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🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
In this book, we explore the efforts of the "Anthropocene Working Group" to define the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85175-9
with Martin Bohle, Leslie Sklair, Fabienne Will, & a foreword by Jan Zalasiewicz
Do we overestimate the decline in global inequality because autocracies exaggerate their economic growth? A recent study by R.K. Pandian uses an interesting approach to verify official GDP growth figures:
[publication] https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sf/soaf026/8042088
Looks can open doors, but only if they match qualifications. A recent study shows how perceived status inconsistency affects hiring decisions.
[en] https://tinyurl.com/4hshjx87
[de] https://tinyurl.com/3dpknysw
[publication] https://doi.org/10.1086/729834
Examining "the labor of distinction," Bryan Boyle and Dieter Vandebroeck show that an upper-class lifestyle depends on occupations which - unlike the jack-of-all-trades role of the butler - focus on specific functions:
[en] https://tinyurl.com/4xrz7jp4
[de] https://tinyurl.com/3p9e5a69
[publication]
https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224241305357
In the wake of Meta's announcement to scrap content moderation, the results of a study examining the spread of fake news on Facebook during the 2020 US election are instructive: Content moderation works, but peer-to-peer distribution still allows fake news to spread.
[autotranslated:]
https://tinyurl.com/2ahy88at
[original German:]
https://tinyurl.com/326kskp2
[link to publication:]
https://doi.org/10.15195/v11.a41
Anonymous and impersonal transactions are ubiquitous, but they often don't receive the sociological attention they deserve. Eviatar Zerubavel's book offers a fresh look at the uses and discontents of impersonality.
[review, autotranslated:]
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/wissen/soziologie-vom-nutzen-des-unpersoenlichen-110172599.html?premium=0xd217dc284d3e5bff6b5b36c5adf7807f2a6d1ebbec41544f5687c9d8ae85b1e7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
Strong ties are characterized by frequent interactions. But do we actually rely on close contacts to discuss important topics? According to a study by Small, Brant & Fekete, people are selective and avoid raising certain topics in specific relationships.
[online publication:]
https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224241263602
AI technology based on Large Language Models (LLMs) isn't "intelligent." But what if it becomes "sentient"? It might not take over the world but instead become neurotic and deceitful, according to M. Bokanga, A. Lembo & J.L. Martin.
[online publication:]
https://doi.org/10.23919/JSC.2023.0024
Confronted with falsehoods, people are often "morally flexible": They do not mind statements contradicting the facts - if those support some higher "truth", according to a recently published study by Kim, Hahl, Poskanzer & Zuckerman Sivan.
[online publication:]
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/730763
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