Social Distance, Heterogeneity and Social Interactions

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Cont ◽  
Matthias Löwe
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance

scholarly journals In the Ear of the Listener: The Role of Foreign Accent in Interethnic Friendships and Partnerships

2021 ◽  
pp. 019791832098883
Author(s):  
Irena Kogan ◽  
Jörg Dollmann ◽  
Markus Weißmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Accented Speech ◽  
Interethnic Friendships ◽  
Communicative Power

This article examines the association between accented speech and the formation of friendships and partnerships among immigrants and native-born majority residents in Germany. Drawing on the sixth wave of the German extension of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, we analyze a neglected aspect of language — pronunciation — and find that speaking with a foreign accent is a more important correlate of the incidence of interethnic partnerships than of interethnic friendships. We argue that beyond its primary function of understandability, accented speech possesses socially communicative power. Accent transmits signals of an individual’s foreignness and cultural differences and, thus, becomes an additional marker of social distance. Such signals serve as a greater obstacle to more consequential intimate interethnic relations such as partnerships. Our findings extend the scholarly debate on the role of symbolic boundaries in social interactions between ethnic groups by yet another important boundary maker — accent.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PERUBAHAN DARI POLA PERLADANGAN TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN PETANI TRANSMIGRAN LOKAL (Suatu Kasus di Wilayah Transmigrasi Umum Sabung SP 1 Kabupaten Sambas Provinsi Kalimantan Barat) - The Impact Of Changes From Shifting Cultivation Patterns On The Welfare Of Local Transmigrant Farmers (in The Case Of A General Transmigration Sabung Sp 1 District Sambas West Kalimantan Province)

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Warman
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Total Income ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Adoption Of Innovations ◽  
Local Farmers

