How did contact restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic affect dating? A recent study shows how people adapted and that they creatively used digital means of communication.

[autotranslated:]
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/dates-in-zeiten-der-pandemie-19632970.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[original German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/dates-in-zeiten-der-pandemie-19632970.html

[online publication:]
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11186-023-09538-z

@sociology

Do some people avoid discussing political topics and participating in surveys because they associate politics with conflict?

[autotranslated:]
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/poltische-themen-werden-in-privater-runde-eher-gemieden-19589035.html?premium=0x787f114dff9372e05650640f0c1781872bbf00640487947b75a031e64df6dd5a&GEPC=s3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[original German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/poltische-themen-werden-in-privater-runde-eher-gemieden-19589035.html?premium=0x787f114dff9372e05650640f0c1781872bbf00640487947b75a031e64df6dd5a&GEPC=s3

[online publication:]
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/selecting-out-of-politics-the-selffulfilling-role-of-conflict-expectation/6EC2F066B67985552757B75AE4CCDEFC

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Does ChatGPT have an ethico-political standpoint? Reinforcement learning steers the AI towards certain values, but it isn't trivial to find out what they are. John Levi Martin uses some interesting methods (and a lot of patience) to find out that ChatGPT has liberal affinities - and some difficulties adopting and impersonating other views.

[autotranslated:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/edel-sei-die-ki-hilfreich-und-gut-19492042.html?premium=0xfeb5029ed35b6bd1cb4a1a89c775a01e0b7623375301a3c76894f8e779da2e79&GEPC=s3

[original German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/edel-sei-die-ki-hilfreich-und-gut-19492042.html?premium=0xfeb5029ed35b6bd1cb4a1a89c775a01e0b7623375301a3c76894f8e779da2e79&GEPC=s3

[online publication:]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10184066

@sociology

Following the government's decision to scrap diesel fuel subsidies, German farmers took to the streets. Considering agriculture's dependency on state payments, the protests looked a lot like collective bargaining, but they also took issue with how farming is framed in public discourse.

[autotranslated:]
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/unverhandelte-tarife-und-ein-imageproblem-sind-die-gruende-fuer-den-bauernprotest-19443385.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[original German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/unverhandelte-tarife-und-ein-imageproblem-sind-die-gruende-fuer-den-bauernprotest-19443385.html

@sociology

Das Fest als Stresstest: Kolumne "Soziale Systeme" zu Weihnachten im Familienkreis (in Schweden und anderswo)

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/auch-soziologisch-gesehen-ist-das-fest-ist-ein-stresstest-19402903.html?premium=0x77d9aee0d4ae2165d76791b2aef6d047cb3ee53fdcef27a5a5f76a3014d6bc2a&GEPC=s3

Do populist parties attract people who - for various reasons - feel left behind? Nils Steiner, Christian Schimpf and Alexander Wuttke analyze the roots of populist attitudes based on data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES).

Summary [autotranslated]:
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/der-aufstand-der-abgehaengten-19353570.html?premium=0x5229996e34920ebceef89237b83138679866fc5cb82c3429623e0701a488f0e0&GEPC=s3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[in German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/der-aufstand-der-abgehaengten-19353570.html?premium=0x5229996e34920ebceef89237b83138679866fc5cb82c3429623e0701a488f0e0&GEPC=s3

Journal publication:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-022-00416-4

@sociology

In a recent AJS article, Ian Gray and Jean Philippe Cointet analyze the "Conference of the Parties" (COP) proceedings and show how less developed countries were able to influence the agenda of the UN climate convention.

Summary [autotranslated]:
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/die-geschickte-klimadiplomatie-der-aermeren-laender-19304814.html?premium=0x98839b384eee4a8cfb6b65939a3f9e62c02135c64e86fcfe498003c635e22272&GEPC=s3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[in German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/die-geschickte-klimadiplomatie-der-aermeren-laender-19304814.html?premium=0x98839b384eee4a8cfb6b65939a3f9e62c02135c64e86fcfe498003c635e22272&GEPC=s3

Journal publication:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727753

@sociology

Artificial politeness: AI interventions can improve the atmosphere of political debates, according to a recent study by Lisa Argyle, Chris Bail et al.

Summary [autotranslated]:
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/wie-ki-diskussionen-veraendern-kan-19256840.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[in German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/wie-ki-diskussionen-veraendern-kan-19256840.html

Journal publication:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311627120

@sociology

Western political leaders feel challenged by the charismatic appearance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As a reaction, they try to imitate it, as an analysis by P. Joosse and D. Zelinsky shows.

Summary [autotranslated]:
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/wolodymyr-selenskyj-soziologen-analysieren-seine-garderobe-19209512.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[in German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/wolodymyr-selenskyj-soziologen-analysieren-seine-garderobe-19209512.html

Journal publication:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07352751231174436

@sociology

In democracies, some may still be more equal than others: Successful claims-making is also a question of class position, as a recent study about administrative contacts in India demonstrates.

Summary [autotranslated]:
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/auch-in-demokratien-muessen-buerger-ihren-rechten-nachhelfen-19160060.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

[in German:]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/auch-in-demokratien-muessen-buerger-ihren-rechten-nachhelfen-19160060.html

@sociology