Social Construction of Social Problems Over Time

As a medium for delivering modernity, movie theaters have faithfully recorded the dialogue between modernity and local daily lives. In contrast to modern movie theaters, traditional cinemas are distinguished by their long history, through which they reflect the changing connotations and social construction of modernity over time. Based on detailed analysis of the historical and social characteristics of Nanguan cinema, a 100-year-old movie theater in Guangzhou, China, we reach the following two conclusions: first, shaped by local traditional culture, the practice of moviegoing localizes modernity with a distinctive grassroots feature that enlivens everyday lives; second, moviegoing at traditional theaters in modern metropolitan areas has further enriched the connotations of modernity by providing a nostalgic experience for audiences.

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The Foundational Lawlessness of the Law Itself: Racial Criminalization & the Punitive Roots of Punishment in America

Daedalus ◽

10.1162/daed_a_01892 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 151 (1) ◽

pp. 107-120

Author(s):

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Ethnic Studies ◽

Brute Force ◽

Behavioral Models ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Basic Assumptions ◽

The Social ◽

Legal Structures ◽

The Law ◽

Over Time

Abstract Empirical researchers and criminal justice practitioners have generally set aside history in exchange for behavioral models and methodologies that focus primarily on crime itself as the most measurable and verifiable driver of American punitiveness. There are innumerable legal and political questions that have arisen out of these approaches. Everything from the social construction of illegality to the politicization of punishment to the stigmatization of physical identities and social statuses have long called into question the legal structures that underpin what counts as crime and how punishment is distributed. And yet, until quite recently, the question of what history has to offer has mostly been left to historians, historically minded social scientists, critical race and ethnic studies scholars, community and prison-based activists, investigative journalists, and rights advocates. What is at stake is precisely the foundational lawlessness of the law itself. At all times, a White outlaw culture that rewarded brute force and strength of arms against racialized others unsettles basic assumptions about how we are to understand criminalization and punitiveness over time: that is, who has counted as a criminal and to what end has the state used violence or punishment?

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Teacher Expectations and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Knowns and Unknowns, Resolved and Unresolved Controversies

Personality and Social Psychology Review ◽

10.1207/s15327957pspr0902_3 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 131-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 459

Author(s):

Lee Jussim ◽

Kent D. Harber

Keyword(s):

Empirical Research ◽

Student Outcomes ◽

Social Problems ◽

Teacher Expectations ◽

Social Groups ◽

Social Reality ◽

Future Research ◽

Erroneous Beliefs ◽

Over Time

This article shows that 35 years of empirical research on teacher expectations justifies the following conclusions: (a) Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom do occur, but these effects are typically small, they do not accumulate greatly across perceivers or over time, and they may be more likely to dissipate than accumulate; (b) powerful self-fulfilling prophecies may selectively occur among students from stigmatized social groups; (c) whether self-fulfilling prophecies affect intelligence, and whether they in general do more harm than good, remains unclear, and (d) teacher expectations may predict student outcomes more because these expectations are accurate than because they are self-fulfilling. Implications for future research, the role of self-fulfilling prophecies in social problems, and perspectives emphasizing the power of erroneous beliefs to create social reality are discussed.

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Lived Realities and the Construction of Social Problems: The Case of Wife Abuse

Symbolic Interaction ◽

10.1525/si.1987.10.2.229 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 229-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Donileen R. Loseke

Keyword(s):

Social Problems ◽

Wife Abuse ◽

Construction Of Social Problems

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The social construction of social problems: the case of elder abuse and neglect

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610213000495 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 25 (8) ◽

pp. 1291-1298 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zvi Eisikovits ◽

Chaya Koren ◽

Tova Band-Winterstein

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Older Persons ◽

Social Problems ◽

Elder Abuse ◽

Family Members ◽

Case Material ◽

Elder Abuse And Neglect ◽

The Social ◽

Professional Workers ◽

Abuse And Neglect

ABSTRACTThe interaction and inter-penetrability overlap of abuse and neglect has been previously described. Therefore, the question is not whether a distinction can be made between the two, but how specific events are constructed into abuse and/or neglect based on how each of the protagonists involved (researchers, professional workers, family members, and the older persons themselves) make sense of abuse and neglect. The purpose of this paper is to explore the social and psychological construction of elder abuse and neglect and illustrate the theoretical constructs using case material and its application to the field.

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