{"id":1617,"date":"2013-01-18T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2014-04-01T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T16:17:31","slug":"friday-roundup-january-18-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2013\/01\/18\/friday-roundup-january-18-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: January 18, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Doubling Down!<\/h3>\n

Loyal readers may have noticed the absence of a roundup last week; shuffled schedules led to shuffled writing, and so this week we’ll have a double dose of goodness to share. Please enjoy what the TSP crew has been rustling up in the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“Parking Wars, Public Soc, and Professional Thinkers<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. In which a Cyborgology post starts a great discussion on “public sociology.”<\/p>\n

“Finding Sociology<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. In which a talk with photographer Wing Young Huie spurs a search for sociology outside academia.<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“You May Not Know It Yet, But You’re Changing<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which we realize we’re different people than we were at age 12, but we’ll also<\/em> be different people in another 12 years.<\/p>\n

“Bad News for Americans Under 50<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which… uh-oh! Hide! Move! Yikes.<\/p>\n

“School’s Not Out for Summer<\/a>?” by Letta Page. In which it’s the time, not the timing, that counts when it comes to education.<\/p>\n

“Darwin Was Wrong<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which evolutionary biology butts heads with sociology and psychology. And there’s speed-dating.<\/p>\n

“Hold the Check or Hold the Laude<\/a>,” by Suzy Maves McElrath. In which we learn paying their own way through college might spur students to keep their grades up. Just try not to think about the loan debt.<\/p>\n

Office Hours:<\/h3>\n

“Joshua Newman and Michael Giardina on NASCAR Nation<\/a>,” by Kyle Green. In which Newman and Giardina do their fieldwork from the infield.<\/p>\n

“Gabriella Coleman on Anonymous<\/a>,” by Kyle Green. In which Coleman explores hacking, Anonymous, the free flow of information, and the free flow of her own book, available online under Creative Commons licensing.<\/p>\n

Teaching TSP:<\/h3>\n

“Recession Trends<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which Brehm explores ways to use a new online tool and a TSP podcast to talk economics and inequality.<\/p>\n

Scholars Strategy Network:<\/h3>\n

“The Strengths and Limits of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Tool to Fight Poverty<\/a>,” by Daniel S. Feder. The fiscal cliff deal extended the EITC for five years—will it do anything to fight poverty?<\/p>\n

“Should States Create Exchanges to Implement Obamacare?<\/a>” by David K. Jones. Either the states do it, or the federal government will step in. Jones debates the best strategy.<\/p>\n

“How Democrats and Republicans Can Draw Uncommitted Minorities into Politics<\/a>,” by Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee. Getting a minority-majority population to the polls.<\/p>\n

“America\u2019s Low Taxes in Comparative Perspective<\/a>,” by Andrea Louise Campbell. Feeling overtaxed? Check the chart.<\/p>\n

A Few from The Community Pages:<\/h3>\n