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Negotiating the Unknown: The Role of Uncertainty in Social Exchange
(Blackwell Publishing LtdDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)This article documents the role of uncertainty in social exchange. Specifically, it reviews how social exchange theorists incorporate uncertainty when explaining psychological processes and social behaviors. After identifying ... -
The New Distribution Oligopoly: Beats, iTunes, and Digital Music Distribution
(University of California, Santa BarbaraDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2015) -
The News We Use: A Mixed Methods Analysis Of Cable News Media Polarization
(Sociology, 2014-03-12)The 2012 election is done and the dust has settled, but one cannot overlook the fact that the ever-widening gap between our two main political parties' ideologies and platforms has made it substantially harder for independents ... -
Not My Father's Game: Immigration, Major League Baseball And The Dominican Republic
(Anthropology, 2009-09-16)Since the 1980's the number of Latino players, specifically, Dominicans, on major and minor league baseball teams has increased significantly. This demographic shift is due, in large part, to Major League Baseball (MLB) ... -
Nuns Making Fun: An Exploration of Humor among Women Religious
(2019-08-02)This paper discusses the role and use of humor in the lives of nuns and consecrated women. A qualitative study consisting of interviews with nuns and consecrated women was conducted to produce data about the way in which ... -
Obscured Leisure: Crafting as Leisure for Stay-At-Home Mothers
(2018-11-15)The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning handcrafting has for stay-at-home mothers, the reasons some mothers engage in handcrafting, and how the practice of handcrafting influences motherhood. Qualitative data ... -
Outsourcing Single Parents' Household Labor
(Sociology, 2014-07-14)This study introduces a new data set to the literature on the outsourcing of household labor. The 2005 Pew Social Trends survey on Family Bonds is analyzed with consideration for established approaches on outsourcing. ... -
Participation, Identity, And Social Support In A Spiritual Community
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)Paganism is a loosely organized community whose religious ideology incorporates the immanence of Deity. As a religious association with an ideology different from traditional Judeo-Christian faiths, members are often labeled ... -
Prehistoric Archaeology Underwater
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Presidential Speech and the Framing of Poverty: From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor
(2015-12-07)Presidential narratives are influential components of the national conversation about social issues. In order to gain a better understanding of how the Presidents framed and discussed poverty and the poor State of the Union ... -
Pros and Cons: Anime Conventions and Cosplayers
(2018-12-20)Among the brightly-hued convention (con) halls, people dressed in feathers, foam armor, and spandex pose for pictures with one another as cosplayers. Cosplay is a way for fans to present themselves and their group to the ... -
RACE, CLASS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS USE OF FORCE BY POLICE
(2018-05-01)Another unarmed victim of police violence. Another acquitted officer. In recent years, this tragic course of events has repeated itself on multiple occasions in courtrooms, living rooms and social media spaces throughout ... -
Rebound Hardness Results For Raw Material Located Near Pinnacle Point, South Africa And The Implications Thereof
The focus of this study is to test our ability to glean ancient human behavioral ecology data through a specific form of raw material mechanical properties testing. Through the quantitative analysis of raw material in ... -
The Relationship Between Science Literacy Levels And Religious Belief Among A Sample Of Community College Students
(Sociology, 2010-07-19)The purpose of this study was to quantitatively explore how beliefs regarding creation and evolution are related. To this end, attitude structures, cognitive sociology, creation, evolution, science, status politics and ... -
Resurrecting Old Pattonia: Uncovering The Lifeways Of A 19th Century Shipping Port Community
(Anthropology, 2014-03-12)An East Texas steamboat landing community, known as Pattonia, operated from 1843 to the late 19th century. Here I attempt to identify what socioeconomic stratification and consumerism on the landscape meant for the daily ... -
Rising Income Inequality And The Socioeconomic Gradient In Self-rated Health: An Examination Of The United States From 1975 To 2010
(Sociology, 2013-07-22)This study explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, and examines how that relationship may be affected in the context of rising income inequality. Using General Social Survey (GSS) data from ... -
The Rugged Action Hero And His Sexy Love Interest: Gender In Popular Movie Posters
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)As a social institution, the media exert a profound influence on people's lives and shape the way people conceive gender. Although a great deal of research exists analyzing gender in the media, the area of gendered ... -
Sexual Consent: Conceptualizations, Practices, and Education Among Texas High School Students
(2022-05-06)This study investigates high school students’ understanding of sexual consent and healthy relationships. While many studies have investigated practices, concepts, and definitions of consent among college-aged students, ... -
A Spatial Analysis Of Stone Circles In Southwestern Ireland
(Anthropology, 2007-08-23)There is a tendency for the stone circles of southwest Ireland to be categorized by archaeologists based on the number of stones used to define their circumferences. This categorization does not adequately describe the ... -
State-agents Vs. Citizen-agents: How Parental Values And Socioeconomic Backgrounds Impact The Construction Of Work Related Identities In Street-level Bureacracy
(Sociology, 2011-10-11)Scholarship on street-level policy implementation identifies two dominant approaches street-level bureaucrats use to describe their work: the "state-agent" and "citizen-agent" narratives. The former focuses on how street-level ...