Video games and insightful gameplay
Journal Title: Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Editor’s introduction to the Themed Issue
Authors and Affiliations
Doris Rusch
Editor’s introduction to the Themed Issue
Doris Rusch
Motive, desire, drive: the discourse of force
A review of the original paper on motive by Blum and McHugh (1971) is used as an occasion to make transparent an approach to social theory as it has developed over the years in their work. This method, in treating motive...
Age stereotypes and ageism at the workplace – #ageisjustanumber
Because the world population is growing old, as the birth rate has diminished over the past 20-30 years, organizations have to cope with problems associated with inclusive policies that facilitate the integration of peop...
Sociological perspectives in critical data studies: A literature review
This research note reviews the main sociological directions in Critical Data Studies (CDT) articulated as opposed to “digital positivism”. In the first part of the review, I will highlight the relevance of the critical d...
The clones: A new phenomenon in the literary environment. A sociological approach
The article is an introduction to a rather recent phenomenon present in the Romanian literary environment: “the clones”. They are somehow linked to pseudonyms and Pessoa’s heteronyms but at the same time they bring somet...
Introduction: Life in the Web
The article serves as an introduction to the current journal issue on Online Lives. It discusses and connects the research papers here under three different rubrics: the hopes and fears raised by a world where informatio...