He deals with Neoclassical Economics and its various applications, the Keynesians, the Systems Approach, the Schumpeter perspective, the Critical Intellectuals, the Pluralists, the J. K. Galbraith School, New Left Marxism, and the Ecological Paradigm of Schumacher and others. The world looks different if your perspective is that of a rational small businessman working in a society of hypothetical perfect competition, as opposed to that of a proletarian, looking up at your oppressors. Part One is descriptive and evaluative, considering each ideology in turn; Part Two considers the policy implications. "In 1982, Diesing published a remarkable book entitled Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences. When I interviewed Diesing in Buffalo in the summer of 1984, he told me that to date, the publication had been reviewed in only two professional journals. I was astounded. Science & Ideology. was the best book I had read in a decade, and it related directly to all the policy sciences. The lack of professional response may partially reflect Diesing's disinterest in self-promotion, but beyond this is the 'community' problem. Scholars are recognized within disciplines, but there is only a tiny 'community of social science'. I consider this to be the most brilliant of Diesing's books. Like all of Diesing's works, it remains highly relevant today."--from the introduction by Richard Hartwig."--Provided by publisher.

AbstractIn situations of juvenile delinquency, abuse, or neglect, determination of child custody relies on interviews with parents. This study aims to examine the effects of the interviewer's empathy on parents' anxiety, and to explore how parents experience these situations. A measure of anxiety was applied to 41 parents under evaluation for child custody before and after the assessment interview. Professionals' empathy was rated by both parents and professionals after each appointment. Parents participated in semistructured interviews. Data were analyzed through statistical and content analyses. The decrease in anxiety was significantly greater for parents who perceived professionals as "perfect" than for parents who perceived professionals as "less than perfect" in empathy. Parents' and professionals' empathy scores correlated positively, but the association between professionals' self-rated empathy and parents' anxiety was nonsignificant. Reactions to the justice system's intervention emerging in the semistructured interviews were "unjustifiable intrusion," "disconcerting information," and "reality confirmation." Each associated differently with parents' expectations for the assessment interview (respectively, that the process be over quickly, that it be over successfully, and that help start quickly). Our results support the important effects, from parents' perspectives, of empathy in assessment interviews in the context of juvenile criminology.

Includes index. ; "The papers in this volume were collected and edited by T. S. McGrath." ; Copy 1 of H1.A4 with : China, social and economic conditions. Philadelphia : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1912. Bound together subsequent to publication. ; Timber bond features / T.S. McGrath -- The science of timber valuation / James D. Lacey & Co. -- Questions of law encountered in timber bond issues / E.E. Barthell -- Timber bonds as investments / C. Fentress -- The accountant's relation to timber bond issues / A.F. Jones -- Timber bonds as legal investments for Michingan savings banks / W.A. Hamlin & Co. -- The timber cruiser: his relation to timber bonds / T.R. Cummins -- Timber bonds as investments for insurance companies / W.K. Hoagland -- Waste material as a source of profit and added security on timber bonds / W.J. Cummings. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Preface -- Skinhead history -- Racist and non-racist skins : an analysis of why they, join, stay, and quit -- Gay skinheads: a part of or apart from the skinhead moment -- Female skinheads -- Skinhead music : the beat goes on -- Exploring skinhead identity through an analysis of skinhead websites -- Social networks, and social media -- Conclusion: who is a true skinhead?

The advent of deepfakes – the manipulation of audio records, images and videos based on deep learning techniques – has important implications for science and society. Current studies focus primarily on the detection and dangers of deepfakes. In contrast, less attention is paid to the potential of this technology for substantive research – particularly as an approach for controlled experimental manipulations in the social sciences. In this paper, we aim to fill this research gap and argue that deepfakes can be a valuable tool for conducting social science experiments. To demonstrate some of the potentials and pitfalls of deepfakes, we conducted a pilot study on the effects of physical attractiveness on student evaluations of teachers. To this end, we created a deepfake video varying the physical attractiveness of the instructor as compared to the original video and asked students to rate the presentation and instructor. First, our results show that social scientists without special knowledge in computational science can successfully create a credible deepfake within reasonable time. Student ratings of the quality of the two videos were comparable and students did not detect the deepfake. Second, we use deepfakes to examine a substantive research question: whether there are differences in the ratings of a physically more and a physically less attractive instructor. Our suggestive evidence points towards a beauty penalty. Thus, our study supports the idea that deepfakes can be used to introduce systematic variations into experiments while offering a high degree of experimental control. Finally, we discuss the feasibility of deepfakes as an experimental manipulation and the ethical challenges of using deepfakes in experiments. This is the provision of the data and code.

Keywords: deepfakes, face swap, deep learning, experiment, physical attractiveness, student evaluations of teachers