scholarly journals Cultural omnivorousness and status inconsistency in Chile: the role of objective and subjective social status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Olivos ◽  
Peng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Cultural Consumption ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Status Inconsistency ◽  
The Status

Sociological research has long shown that cultural participation is socially stratified. We build on this literature to discuss the role of the subjective and objective dimensions of stratification, and how they are linked to practices of social distinction through cultural consumption. The aim of this study is to understand (1) the effect of subjective and objective social status on patterns of cultural participation, and (2) the implications of the status inconsistency between objective and subjective social status. We use a probabilistic and representative sample of the Chilean urban population over the age of 18. Latent class analyses show that a significant proportion of Chileans can be considered cultural omnivores. Multinomial diagonal reference models suggest that omnivorousness is positively predicted by subjective and objective social status. Moreover, regarding inconsistency, objective social status is prominent in the explanation of omnivorousness for both status-underestimating (SSSOSS). These findings provide important insights for discussing the implications of status inconsistency on cultural consumption.

Is It a Masterpiece? Social Construction and Objective Constraint in the Evaluation of Excellence

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stoyan V. Sgourev ◽  
Niek Althuizen
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Visual Exploration ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Objective Reality ◽  
The Status ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Art Evaluation

A key question in scholarship on evaluation is the extent to which the role of social construction is constrained by objective reality. This question is addressed in an analysis of the evaluation of artistic excellence. In an online experiment, we manipulate the subjective social status (both artwork and artist) and the degree of aesthetic complexity of the artwork. The results confirm the independent role of the objective aesthetic factor in art evaluation. Most importantly, we document an interaction between subjective and objective factors whereby aesthetic complexity serves as a credibility lever, amplifying or attenuating the credibility of the status labels. Excessive praise (i.e., a masterpiece by a world-famous artist) tends to reduce the appreciation of aesthetically simple artworks when status labels are questioned. However, the association of aesthetic complexity with the capacity to provoke thought may encourage respondents to take the paintings more seriously. Complexity is typically discouraged for standard products, but it can be instrumental in the process of singularization by stimulating visual exploration and sustaining interest over time.

Symbolic Accoutrements of Power: Appropriation of Culture within the British Managerial Elite

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Warde
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Cultural Consumption ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Business Politics ◽  
The Status ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Cultural Attachment

AbstractThis paper arises from a study examining cultural participation, knowledge and taste across the British population. The study includes in-depth interviews with a small number of individuals occupying prestigious positions in British business, politics and administration. A managerial elite, they exhibit a significant degree of homogeneity of cultural attachment and invest heavily in participation in many cultural activities. Their pattern of cultural consumption is described in terms of three principles: plenitude, proficiency and capability. This paper focuses on a number of mechanisms of acculturation, which are identified and illustrated. Differences associated with social trajectory are emphasised. The everyday routine nature of intensive and selective cultural consumption for this section of the population is noted and it is shown how culture is embedded in social life through social connections. Implications for the status and changing character of legitimate culture are considered, leading to reflections on the demise of the British “Establishment” and the changing role of culture in elite formation.

scholarly journals The Place and Role of a Social Status in the Mechanism of Intentional Criminal Behaviour

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-105
Author(s):  
Yu. S. Karavayeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Individual

Elements of some crimes suggest that the subject has special features specified in the disposition of the relevant article of the Special Part of the Criminal Law. The analysis of these features allows to attribute them to the status and role characteristics of the personality, which causes the possibility of using the sociological theory of social statuses and roles in order to carry out a criminological study of the mechanism of intentional criminal behavior and the place characteristics under consideration take. Taking into account the existing idea concerning the elements of the mechanism of criminal behavior, the author substantiates the influence of social status and role of the individual on its moral formation, emergence and development of criminal motivation, significance for the particular life situation and the process of committing the crime. At the same time, the author refrains from concluding that there is a causal link between the status and role of a person and the commission of a crime, and, relying on the results of sociological research, comes to the conclusion that the social status and role determine, on the one hand, the content and nature of interactions between the individual and the society, and, on the other hand, make an impact on personal characteristics of the individual, his needs and the system of values adjusting them to each other. In other words, with regard to the mechanism of intentional criminal conduct, the social status and role are of dual importance, as they amount to both internal conditions and external factors. Thus, as internal conditions, they cause the emergence of the personality of such features, which are implemented as the features of social perception, motivation and goal-setting. Acting as external factors, the social status and role characterize the specific life situation in which the crime is committed and which, as the offender is aware of them, also affect the motivation and goal-setting processes.

scholarly journals Advances in the Identification of Circular RNAs and Research Into circRNAs in Human Diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihu Jiao ◽  
Song Wu ◽  
Shan Huang ◽  
Mingyang Liu ◽  
Bo Gao
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Human Diseases ◽  
Circular Rnas ◽  
The Status ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Non Coding Rnas ◽  
Microrna Sponges

