scholarly journals Social Representations of the Marriage Partner: a Generational Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-142
Author(s):  
T.P. Emelyanova ◽  
D.A. Shmidt
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Core ◽  
Marriage Partner ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
The One

Objective. Comparison of the marriage partner social representations of representatives of generations Y, X and Baby Boomers. Background. The sphere of marriage and romantic relationships is influenced by transformational processes in society. The romanticization of loneliness, the postponement of marriages and the births causes the interest in the study of social representations about the marriage partner of post-student youth. Study design. The article examines the possible connection between social representations of a marriage partner and the family role positioning on the one hand, and the content about romantic relationships that respondents browse in social networks, on the other. The Kraskal-Wallace H criterion was used to check existence and sort of possible connection. Participants. Sample: 525 people, including Millennials — 192 people, representatives of generation X — 176 and baby boomers — 157. Measurements. Author’s questionnaire of social representations about marriage and marriage partner; questionnaire “Marriage Role Expectations and Claims” by A. Volkova; set of questions about usage of social networks and other communication channels. Results. The core of social representations about the marriage partner and the periphery close to the core change slightly from generation to generation. With the growth of respondents’ life experience increases the willingness to accept complex life circumstances and the perception of relationship as a process that requires permanent effort. Conclusions. Problematic trends in family and marriage relations are presumably the result of sociocultural changes, rather than social representations of the marriage partner.

scholarly journals SOCIAL DEBT REPRESENTATIONS: COMPARISON OF GENERATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 246-272
Author(s):  
М.А. Гагарина
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
The Cost

Рассматривается проблема сходства и различия социальных представлений о денежном долге у разных поколений. Приведен обзор отечественных и зарубежных исследований, описывающих особенности представителей поколений «беби-бумеров», X, Y и Z. Эмпирической проверке подверглись следующие гипотезы: (1) представители разных поколений будут иметь одинаковое содержание ядра социальных представлений о долге; (2) одинаковые социальные представления о долге у разных поколений будут по-разному связаны с различными социально-психологическими характеристиками. Представлены результаты эмпирического исследования с участием 391-го респондента, из которых 71 - представитель «беби-бумеров», 104 - поколения Х, 103 и 113 - Y и Z соответственно. Показано, что ядро социальных представлений о денежном долге у всех поколений составляют убеждения о собственной ответственности за возврат своих долгов, необходимости жизни в соответствии с доходами, минимизации стоимости займа и максимально быстром погашении имеющихся задолженностей. У беби-бумеров наибольшее количество взаимосвязей получено для убеждения «жить надо в соответствии со своими доходами» (с субъективным контролем в разных областях, сознательностью, доброжелательностью), у поколения Y - для утверждения «только я несу ответственность за возврат своих долгов» (с субъективным контролем в разных областях и переживанием вины и стыда), у X - всего две корреляции между утверждением «я всегда стараюсь отдавать долги как можно быстрее» и шкалами сознательность и доброжелательность большой пятерки, у Z все ядерные социальные представления о долге связаны с переживанием стыда и негативным отношением к себе. Сделаны выводы о том, что представители рассмотренных поколений имеют общее ядро социальных представлений о денежном долге, включающее убеждения, описывающие собственную ответственность и быстрое исполнение обязательств, важность расчетов и умеренность трат (жизнь по средствам). Для поколения беби-бумеров и представителей Z центральным является представление о том, что жить надо в соответствии со своими доходами, но для первых оно является более сложным. Для поколения X более значимым является представление о необходимости скорейшего возврата долгов, а для поколения Y - собственная ответственность за это. Для поколения Z исполнение обязательств связано с сознательностью и переживанием социальных эмоций. The paper considers the problem of similarities and differences in social representations of monetary debt among different generations. A review of domestic and foreign studies of the characteristics of representatives of baby-boomers, generations X, Y, Z is given. The following hypotheses were subjected to empirical testing: (1) representatives of different generations will have the same core of social representations about debt; (2) the same social representations about debt of different generations will have different grounds, namely, they are associated with different socio-psychological characteristics. Research methods: The Debt Behavior questionnaire, the Big Five questionnaires, the Locus of Control, Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale. The results of an empirical study are presented, respondents - are 391 in total, 71 are baby boomers, 104 are representatives of the X generation, 103 and 113 are Y and Z, respectively. As a result, it has been shown that the core of social representations about monetary debt for all generations consists of beliefs about their own responsibility for repaying their debts, the need to live in accordance with incomes, minimizing the cost of loans and repaying existing debts as quickly as possible. For baby-boomers, the greatest number of relationships with other socio-psychological characteristics was obtained for the belief that “one must live according to one’s income” (with subjective control in different areas, consciousness, agreeableness), and for generation Y, for the statement “only I am responsible for repaying my debts” (with subjective control in different areas and proneness to guilt and shame). Generation X had only two correlations - between the statement “I always try to repay debts as quickly as possible” and consciousness and agreeableness of the Big Five. In Generation Z, all core social representations of debt are associated with shame and a negative attitude towards oneself. Conclusions: representatives of generations of baby-boomers, X, Y, Z have a common core of social representations about monetary debt, including beliefs describing their own responsibility and quick fulfillment of obligations, the importance of calculations and moderation of spending (living according their income). For the generation of baby boomers and representatives of Z, the central idea is that one must live in accordance with their incomes, but for the former it is more complex and affects different aspects of the relationship, in comparison with Z and Y. For generation X, more significant is - the representation of the need to repay debts as soon as possible, and for Generation Y - their own responsibility for this. For Generation Z, fulfilling commitments is associated with consciousness and the experience of social emotions.

