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\nThe fall semester is winding down, but we here at TSP are still working hard\u00a0to bring you the latest in sociological research and writing. See below for this week’s new content, including pieces\u00a0on the pitfalls of polling, the prevalence of academic gossip, and the decline of diners.<\/p>\n
“Polling, Sampling, and Social Conditioning<\/a>,” by Neeraj Rajasekar<\/a>. Social scientists are all too aware of the problems and pitfalls that are inherent in polling and survey research. We highlight some common issues that may help explain why\u00a0predictions for the 2016 election were so different from the results.<\/p>\n “Religion, Politics, and Media in Africa and America<\/a>,” by j. Siguru Wahutu<\/a> and Evan Stewart<\/a>. Comparisons between the two countries reveal similarities in the role of religion and politics in the media across the globe.<\/p>\n “Academic Gossip and its Unintended Consequences<\/a>,” by Caty Taborda<\/a>. New research finds that scientists use gossip to informally police one another\u00a0and warn newcomers about untrustworthy colleagues.<\/p>\n “The Diner Decline<\/a>,” by Elizabeth Tremmel. The New York Times<\/em> uses research by\u00a0Ray Oldenburg<\/a>\u00a0to explain how\u00a0we lose more than comfort food when we phase out diners in our neighborhoods.<\/p>\n “Trump, the NRA, and the Mobilization of Fear<\/a>,” by Chelsea Carlson.\u00a0Scott Melzer<\/a>\u00a0talks to\u00a0The Trace<\/em> about how Trump and the NRA use the social movement strategy of fear mobilization to garner support.<\/p>\n “Motherhood Penalty Costs More for High Earning Women<\/a>,” by Allison Nobles<\/a>.\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em> talks to\u00a0Paula England<\/a>\u00a0about new research that shows\u00a0how the motherhood penalty may be worse for women who make more money.<\/p>\n “How the Reproductive Justice Movement Benefits Latinas<\/a>,” by Rocio Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n “From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend \u2013 What Unions Do for Women<\/a>,” by Ruth Milkman<\/a>.<\/p>\n The fall semester is winding down, but we here at TSP are still working hard\u00a0to bring you the latest in sociological research and writing. See below for this week’s new content, including pieces\u00a0on the pitfalls of polling, the prevalence of academic gossip, and the decline of diners. There’s Research on That!: “Polling, Sampling, and Social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4377"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4385,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4377\/revisions\/4385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Discoveries<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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