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New & Noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This week we have a new Discovery<\/a> from Mason Jones<\/a> on Self-Help Books from work by Amber Gwynne<\/a>. The research found that readers learned that the books were not a “quick fix” and they still needed “to do the heavy lifting”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valentine’s Day was this past week and we reposted some pieces from us and our partners<\/a> to acknowledge the holiday. This includes recent coverage of some sociology by Lauren Harris<\/a> on ABC’s The Golden Bachelor<\/em>, Valentine’s Day in Japan, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our media report from this week includes Scott Schieman<\/a>\u00a0(Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto) in\u00a0The Conversation<\/a>\u00a0on how accurate the \u2018unhappy worker\u2019 narrative is, coverage of Boris Kagarlitsky’s\u00a0(prominent Russian sociologist and editor-in-chief of the Marxist online publication\u00a0Rabkor<\/a>) sentencing to five years in prison for his critical view of the war in Ukraine, Tina Fetner<\/a>‘s (Professor of Sociology at McMaster University) new book,\u00a0Sex in Canada: The Who, Why, When, and How of Getting Down Up North<\/em><\/a>, in Brighter World<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vancouver is Awesome<\/em><\/a>, and Christina Ciocca Eller<\/a> in The Harvard Gazette<\/em><\/a> on educational institutions rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Orthodox Greece recently legalized gay marriage. Read Louisa L. Roberts<\/a>‘s Special Feature on research of international attitudes toward same-sex marriage<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has made advances in space-based nuclear weapons. Learn about some of the history of testing nuclear weapons<\/a> from 1945-1998 from this Sociological Images<\/a> piece by Gwen Sharp. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More from our Partners & Community Pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Context’s<\/a> Winter 2024<\/a> is out and ready to read! This issue includes pieces on eviction<\/a>, “Green Card Soldiers”<\/a>, race and drug addiction<\/a>, Q&A with Malcolm Gladwell<\/a>, and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council on Contemporary Families<\/a> has two pieces to read. First, Richard Petts<\/a> and Daniel L. Carlson<\/a> write up some of their research on domestic labor<\/a> in Society and Mental Health<\/em><\/a> and how this work extends far beyond childcare. And second, Jennifer Randles<\/a> and Megan Carroll<\/a> write up their different research studies on the societal and cultural beliefs surrounding the role of fathers. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Publics<\/a>‘s latest includes Calvin John Smiley<\/a>‘s work on building trust and using practical applications of sociological concepts<\/a> in education to address the prison-industrial complex. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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