AbstrakSalah satu upaya untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan petani ladang berpindah adalah dengan cara mengubah pola pertanian mereka menjadi pola pertanian menetap di lokasi transmigrasi. Tujuan penelitian  adalah : (1) Mengetahui keragaan fenomena interaksi sosial yang terjadi antara sesama petani transmigran lokal dan antara transmigran lokal dengan transmigran pendatang (2) Mengetahui proses introduksi dan adopsi  inovasi baik yang diserap dari sesama petani atau pun dari penyuluh pertanian (3) Mengetahui pencapaian adopsi inovasi teknologi oleh petani transmigran lokal dan pengaruhnya terhadap tingkat pendapatan mereka (4) Mengetahui pengaruh serapan inovasi dari sesama petani dan sikap petani terhadap kegiatan penyuluhan; ketersediaan lembaga pendukung usahatani; serta potensi Internal keluarga tani terhadap adopsi inovasi teknologi petani transmigran lokal (5) Mengukur pencapaian kesejahteraan materil dan non materil petani transmigran lokal. Penelitian ini merupakan kasus di lokasi Transmigrasi Sabung SP 1 Kabupaten Sambas Provinsi Kalimantan Barat. Merupakan penelitian survey dan alat analisis yang digunakan adalah Path Analisis dan Uji Wilcoxon. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa : a) Berkembangnya sikap kompromistis b) Belum terbentuk kepemimpinan informal. c)  Terbentuknya akulturasi dalam hal bahasa. d) Sikap petani transmigran lokal terhadap transmigran pendatang berkorelasi positif dengan rentang jarak sosial diantara mereka. e)  Rentang jarak sosial berkorelasi positif terhadap kondisi tingkat keharmonisan interaksi sosial, namun tingkat keharmonisan interaksi sosial ini tidak berpengaruh terhadap aspek kesejahteraan non materil petani transmigran lokal f)  Serapan inovasi teknologi petani transmigran lokal terkategori sangat rendah sampai rendah. g)  Transmigran lokal dan transmigran pendatang secara timbal balik saling menyerap inovasi teknologi. Tingkat keharmonisan interaksi sosial antara mereka mempengaruhi tingkat serapan inovasi, sehingga berpengaruh terhadap tingkat adopsi inovasi oleh transmigran lokal. h) Tingkat serapan inovasi dari sesama petani lebih dominan dibanding   serapan inovasi dari penyuluh. i)  Tingkat adopsi inovasi transmigran lokal berpengaruh terhadap tingkat pendapatan usahatani, namun tidak berpengaruh terhadap tingkat pendapatan total mereka. j) Tingkat serapan inovasi dari sesama petani berpengaruh  terhadap tingkat adopsi inovasi oleh petani transmigran lokal, namun  sikap petani terhadap kegiatan penyuluhan, kondisi internal petani dan tingkat ketersediaan lembaga pendukung usahatani tidak berpengaruh terhadap adopsi inovasi petani transmigran lokal. k) Rerata tingkat pendapatan usahatani transmigran lokal sebelum mengikuti transmigrasi lebih besar dibanding setelah mengikuti transmigrasi. Tingkat pendapatan total mereka setelah mengikuti program transmigrasi lebih besar dibanding sebelum mengikuti transmigrasi. Tingkat kesejahteraan non materil petani lokal setelah mengikuti program transmigrasi berada pada  kategori memuaskan dan sangat memuaskan.Kata kunci : Perubahan pola pertanian, Transmigran lokal, Kesejahteraan materil,  Kesejahteraan Non materil, Transmigrasi.AbstractOne effort to improve the welfare of shifting cultivation farmers is a way to change the pattern of their farm into a pattern of sedentary agriculture in transmigration sites. The purpose of this study was to: (1) Determine the variability phenomenon of social interactions among local homesteader and between local homesteader with migrants (2) Knowing the introduction and adoption of innovations that are absorbed from fellow farmer or from agricultural extension (3) Knowing achieving the adoption of technological innovations by farmers and local homesteader influence on the level of their income (4) Determine the influence uptake of innovation among farmers and farmers' attitudes toward counseling activities; availability of farm support agencies; and the potential Internal family farm to adoption of technological innovations farmers through local homesteader (5) Measure the achievement of material and non-material well-being of migrants local farmers. This study was a case in Transmigration locations Sabung SP 1 Sambas district of West Kalimantan Province. Analysis tool used  Path Analysis and Wilcoxon test. The results of the study found that: a) The development of an attitude of compromise b) are formed informal leadership. c) Establishment of acculturation in terms of language. d) The attitude of local farmers against migrants positively correlated with a range of social distance between them. e) The range of social distance positively correlated to the degree of harmony conditions of social interaction, but the level of social interaction of this harmony does not affect the welfare of the non-material aspects of local homesteader farmer f) Uptake local homesteader farmer technological innovation categorized very low to low. g) Local Transmigrants absorb technological innovation of migrants and vice versa. The level of harmony between their social interactions affect the rate of uptake of innovation, so that the effect on the rate of innovation adoption by local homesteader. h) The rate of uptake of innovation among farmers is more dominant than the uptake of innovation extension. i) The rate of adoption of innovation local homesteader affect the level of farm income, but do not affect the level of their total income. j) The rate of uptake of innovation among farmers affect the rate of adoption of innovations by farmers local homesteader, but the attitude of farmers to extension activities, the internal conditions of farmers and farm-level availability of supporting agencies had no effect on the adoption of a local homesteader farmer innovation. k) The mean level of farm income before following local transmigration transmigration greater than after following transmigration. The level of their total income after transmigration program bigger than before following transmigration. The level of non-material well-being of the local farmers after the transmigration program in the category satisfactory and very satisfactory.Keywords: Changing patterns of farming, local Transmigran, material welfare, Non-material welfare, Transmigration.

SOCIAL DISTANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 860-881
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Varvarigos ◽  
Guangyi Xin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Path Dependency ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
The Impact

We show that path dependency in economic development can emerge in a model where social distance affects capital accumulation. This effect works through the impact of social interactions on individuals’ incentives to invest. Social distance evolves intergenerationally, as the process of social interactions with people from different backgrounds generates familiarity and experiences that are bequeathed to the next generation, thus shaping their perceptions and opinions about “outsiders.” A key result is the possibility of alienation among people who belong to different groups, if social distance is above a threshold. The initial conditions with respect to social distance and the capital stock can both be critical in determining the economy’s long-term prospects.

Comorbid Suffering: Breast Cancer Survivors in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 917-926
Author(s):  
Edna N. Bosire ◽  
Emily Mendenhall ◽  
Lesley Jo Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Breast Cancer Study ◽  
Multiple Conditions

Cycles of chronic illness are unpredictable, especially when multiple conditions are involved, and that instability can transform “normal” everyday life for individuals and their families. This article employs a theory of “comorbid suffering” to interpret how multiple concurrent diagnoses produce webs of remarkable suffering. We collected 50 life stories from breast cancer survivors enrolled in the South Africa Breast Cancer Study. We present three women’s narratives who grapple with comorbid suffering and illness-related work, which arise interpersonally when comorbid illnesses affects social interactions. We found that women strive to create a balance between living with comorbid suffering and continuously performing routine activities amid treatment. Discrimination and isolation were underpinned by women’s fear of being rejected by their families or how their illnesses created social distance between family members and the wider community. This study therefore illustrates how comorbid suffering requires intensive family commitments amid and beyond illness.

