scholarly journals Children's Gender and Parents' Color Preferences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip N. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Color Preferences ◽  
Child Socialization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
The U.S

Gender differences in color preferences have been found in adults and children, but they remain unexplained. This study asks whether the gendered social environment in adulthood affects parents’ color preferences. The analysis used the gender of children to represent one aspect of the gendered social environment. Because having male versus female children in the U.S. is generally randomly distributed, it provides something of a natural experiment, offering evidence about the social construction of gender in adulthood. The participants were 749 adults with children who responded to an online survey invitation, asking “What’s your favorite color?” Men were more likely to prefer blue, while women were more likely to prefer red, purple, and pink, consistent with long-standing U.S. patterns. The effect of having only sons was to widen the existing gender differences between men and women, increasing the odds that men prefer blue while reducing the odds that women do; and a marginally significant effect showed women having higher odds of preferring pink when they have sons only. The results suggest that, in addition to any genetic, biological or child-socialization effects shaping adults’ tendency to segregate their color preferences by gender, the gender context of adulthood matters as well.

Do New Media Support New Policy Narratives? The Social Construction of the U.S.-Mexico Border on YouTube

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. Lybecker ◽  
Mark K. McBeth ◽  
Maria A. Husmann ◽  
Nicholas Pelikan
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
New Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals University Students’ Learning Disruption and Affordance in a Contested Learning Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Siti Nur'Aini
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Social

This study investigates how university students engage with their learning affordances in a contested environment due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This qualitative research employed a case study approach involving 136 participants. Data analysis was conducted using qualitative analysis as a circular process to describe, classify, and perceive the phenomenon and how the learning, affordances, and society were interconnected. The main framework of the research was the theory of affordance and how it was available for university students in their learning environment that changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected in the first semester of 2020 through an online survey on Google form. The findings indicate the importance of the social environment to provide affordance for the students to adjust with them. Four kinds of affordances emerged from the study; internet affordance, assignment affordance, domestic affordance, and distance learning affordance. The role of the social environment is definitive in changing how students manage their affordances.

Understanding Gender Differences in IBS: The Role of Stress From the Social Environment Presidential Poster

2014 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. S527
Author(s):  
Elyse Thakur ◽  
Michael Gurtman ◽  
Gregory Gudleski ◽  
Laurie Keefer ◽  
Darren Brenner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The Social Construction of Global Health Priorities: An Empirical Analysis of Contagion in Bilateral Health Aid

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Baccini ◽  
Mirko Heinzel ◽  
Mathias Koenig-Archibugi
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Health Priorities ◽  
Advocacy Networks ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health Aid ◽  
The Social ◽  
Aid Policy

Abstract Donors of development assistance for health typically provide funding for a range of disease focus areas, such as maternal health and child health, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. But funding for each disease category does not match closely its contribution to the disability and loss of life it causes and the cost-effectiveness of interventions. We argue that peer influences in the social construction of global health priorities contribute to explaining this misalignment. Aid policy-makers are embedded in a social environment encompassing other donors, health experts, advocacy groups, and international officials. This social environment influences the conceptual and normative frameworks of decision-makers, which in turn affect their funding priorities. Aid policy-makers are especially likely to emulate decisions on funding priorities taken by peers with whom they are most closely involved in the context of expert and advocacy networks. We draw on novel data on donor connectivity through health IGOs and health INGOs and assess the argument by applying spatial regression models to health aid disbursed globally between 1990 and 2017. The analysis provides strong empirical support for our argument that the involvement in overlapping expert and advocacy networks shapes funding priorities regarding disease categories and recipient countries in health aid.

Perceptual processes and political participation: Do the presumed reach and the presumed influence of social media affect political activities via Facebook and Twitter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uli Bernhard ◽  
Marco Dohle
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Circle Of Friends

Abstract The perception that many other people are being reached and affected by political communication can be a reason for intensifying one’s own communication activities. An online survey among German citizens (n = 2,957) was carried out to determine whether this is also true for political communication activities via social media. Results show that the presumed reach and the presumed influence of Facebook and Twitter with regard to the individual’s circle of friends/acquaintances affect the intensity of online communication. However, perceptions concerning the population in general are not relevant. This indicates that individuals primarily address their own social environment with their political social networking practices. Thus, by concentrating on perceptual processes, the findings contribute to shedding light on the causes and motives for political communication activities in the social media world.

