New & Noteworthy

TSP’s Jordyn Wald has a new StoryMap on Law Enforcement and Body-Cams. It covers research on body-cams and its increasing use by police, improved accountability and reduced complaints, but their impact on excessive force and arrests varies depending on activation policies and usage.

Our latest Clippings by Mallory Harrington covers recent sociology and sociologists in the news, including stalled workplace gender equality, exploitation of undocumented agricultural workers, hidden societal harms in technological innovation, shifting caregiving norms among older couples, and the need for public collaboration in environmental regeneration and family farming.

The TSP podcast team has a new episode for your listening pleasure. Produced by Forrest Lovette, this episode includes Emma Goldstein, Mason Jones, and Leo LaBarre discussing older adult cohabitation from a recent The New York Times article featuring Deborah Carr and Susan Brown.

From the Archives

Last week, backed by the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims, the satirical news publication The Onion won the bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction. Amber Joy Powell’s TROT from 2017 discusses the media coverage of mass shootings since Columbine.

New Zealand opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led a Haka chant in the parliament chambers in protest of a bill reinterpretation of the country’s founding treaty with the Māori people. Although New Zealand is considered a leader in indigenous rights, opposers of this bill say that it would put their rights at risk. In the American context, we recently celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day – read our 2017 piece by Allison Nobles that covers some research on this holiday.

Consistent with other research, a recent NIH-backed study shows that women are less likely than men to meet the standard recommendation for weekly aerobic exercise. Many experts attribute this gender gap, in part, to the disproportionate time women spend on caregiving and household responsibilities. To learn more about how societal expectations and structural factors affect progress toward gender equality in sports and other fields, check out this 2017 Sociological Images article.

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Contexts:

  • fall 2024 table of contents includes 25 pieces on a range of topics – check them out!
  • letter from the editors: fall 2024 by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn highlight the Contexts Fall 2024 edition, which celebrates the vibrancy of social life, from Pride parades and diasporic joy to workplace challenges, urban regulation, and much more.
  • same behavior, different meaning by Parker Muzzerall covers research by Terence McDonnell, Anna Gabur, and Rachel Keynton on how the cultural politics of climate change show that conservative consumers increasingly adopt electric vehicles, not for climate action, but for cost-saving and freedom, highlighting the importance of framing climate-friendly practices in culturally resonant ways.

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