Social distance, heterogeneity and social interactions

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 572-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Cont ◽  
Matthias Löwe
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance

Traveling with Companions: The Social Customer Journey

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Hamilton ◽  
Rosellina Ferraro ◽  
Kelly L. Haws ◽  
Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Customer Journey ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Research ◽  
Decision Making Units ◽  
Do So

When customers journey from a need to a purchase decision and beyond, they rarely do so alone. This article introduces the social customer journey, which extends prior perspectives on the path to purchase by explicitly integrating the important role that social others play throughout the journey. The authors highlight the importance of “traveling companions,” who interact with the decision maker through one or more phases of the journey, and they argue that the social distance between the companion(s) and the decision maker is an important factor in how social influence affects that journey. They also consider customer journeys made by decision-making units consisting of multiple individuals and increasingly including artificial intelligence agents that can serve as surrogates for social others. The social customer journey concept integrates prior findings on social influences and customer journeys and highlights opportunities for new research within and across the various stages. Finally, the authors discuss several actionable marketing implications relevant to organizations’ engagement in the social customer journey, including managing influencers, shaping social interactions, and deploying technologies.

scholarly journals Social Distance and Tolerance of Students Secondary Vocational Inclusive Schools

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.S. Gladilina
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Inclusive Schools ◽  
Joint Training ◽  
Students Attitudes

The study aimed to assess the changes in the level of tolerance of healthy students to the students with HIA, we discuss the change of the social distance between patients with HIA and healthy students in secondary vocational schools that have implemented programs of inclusive education. The primary survey was attended by 222 people: 66 people with the HIA and 156 people without the developmental disease, the follow-up study - by 222 people: 66 people with the HIA and 156 people without the disease. The basis of the study was the measurement of social distance using questionnaires developed by S.B. Fedorov, under the supervision by L.M. Shipitsina at the Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology (2000). We revealed the specific features of the formation of tolerance among students without pathology to the persons with HIA. We show different students' attitudes toward people with different developmental pathologies and multidirectional dynamics in relation to social interactions in various forms in healthy students and students with the HIA. The joint training of healthy students and those with HIA revealed a trend towards more conscious understanding of the characteristics of social interaction with persons with HIA in healthy students.

scholarly journals “You are useful objects”: Economic inequality leads people to approach instrumental others

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Cheng ◽  
Mingyang Hao ◽  
Xijing Wang ◽  
zifei li ◽  
Fang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
The Social

Economic inequality has been shown to increase the social distance between groups. We proposed that in more unequal societies, people’s affiliation with others depends on whether a relationship partner is instrumental for self-enhancement goals. The results from four experiments supported our proposition. We found that inequality increased people’s focus on the instrumentality aspects of others (Experiment 1). In a work setting, economic inequality prompted people to choose colleagues who were instrumental in achieving their performance goals as partners (Experiment 2). Moreover, the effect could be extended to situations where there is no clear benefit. Specifically, participants in high inequality contexts tended to approach instrumental people with instrumentality more than participants in low inequality contexts, and the effect was driven by self-enhancement goals (Experiments 3-4). Taken together, our findings suggest that economic inequality leads to an instrumentality orientation in social interactions, which changes how people view relationships and interact with others.

Perceived Voice Disorders in Older Adults and Impact on Social Interactions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Connie K. Porcaro ◽  
Clare Singer ◽  
Boris Djokic ◽  
Ali A. Danesh ◽  
Ruth Tappen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Vocal Performance ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Cross Sectional

Purpose Many aging individuals, even those who are healthy, report voice changes that can impact their ability to communicate as they once did. While this is commonly reported, most do not seek evaluation or management for this issue. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and differences in voice disorders in older adults, along with the effect of fatigue on their social interactions. Method This is a cross-sectional investigation of a community-dwelling sample of individuals aged 60 years or older. Participants completed the Questionnaire on Vocal Performance, the Social Engagement Index subset “Engagement in Social or Leisure Activities,” and the Fatigue Severity Scale. Results Results indicated 32.5% of the 332 participants reported symptoms of voice problems with no difference found between male and female respondents. A slight increase in report of voice problems was noted with each year of age. Participants who self-reported voice problems indicated less interaction in social activities involving communication than those who did not. Finally, as severity of self-reported voice problems increased, an increase was reported by the same individuals for signs of fatigue. Conclusions Voice problems and resulting decreased social interaction are commonly experienced by older individuals. Voice symptoms in older adults have been found to benefit from evidence-based treatment strategies. It is critical to provide education to encourage older individuals to seek appropriate evaluation and management for voice issues through a speech-language pathologist or medical professional.

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