{"id":2745,"date":"2014-04-04T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T22:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2014-04-07T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T15:10:30","slug":"ru040414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2014\/04\/04\/ru040414\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: April 4, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU040414\"<\/a>What’s up with what’s up on The Society Pages this week:<\/p>\n

Features:<\/h3>\n

“Health, Science, and Shared Disparities with Brian Southwell<\/a>,” by Sarah Lageson. Social networks may be great for getting the word out, but that’s highly dependent on the network.<\/p>\n

Office Hours Podcast:<\/h3>\n

“Colter Ellis on the Boundary Labor of Beef Production<\/a>,” with Sarah Lageson. Love ’em and eat ’em?<\/p>\n

The Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“There’s More to Methods than Tweaking and Critiquing,<\/a>” by Chris Uggen. On why it’s refreshing to return to talking about methods as the tools of social science.<\/p>\n

Reading List:<\/h3>\n

“Closing the Happiness Gap<\/a>,” by Rahsaan Mahadeo. Social policy can affect large-scale happiness, even if it does lead “to a few grumpy 1&’ers.”<\/p>\n

“The Personal Mediators of Stereotype<\/a>,” by Stephen Suh. New work in Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em>\u00a0reveals how personal characteristics change the individual experience of stereotype threat.<\/p>\n

There’s Research on That!<\/h3>\n

“New Nutrition Labels—A Healthier Choice<\/a>?” by Jacqui Frost. When a label’s not just a label.<\/p>\n

“NYC Gets with the Program on Pre-K<\/a>,” by Amy August. Who benefits from Pre-K, and why do autism diagnoses rise when we get kids in the education system earlier?<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“Trust in Intelligence<\/a>,” by Andrew Wiebe. Is it smart to trust others?<\/p>\n

Scholars Strategy Network:<\/h3>\n

“How America’s Engorged Prison and Surveillance System Threatens Civic Trust and Democracy<\/a>,” by Joe Soss. It may be smart to trust others, but it’s a little hard when there’s a camera on every corner.<\/p>\n

“The Truth about Health Reform, Jobs, and the Economy<\/a>,” by Jonathan Gruber. Health care is changing employment, but as a mechanism of voluntary changes, rather than forced stasis.<\/p>\n

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