Philip Melanchthon’s Early Theology of Preaching: Theologizing the Word of God in His Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531)

2017 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-31
Author(s):  
Corneliu C. Simuț
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Theology Of Preaching ◽  
The Core ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The One

This paper focuses on how Philip Melanchthon organized his theology of preaching in the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the very first defense of the early church reformers’ approach to doctrine against formal papal criticism as drafted in the Confutation of the Augsburg Confession by Johann Eck, who had been commissioned by emperor Charles V to provide a papal romanist refutation of the reformist Augsburg Confession. The article is going to demonstrate that Melanchthon’s theology of preaching insists on the proclamation of God’s Word as Christ, Gospel, and repentance, an indication that his homiletical theory encompasses key dogmas like christology, revelation, and soteriology, all fundamental tenets which not only define the core of Protestant theology and practice but also provide listeners with the possibility of a changed life experience based on Christ’s work as savior. The main contribution of this paper resides in the fact that on the one hand, it attempts to clarify Melanchthon’s theological position not as a Protestant writing against Catholics but rather as reformist challenging his papal peers within the Catholic church, while on the other hand, it identifies various aspects of his early thought as presented in the Apology—Christ, Gospel, repentance—and places them together systematically into a building block which constitutes his early theology of preaching as dogmatically founded on as well as anchored in christology, revelation, and soteriology.

scholarly journals Russian Identity in the Digital Age and social Perceptions of social media users

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Natalia P. Saschenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
State Identity ◽  
National State ◽  
Core Zone ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social

The article proposes approaches to solving the problem of the ongoing crisis of national-state identification of young citizens of Russia and the associated socio-political risks of a delayed nature. Digitalization radically changes the structure of employment of the population, the nature of socio-economic and socio-political relations, the functioning and reproduction of the culture underlying group, ethnic, national-state identity, creates the possibility of effective cross-border external influence. These changes contain significant risks of destabilizing the state and its main institutions, the formation of a controlled "digital society". The results of the first stage of an empirical study of social representations of Russia by young users of social networks are presented. The article substantiates the dependence of national-state identity on social ideas about one's country, which are being transformed in the context of digitalization of all spheres of life. The structural-functional and content-morphological characteristics of the social ideas of young people about Russia have been determined. Differences in the social perceptions of young people of different categories were revealed, and differences in the significance and valence of the elements of the "core" zone were revealed. It is planned to conduct the second stage of research on the structure and content of social perceptions of Russia by young users of social networks with different ideological preferences, socio-political sentiments, in order to test the significance of the elements of the “core” zone depending on political orientations.

Structure of young people’s social perceptions of Russia: the problem of identity

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Natalya P. Sashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
National State ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Russian Identity

The article examines the relationship between social perceptions of one’s country, national-state (Russian) identity, and the stability of the state. We analyzed the results of empirical studies of social perceptions of young users of social networks with different ideological preferences and socio-political attitudes through the study of a system of images and symbols associated in the minds of youth the notion of “Russia”. The structure of social representations about Russia, the content of the core and peripheral zones, and the emotional assessment of the studied category are revealed.

scholarly journals Social Net Users’ Behavior as a Forming Factor of Social Representations about Spouse

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 778-788
Author(s):  
D. A. Shmidt
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Serial Monogamy ◽  
The Third

The present research traced the connection between the behavior of social net users and 1) the content they view devoted to romantic relationships and 2) their social representations about their prospective spouse. The survey involved 525 respondents and an authentic questionnaire of three blocks. The first block of questions was based on a content analysis of young people's essays and social net entries. It featured social representations about romantic relationships and marriage. The second block was connected with socio-demographic characteristics. The third block analyzed the use of social networks and other communication channels. The study revealed a link between one’s behavior in social networks and social representations about a romantic partner, married life, and family relations. Users that frequently viewed social media posts about relationships between men and women were not marriage-oriented and did not seek long-term romantic relationships. They viewed romantic relationships as an exciting adventure and they entertained a possibility of having different partners at different life stages. Such elements in social representations may lead to a more tolerant attitude to such phenomena as unregistered marriage, divorce, and serial monogamy.

