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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1h

The 12 Dimensions of Wellness: A Framework for Healing, Justice, and Systemic Transformation Dominant wellness models have long shaped frameworks in public health, behavioral care, and education. However, they often overlook the structural, cultural, and systemic conditions that
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 9h

Dime en qué zona vives y te diré cuántos derechos tienes: Análisis espacial de derechos humanos en la delegación de Xochimilco de la Ciudad de México Esta investigación exploratoria examina la desigualdad socioespacial en la Delegación de Xochimilco en relación con el acceso a re
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 12h

Who polices which boundaries? How racial self-identification affects external classification This study explores whether Americans agree on the ethnoracial categories that are worth policing. It evaluates how receptive White, Black, Latino, and Asian Americans are to how others s
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 16h

Congregations and Communities: The Evolving Social Role of Congregations and Their Involvement in Social Service Provision This review article examines interdisciplinary research on local religious congregations and their role as social service providers in American communities.
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 20h

Racial Gaps in Career Mobility during the Great Migration Socius, Volume 11, January-December 2025. The author investigates whether the Great Migration closed or mitigated racial disparities in career advancement. Using linked historical census data, tracking individuals from the
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

“When you are holding a pen you think deeper about what you write.” Comparing the experiences of completing paper- and computer-based participant aided sociograms Past personal network research has highlighted the many trade-offs in data collection strategies but has largely over
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Stickers of Hate - Analysis of Antisemitism at the University of Coimbra This autoethnographic study explores manifestations of antisemitism on a European university campus, focusing on personal experiences as an Israeli Jewish student at the University of Coimbra. Drawing from f
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Kava consumption and the rise of sociopolitical complexity in Oceania Humans have been using psychoactive substances for millennia, despite their potential negative health and social consequences. According to some scholars, our craving for mind-altering drugs is an evolutionary
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Streaming Platforms, Filter Bubbles, and Cultural Inequalities. How Online Services Increase Consumption Diversity Samuel Coavoux, Abel Aussant
Sociological Science September 4, 2025
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Do digital technologies affect diversity in cultural tastes? Digital sociol
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

A Thirty-Year Retrospective on “Minstrels of Soul”: The Enduring Relevance of Intermodal Expressive Therapy This review commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of Minstrels of Soul: Intermodal Expressive Therapy (Knill et al., 1995), a central text in the expressive arts therapy f
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

The Intelligent Evolution of Open-Source Intelligence: Focusing on International Legion of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine This study aims to deepen open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence International Corps through artificial intelligence met
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Separating Disability Stigma from Health Stigma: Implications for Health Research and Policy A key but under-addressed driver of the health inequalities facing persons with disabilities is disability stigma. However, disability stigma remains poorly conceptualised and consequentl
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Multimodal large language models can make context-sensitive hate speech evaluations aligned with human judgment Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) could enhance the accuracy of automated content moderation by integrating contextual information. This study investigates how M
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Promises and Pitfalls: Benchmarking Self-Rated Health in U.S. Non-Probability Surveys This study assesses the accuracy of findings on self-rated health (SRH) and its demographic variation across gender, education, ethnicity, race, and age in non-probability surveys, evaluating th
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Science and Technology as Grounds for National Pride: Empirical Evidence from 32 Countries This article explores to what extent the cross-national differences in pride reflect objective differences in countries’ performance in these spheres. The empirical study conducted to answe
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Applying African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) to Counter Digital Surveillance in Development Program Management This article examines the emergence of digital program management systems in African
development, concentrating on tools such as dashboards, biometric identity,
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Beyond GDP: Quantifying Heterogeneous Impact of Climate Change on Well-being and Social Progress The growing interest in assessing societal progress and public policies through the
lens of Well-being has garnered significant attention from researchers and policymakers.
This study
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Digital Workplace and Gender (In)equality among Working Parents in Post-COVID-19 Britain The rapid development of information communication technologies (ICTs), such as smart devices, cloud technologies and social media, have facilitated remote working practices. However, remote
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Artificial Generative Intelligence (AGI) as the End of Theory: From Explanation to Simulation The advent of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) poses a fundamental challenge regarding
the nature of scientific inquiry: what happens to theory when machines cease to pursue
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Evolving Work, Evolving Skills: How different forms of further training are used to adapt to technological change depending on task complexity Technological transformation is changing the tasks and skill profiles of the workforce in modern Western societies, and participation in
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Strategic Resilience through Informality: How African Startups Navigate Institutional Weaknesses Institutional weakness is a defining feature of many African economies, yet little is known about how startups adapt strategically to persistent volatility. This study investigates ho
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Informational Morality of Finance Theory, IMF-T: Reframing Digital Finance as an Information Ethics Domain Digital finance reorganizes everyday economic life through data intensive infrastructures for payments, savings, credit, and fraud control. Governance of these infrastructur
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Bias In, Symbolic Compliance Out? GPT’s Reliance on Gender and Race in Strategic Evaluations Strategic decision-making often involves more candidates than can be thoroughly assessed, leading evaluators to rely on proxies like gender and race, disadvantaging underrepresented minor
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 1d

Dynamic Constitutive and Probabilistic Models for Housing Demand and Consumption Under Interest Rate Variations Traditional monetary policy’s effectiveness in controlling inflation through interest rate changes has weakened, as empirical data show easing no longer reliably drives
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 2d

Posthuman Women on Screen: A Cross-Cultural Study of Gendered AI, Emotional Labor, and the Posthuman Gaze in Global Cinema This article presents a comparative case study of three contemporary AI-focused films: Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (India, 2024), M3GAN (USA, 2022), and
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