Category Archives: sociology

New on Early View – Natalia Ruiz-Junco’s Proposal for a Sociology of Empathy #sssi #sociology

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

We have just published Natalia Ruiz-Junco’s article “Advancing the Sociology of Empathy: A Proposal” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Natalia who is an expert on Charles Horton Cooley reviews existing interactionist studies of ’empathy’ and then develops a proposal for a sociology … Continue reading →

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New on Early View: Weninger & Williams – ‘Interactional Construction of Social Authenticity: “Real” Identities and Intergroup Relations in a Transylvania Internet Forum’ #sssi #sociology

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

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New #article by Xiaoli Tian “Embodied versus Disembodied Information” in Symbolic Interaction #sssi #sociology

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

There has been a considerable interest in our journal to explore how interaction and communication via the internet influences social relationships. Xiaoli Tian argues that people increasingly bestow more trust in disembodied information than in information delivered in situations of … Continue reading →

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New on Early View: C. McNamara ‘Responsibility-Shifting in a Gambling Environment’ #sssi #sociology

Posted on January 5, 2017 by

We have just published Cormac McNamara’s article “Responsibility-Shifting in a Gambling Environment” on Early view of Symbolic Interaction. The article explores how people who gamble in betting shops explain their failure to win by attributing them to external factors outside … Continue reading →

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Renew your SSSI Membership & Journal Subscription #sssi #sociology

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Greetings from Colorado! This is to remind you that your membership in the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction expires at the end of the year. Renew now, and cross it off your list of things to do later. … Continue reading →

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Renew SSSI Membership and Journal Subscription #sssi #sociology

Posted on November 1, 2016 by

Greetings from Colorado! This is to remind you that your membership in the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction expires at the end of the year. Renew now, and cross it off your list of things to do later. … Continue reading →

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Review of Dagmar Danko’s “Zur Aktualität von Howard S. Becker: Einführung in sein Werk” by Andrea Ploder #sssi #sociology

Posted on October 23, 2016 by

From time to time Symbolic Interaction has books reviewed that have been published i languages other than English. Recently, Dagmar Danko, a sociologist from the University of Freiburg in Germany, published a book to the contemporary relevance of Howard S. Becker. … Continue reading →

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