The Salvage of Ideas: Schumpeter and the Core Problems Still Confronting Economics

2003 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
P. Wynarczyk
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Core ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Two aspects of Schumpeter' legacy are analyzed in the article. On the one hand, he can be viewed as the custodian of the neoclassical harvest supplementing to its stock of inherited knowledge. On the other hand, the innovative character of his works is emphasized that allows to consider him a proponent of hetherodoxy. It is stressed that Schumpeter's revolutionary challenge can lead to radical changes in modern economics.

AFRICAN WOMEN AND FORBIDDEN GROUNDS: FEMALE SEXUALITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION IN AFRICAN LITERATURE

Imbizo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Oyeh O. Otu
Keyword(s):  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
African Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
African Women ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Sexual Repression

This article examines how female conditioning and sexual repression affect the woman’s sense of self, womanhood, identity and her place in society. It argues that the woman’s body is at the core of the many sites of gender struggles/ politics. Accordingly, the woman’s body must be decolonised for her to attain true emancipation. On the one hand, this study identifies the grave consequences of sexual repression, how it robs women of their freedom to choose whom to love or marry, the freedom to seek legal redress against sexual abuse and terror, and how it hinders their quest for self-determination. On the other hand, it underscores the need to give women sexual freedom that must be respected and enforced by law for the overall good of society.

Evaluation of Road Utilisation as Space For Holding Social Ceremonies in Indigenous Residential Area of Ogbomoso, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (March 2018) ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A Okanlawon ◽  
O.O Odunjo ◽  
S.A Olaniyan
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Noisy Environment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Core ◽  
Local Roads ◽  
Strict Enforcement ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

This study examined Residents’ evaluation of turning transport infrastructure (road) to spaces for holding social ceremonies in the indigenous residential zone of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Upon stratifying the city into the three identifiable zones, the core, otherwise known as the indigenous residential zone was isolated for study. Of the twenty (20) political wards in the two local government areas of the town, fifteen (15) wards that were located in the indigenous zone constituted the study area. Respondents were selected along one out of every three (33.3%) of the Trunk — C (local) roads being the one mostly used for the purpose in the study area. The respondents were the residents, commercial motorists, commercial motorcyclists, and celebrants. Six hundred and forty-two (642) copies of questionnaire were administered and harvested on the spot. The Mean Analysis generated from the respondents’ rating of twelve perceived hazards listed in the questionnaire were then used to determine respondents’ most highly rated perceived consequences of the practice. These were noisy environment, Blockage of drainage by waste, and Endangering the life of the sick on the way to hospital; the most highly rated reasons why the practice came into being; and level of acceptability of the practice which was found to be very unacceptable in the study area. Policy makers should therefore focus their attention on strict enforcement of the law prohibiting the practice in order to ensure more cordial relationship among the citizenry, seeing citizens’ unacceptability of the practice in the study area.

Interactional means of teaming up: enacting the features of contemporary working life in a theater performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riikka Nissi ◽  
Melisa Stevanovic
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Social World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Workplace Organization ◽  
The One

Abstract The article examines how the aspects of the social world are enacted in a theater play. The data come from a videotaped performance of a professional theater, portraying a story about a workplace organization going through a personnel training program. The aim of the study is to show how the core theme of the play – the teaming up of the personnel – is constructed in the live performance through a range of interactional means. By focusing on four core episodes of the play, the study on the one hand points out to the multiple changes taking place both within and between the different episodes of the play. On the other hand, the episodes of collective action involving the semiotic resources of singing and dancing are shown to represent the ideals of teamwork in distinct ways. The study contributes to the understanding of socially and politically oriented theater as a distinct, pre-rehearsed social setting and the means and practices that it deploys when enacting the aspects of the contemporary societal issues.

scholarly journals Commercial Limits to Personality: Instagram Influencers and Commoditized Content Receptivity

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Tyler Horan
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Audience Reception ◽  
Media Audiences ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
The One ◽  
Commercial Relationships ◽  
Network Power

Social media influencers-individuals who utilize various forms of network power on social networks occupy a unique identity space. On the one hand, their network power is often tied to their social identity as creators of engaging material. On the other hand, their ability to promote commercial products and services steps outside the traditionally distinct commercial–social, occupational–personal divides. In this work, the network morphologies of influencers are explored in relation to their delivery of sponsored and non-sponsored content. This article explores how the disclosure of content as ‘sponsored’ affects audience reception. We show how that the promotion of content on social media often generates higher levels of engagement and receptiveness amongst their audience despite the platform’s assumption of organic non-commercial relationships. We find that engagement levels are highest among smaller out-degree networks. Additionally, we demonstrate that sponsored content not only returns a higher level of engagement, but that the effect of sponsorship is relatively consistent across out-degree network sizes. In sum, we suggest that social media audiences are not sensitive to commercial sponsorship when tied to identity, as long as that performance is convincing and consistent.

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