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of endogenous non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) with a closed-loop structure that are mainly produced by variable processing of precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs). They are widely present in all eukaryotes and are very stable. Currently, circRNA studies have become a hotspot in RNA research. It has been reported that circRNAs constitute a significant proportion of transcript expression, and some are significantly more abundantly expressed than other transcripts. CircRNAs have regulatory roles in gene expression and critical biological functions in the development of organisms, such as acting as microRNA sponges or as endogenous RNAs and biomarkers. As such, they may have useful functions in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. CircRNAs have been found to play an important role in the development of several diseases, including atherosclerosis, neurological disorders, diabetes, and cancer. In this paper, we review the status of circRNA research, describe circRNA-related databases and the identification of circRNAs, discuss the role of circRNAs in human diseases such as colon cancer, atherosclerosis, and gastric cancer, and identify remaining research questions related to circRNAs.

scholarly journals The Status and the Role of ‘Chocolate’ Silicite in the Bohemian Neolithic

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Pavel Burgert
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Carpathian Mountains ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Status ◽  
Czech Lands ◽  
Image Expansion

The article focuses on the chronological status of the distribution of ‘chocolate’ silicite originating from the area of south-east Poland in the prehistory of the Czech lands. The flow of ‘chocolate’ silicite across the Carpathian Mountains culminated in the period of the Stroke-Ornamented Ware culture (5100/5000–4500/4400 cal BC) in the area studied. Based on the analysis of the contexts of finds and the classification of the artefacts, the raw material is interpreted as an indicator of the presence of individuals or groups with an exclusive social status. Both the pattern of distribution and the status are common to other ‘exotic’ raw materials, especially for Carpathian obsidian, in the studied area in that same period. By comparing the spatial and chronological image expansion of both materials can lead to similar conclusions in their assessment

scholarly journals The Effect of Psychological Suzhi on Problem Behaviors in Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Subjective Social Status and Self-esteem

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangzeng Liu ◽  
Dajun Zhang ◽  
Yangu Pan ◽  
Yuanxiao Ma ◽  
Xingyue Lu
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Mediating Role

The role of negative affect in the relation between subjective social status and mental health among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zvolensky ◽  
Jafar Bakhshaie ◽  
Daniel J. Paulus ◽  
Monica Garza ◽  
Jeanette Valdivieso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Latino Population ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the explanatory role of negative affect in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety/depressive disorders, suicidality symptoms, and disruption in life domains (i.e. disability; work/school, social life, and family life/home responsibilities) among Latinos seeking health services at a primary healthcare facility. Design/methodology/approach An experiment was designed using participants including 205 adult Latinos (Mage=39.2; SD=11.4) with annual incomes of less than $30,000. The sample was mostly female (85.9 percent) with a majority (98.5 percent) indicating Spanish as their first language. Findings Results indicated that subjective social status was indirectly related to the mental health variables through negative affect. Notably, these observed effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by gender, age, marital status, educational status, employment status, and number of years in the USA. Research limitations/implications The present findings suggest that there is merit in focusing further scientific attention on the interplay between subjective social status and negative affect to better understand and possibly intervene to reduce anxiety/depressive vulnerability and disability among Latinos in primary care settings. Originality/value The current study sheds light on the relationship between social status and negative affect in the Latino population. Elucidating mental health in a minority population such as the Latino population provides insight into the mental health needs among minorities that have yet to be addressed.

The Role of a “Happy Personality” in the Relationship of Subjective Social Status and Domain-Specific Satisfaction in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuechen Leng ◽  
Jinfeng Han ◽  
Yingcan Zheng ◽  
Xiaoyong Hu ◽  
Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Function and Role in the IBAN Social Rank in their Communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Fujica Anak Anggo ◽  
Louis Laja
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Rank ◽  
The State ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
The Status

The Sea Dayaks, better known as the Ibans, inhabit nearly the whole of Sarawak. The Ibans belong to the Proto-Malay groups and historically, they were from the Kapuas Valley in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. They migrated to Sarawak about fifteen generations ago in the mid 16th century (the 1630s). They went to the state through the Kumpang Valley and inhabit Batang Ai and then split to several places in Sarawak (Morgan, 1968). Although the Ibans have a social status in their traditional belief, they do not have a hierarchy of social status such as the Orang Ulu. However, they have elevated the status so-called Pengulu, Tuai Rumah, Tuai Burung, Lemambang, Manang, Beliau, Tukang Sabak, dan Indu Takar. The era of modernization has led to changes to the knowledge of the young generation, especially the younger generation of the Ibans who lack knowledge about the function and role of each rank status in their communities. Therefore, this study was conducted qualitatively through an interview with expert informants, observation, and documentation. This research was hoped to contribute to the general knowledge of the Iban community and other communities in the preservation of the function and role of each social status in the Iban community.  

scholarly journals Unemployment and mental health in the German population: the role of subjective social status

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 557-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Neubert ◽  
Philipp Süssenbach ◽  
Winfried Rief ◽  
Frank Euteneuer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
German Population
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