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Welcome sociology fans! If you’re also a fan of the Winter Olympics, we have sociological research on sporting mega-events and reflections on this year’s games. If you’re not a fan, we’ve also got sociological work on the meaning of racism, new research on engaging audiences on social media,\u00a0and recent work on how police\u00a0use\u00a0big data.<\/p>\n
“Sporting Mega-Events and Urban Inequality<\/a>,” by Caity Curry<\/a>. In light of recent sporting events, like the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl, we’ve round up research on mega-events and urban inequality.<\/p>\n “Different Dimensions of Racism<\/a>,” by Neeraj\u00a0Rajasekar<\/a>. Social science reviews how racism goes beyond prejudicial attitudes and overt discrimination.<\/p>\n “Keeping Audiences Engaged on Social Media<\/a>,” by Brooke Chambers<\/a>. New research in the\u00a0American Sociological Review\u00a0<\/em>finds that\u00a0the key to successful messaging is switching back and forth between rational and emotional argument styles.<\/p>\n “Zoom in and Enhance: Big Data meets Crime<\/a>,” by\u00a0Isabel Arriagada<\/a>. Another study in the\u00a0American Sociological Review\u00a0<\/em>examines how police’s use of big data has dramatically increased the number of people and institutions under surveillance.<\/p>\n “Why Fines are a Flawed Solution to Mass Incarceration<\/a>,” by Jasmine Syed. The New York Times\u00a0<\/em>talks to\u00a0Alexes Harris<\/a> about how fines and fees may not be the best alternative to incarceration.<\/p>\n “Beyond Racial Binaries: How \u2018White\u2019 Latinos Can Experience Racism<\/a>,” by Jonathan Harrison<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Can Hollywood Separate Gold from White?<\/a>” by Matthew W. Hughey<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Noni Gaylord-Harden Reframes Violence and Youth<\/a>,” by Eunice Owusu.<\/p>\n “Multiple Screens Are Not Always Bad For Attention<\/a>,” by\u00a0Allison J. Steinke<\/a>.<\/p>\n Welcome sociology fans! If you’re also a fan of the Winter Olympics, we have sociological research on sporting mega-events and reflections on this year’s games. If you’re not a fan, we’ve also got sociological work on the meaning of racism, new research on engaging audiences on social media,\u00a0and recent work on how police\u00a0use\u00a0big data. There\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"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-4958","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\/4958","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\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4958"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4967,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions\/4967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Discoveries<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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