Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review)
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Attila Gábor Hunyadi (ed.), State and Minority in Transylvania, 1918-1989. Studies on the History of the Hungarian Community (M. Caples, Trans.), Boulder, CO: Social Science Monographs; Columbia University Press, New York, 2012, 739 p.
Get PDFDragoş Dragoman, Capital social şi valori democratice în România, Editura Institutul European, Iaşi, 2010, 283 p.: Dragoş Dragoman, Social Capital and Democratic Values in Romania, Institutul European Publishing House, Iaşi, 2010, 283 p.
No full textPe cine "alegem" online? Criterii ale alegerii partenerului de cuplu în spaţiul virtual: Whom Do We “Choose” Online? Partner Selection Criteria in Cyberspace
No full textAlthough skeptics do not completely accept cyberspace as a modern but natural frame for establishing and maintaining diverse relationships, in the last few years the online environment has become a common and useful social context for those who have embraced the digital reality in their everyday life. If we rely on web sites to search information and data, pay our bills on the Internet, go for an online shopping session, why shouldn`t we search our soul-mate online? The fact that more and more individuals choose to access the Internet in order to find “that special person”, assigns the online environment as a popular way to interconnect with others. Being a relatively new subject of scientific interest on the Romanian sociological stage, the present investigation has an explorative and descriptive specific. The sociological investigation addressed in the present paper was conducted by applying an online questionnaire to individuals who form a couple with partners they have met in cyberspace. We explore and discuss the socio-demographic and cultural criteria that are standing on the basis of partner selection process in cyberspace. In the end, a synthetized model regarding these socio-demographic determinants is generated. Social homogamy, spatial proximity and physical attractiveness are outlined as the most important criteria in the online process of partner selection
Robert W. McChesney, Digital Disconnect. How Capitalism is Turning the Internet against Democracy
Get PDFZoltán Rostás, Antonio Momoc (coordonatori), Bișnițari, descurcăreți, supraviețuitori, Ed. Curtea Veche, București, 2013, 382 p.
No full textImplicaţii morale ale cercetării şi practicii sociologice. O pledoarie pentru etică: Moral Implications of Sociological Research and Practice. A Plea for Ethics
No full textThe paper was conceived as a pleading for the consideration of ethical issues and concerns posed by sociological professions. Starting from emphasizing the role and place of ethics in defining professions, the paper develops arguments in favor of supporting the importance of ethics in sociological practice and the need for institutionalization ethics in professional organizations in the area of social research. In this respect we have addressed and discussed the following topics: the role of ethical formalization (development of codes of ethics), the specific of ethical management, models of moral development of organizations. For illustrative purposes we present ethical aspects and issues that may arise in sociological research and practice. We consider that under current conditions, professional organizations can no longer ignore the ethical aspects involved in all actions and activities of their members and also cannot be limited to sharing the restrictive vision of moral legalism. This is because sociological practice involves an interaction with human subjects, and respecting dignity, treating them with respect and consideration is a superior priority task than any legislative provisions. On the other hand assuming values and moral principles and managing ethical issues by an organization contributes to promoting its positive public image, enhancing reputation, trust, and respect for beneficiaries and society
Unicitatea personală – către o perspectivă sociologică: Personal Uniqueness – towards a Sociological View
No full textIn this paper we review the biases associated with the sense of personal uniqueness: better-than-average effect, illusory superiority, person-positivity bias, leniency error, sense of relative superiority, third-person effect, unrealistic optimism, illusion of control, and Lake Wobegon effect. These biases are encountered in many domains of life such as health behaviours, driving, academic life, media use, personal relationships and happiness. Explanations offered until now are either motivational (the need to increase and maintain self-esteem) or non-motivational (such as informational differences, focalism, naive realism or egocentrism). However the sociological explanations cannot be ignored, parts of these effects being discussed in known theories in the field such as spiral-of-silence (Noelle-Neumann), organic solidarity (Durkheim), social distance (Bogardus) and social systems (Parsons). Likewise, the positive effects of personal uniqueness (self-enhancement, happiness in relationships, and recovery after traumatic events) are socially constructed and the line between functional and dysfunctional is rather thin. The negative effects exist at individual level (lack of strong health prevention measures, permeability to the damaging media messages, and consumerist attitudes). At societal level, the dangers are rather neglected but may be even more serious: exacerbated personal uniqueness may conduce to an erosion of solidarity, of interpersonal and political trust, of individuality and of tolerance. Remedies are in most cases hard to find and implement, giving the complex nature of these biases, the resistance that individuals and organizations oppose to the debiasing strategies
