Category Archives: research paper

New Article by M.J. Ghidina “Finding God in Grain” #sssi #sociology #religion

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

We have just published Marcia J. Ghidina’s article “Finding God in Grain: Crop Circles, Rationality, and the Construction of Spiritual Experience” on Early View of Symbolic interaction. Ghidina explores how “believers define crop circles  as spiritual using subjective and normative … Continue reading →

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New Article on Early View: Janet A. Lorenzen ‘Social Network Challenges to Reducing Consumption’ #sssi #sociology

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

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New on Early View: Mathers – ‘Bathrooms, Boundaries, and Emotional Burdens: Cisgendering Interactions Through the Interpretation of Transgender Experience’ #sssi #sociology

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

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New Article on Neighbourhood Identity Early View #sssi #sociology #ethnography

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

In sociology, there is a growing interest in urban ethnography. Recently, our journal Symbolic Interaction published reviews of Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted“, Emma Jackson’s “Young Homeless People and Urban Space“, and Alice Goffman’s “On the Run“. In her artile “Looking Forward, … Continue reading →

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“Young Homeless People and Urban Space: Fixed in Mobility” book review by Waverly Duck

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

There is lots of interest in urban ethnography these days. In Symbolic Interaction, for example, Jacob Avery recently reviewed Alice Goffman’s “On the Run”. Whilst many of the urban ethnographies focus on US-American cities, in Europe and the UK urban … Continue reading →

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Research Paper in the News: Junhow Wei on American Idol

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

Junhow Wei’s article ““I’m the Next American Idol”: Cooling Out, Accounts, and Perseverance at Reality Talent Show Auditions” that has just been published in the February 2016 Issue of Symbolic Interaction has been picked up by Tracy Swartz (@tracyswartz) from the Chicago … Continue reading →

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New Publications on Early View (updated) #sssi #sociology

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

New articles and book reviews have been published on Early View. They include articles by Dellwing and Manning on Goffman and many more. To access them please go here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1533-8665/earlyview    

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New Article on the intersection between G.H. Mead and Cognitive Science #sssi #sociology #neuro

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

In interactionism, there has been a long-standing interest in the relationship between cognitive processes and the social. This is reflected, for example, in the recent publication of book reviews by Simon Gottschalk on Rose and Abi-Rachette’s “Neuro”, Patrick Watson’s review … Continue reading →

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“Talking about Beauty” by Lucia Ruggerone and Neil Jenkings #sssi #sociology #aesthetics

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

There is a long standing interactionist concern with art and aesthetics. Save for the famous works by Howard Becker, such as “Art Worlds” and his studies of jazz music and musicians there also are a considerable number of articles in our … Continue reading →

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“Seeing the Case Clearly” by Irene van Oorschot on Early View #sssi

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

There is a long-standing interest in the work of judges and court clerks in interactionism and ethnomethodology. In her article “Seeing the Case Clearly: File-Work, Material Mediation, and Visualizing Practices in a Dutch Criminal Court” Irene van Oorschot takes up this … Continue reading →

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