1,720,990 research outputs found
In der Korrekturschleife der Selbstkontrolle. Aufmerksamkeitstechniken in den elektronisierten Finanzmärkten (In the perpetual cycle of self-control: practices of attention on electronic financial markets)
No full text
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Note from the editor: The "liberal compromise" and after: Realities and fictions of global climate governance
No full textThis issue of Economic Sociology explores the promises and realities of governing society's nexus with the planetary system and the role that capitalism plays in doing so. Coincidentally, attempts to govern society-earth system couplings started in earnest during capitalism's most triumphant moment. In 1992, in the immediate aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, parties at the United Nations Conference in Rio adopted the first Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Wie wird bewertbar, ob ein Staat zu viele Schulden hat? Finanzexperten und ihr Bewertungswissen in der griechischen Schuldenkrise
Get PDFZusammenfassung: In dem Aufsatz wird für eine Wissenssoziologie der Staatsschuldenkrisen geworben, die an der Erforschung von Expertenkulturen in der Finanzbranche ansetzt. Es wird argumentiert, dass man mithilfe des Begriffs der kalkulativen Rahmung erfassen kann, worin die epistemische Praxis der Analysten besteht und welche Funktion ihre Erzeugnisse für Marktteilnehmer und andere Nutzer von finanziellem Wissen erfüllen. Der Begriff der kalkulativen Rahmung wird empirisch und konzeptuell erweitert: Es wird beschrieben, wie staatliche Schulden als spezifische Finanzwerte gerahmt werden und wie sich diese Rahmungen in Krisensituationen entwickeln. Der herangezogene zentrale Fall ist die Bewertung von Griechenlands Staatsschulden durch Analysten internationaler Banken im Zeitraum von Anfang 2010 bis Mitte 2011. Dieser Fall zeigt, wie Krisenrahmungen konstruiert werden und sich zur Bewertung staatlicher Insolvenz verdichten. In dieser Krisenphase schreiben sich die Analysten in Kontexte staatlichen Krisenmanagements ein und begleiten dieses Krisenmanagement bewerten
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Note from the editor: Ecologizing economic sociology
No full textEconomic activities force earth systems to undergo dramatic changes, while some ecosystems collapse. In consequence, conditions for economic activities change, sometimes rapidly and sometimes in slow motion. Under these circumstances, economic sociologists can no longer afford to study selected markets and firms as if they existed in some immaterial social space rather than on planet earth. Ecologizing economic sociology is thus not some niche project occupying the small area at the intersecting circles of economic and environmental sociology, but means going to the heart of economic sociology itself in order to rethink its defining categories and concepts. I am happy that the contributors to this issue have agreed to take up the challenge
- …