The Authenticity Paradox: Why the Returns to Authenticity on Audience Appeal Decrease in Popularity and Iconicity

2020 ◽  
pp. 014920632095041
Author(s):  
J. Cameron Verhaal ◽  
Stanislav D. Dobrev
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Craft Beer ◽  
Audience Appeal ◽  
The Social ◽  
The U.S

A great deal of research has argued for authenticity as a key firm-level attribute and source of competitive advantage. But we know very little about the boundary conditions related to organizational authenticity. In order to address this, we develop a theory of the social construction of authenticity, how it affects the appeal of a producer’s offerings, and how the market success of these offerings affects the returns to authenticity. We propose that there are two mechanisms, in addition to authenticity, that can drive audience appeal: popularity and iconicity. But increases in both popularity and iconicity also challenge some of the underlying tenets of what the audience considers authentic, namely, intrinsic motivation and the pursuit of social, rather than economic, value. The authenticity paradox, then, is that even as the appeal of authentic offerings increases, their popularity and iconicity diminish the returns to authenticity. We find support for these ideas in the context of the U.S. market for craft beer and discuss the implications of our theory for authenticity research and for the broader market and social dynamics in craft industries.

scholarly journals Guns don’t kill people…: good guys and the legitimization of gun violence

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
The Social ◽  
Concealed Carry ◽  
Legitimate Violence ◽  
The U.S

AbstractBuilding on literatures that examine why firearms are appealing and to whom and employing Weber’s concept of “legitimate violence”, this paper utilizes an online concealed carry forum to critically analyze how firearm proliferation is rationalized in the U.S. The analysis focuses on three specific examples of violence—the Parkland, Florida, and Philando Castile shootings, and stories of children who find guns and shoot themselves and/or others. This work is a critical examination of the social construction of “legitimate violence” that deconstructs the discourses embedded in the “pro-gun” notion that the answer to gun violence is more guns.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RETIREMENT AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RETIREMENT TIMING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S383-S383
Author(s):  
Michelle Silver
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pension Plans ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
The Social

Abstract Retirement is an ever-evolving, dynamic, and complex social construct we associate with the end of one’s career. For some the term is a bad word and a term that needs to be retired, while others can’t wait to retire and enjoy the good life. This paper examines a brief history of retirement and theoretical work from feminist gerontology, while focusing on gender differences in the social construction of retirement and policy implications of 10 different government pension plans. In doing so, it looks at policy implications associated with the standard retirement age tied to public pension plans in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Findings indicate that women live longer than men in each country, yet women retire earlier and receive lower pensions than men. As the landscape surrounding women’s work experiences changes and concerns about gender equity in salaries and workplace compensation continue to be raised, this paper extends the concerns to raise important questions about inequities in retirement.

scholarly journals Gender differences in satisfaction with Facebook users

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy K. H. Chan ◽  
Christy M. K. Cheung ◽  
Na Shi ◽  
Matthew K. O. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Expectation Disconfirmation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors associated with user satisfaction in the social network sites (SNSs), and to explore the moderating effects of gender on user satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – A research model was built upon the expectation disconfirmation model (EDM) with a focus on SNSs specific motivations (i.e. relationship maintenance and entertainment). The model was tested empirically with 221 experienced Facebook users using an online survey. Findings – The research model explained 40.5 percent of the variance in user satisfaction. In addition, the results showed that entertainment plays a more important role in determining user satisfaction with SNSs for male users, while relationship maintenance is more important in determining user satisfaction with SNSs for female users. Research limitations/implications – The current study enriched the theoretical understanding of user satisfaction in the context of SNSs. Particularly, perceptions and disconfirmations about the use of SNSs were identified and empirically tested. Furthermore, gender differences in terms of SNSs usage were empirically demonstrated. Originality/value – The present study is one of the first few studies that attempts to explain user satisfaction with SNSs as well as examine the role of gender with a theoretical foundation. It complements the empirical research in the IS literature that addresses new social communication technologies.

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