News tagged with sociological research
Research examines coping strategies of African-American students in predominantly white schools
A new study examining the interactions of black and white high-achieving students in elite, private high schools reveals how today's millennial generation is negotiating race, identity and academic success. In a paper presented ...
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Finding good music in noisy online markets
In 2004, a trio of researchers at Columbia University began an online experiment in social-media marketing, creating nine versions of a music-download site that presented the same group of unknown songs in ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Predicting burglary patterns through math modeling of crime
Pattern formation in physical, biological, and sociological systems has been studied for many years. Despite the fact that these subject areas are completely diverse, the mathematics that describes underlying patterns in ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Soccer study finds 93 percent of fans would support openly gay players
There are over 500,000 professional footballers, yet openly gay players appear almost entirely absent. It is often claimed that the problem lies with an intolerant fan culture, but a new study reveals that 93% of football ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Freecycling has viral effect on community spirit and generosity
The results, published earlier this month in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly, may help explain why a growing number of recession-weary Americans are participating less in monetary-based consumerism in favor ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 30, 2012 |
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Plaintiffs face greater obstacles in discrimination suits, study shows
(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo Sociology Professors Ellen Berrey, PhD, and Steve G. Hoffman, PhD, have co-authored a study that shows plaintiffs' limited resources and tumultuous experiences in employment discrimination ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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120,000 troubled families in UK?
The reliability of figures used as the basis for the Coalition’s ‘Troubled Families’ program is questioned in new research published by academics at the University of Bristol. The government claim ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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More informed citizens have a more positive perception of politicians
Consumption of political information is linked to more moderate and positive opinions about the sector, according to a study by the University of Navarra. The results show that scientists are the most trusted profession, ...
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May 21, 2012 |
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19th-century iPhone app
Modern technology has allowed us to communicate in ways that would have been unfathomable to Victorian-age English poets. Yet Alfred Tennyson, Lewis Carroll and Edgar Allan Poe — among others — would ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Bodleian uses crowd-sourcing to catalogue music collection
The Bodleian Library is asking the public for help in cataloguing one of its collections. As part of a new project, members of the public are being asked to help describe 4,000 music pieces from the Bodleian ...
May 04, 2012 |
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Rules of attraction
Nicholas Christakis, whose research has shown how everything from obesity to smoking to happiness spreads through social networks, said Monday that the human ability to form lasting relationships results from ...
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May 04, 2012 |
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