{"title":"Social Media Platform Repertoires in Everyday Life: Measuring Social Media Use With Passive Metering","authors":"Moreno Mancosu, Mario Quaranta, Fabio Torreggiani","doi":"10.1177/20563051261488115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261488115","url":null,"abstract":"Social media platforms structure the ways in which billions of citizens access information. Nevertheless, to assess social media time use, most research relies on limited data sources, such as self-reported survey measures or behavioral data from single platforms or convenience samples. Using 6 weeks of passive metering of smartphone and computer activity from a quota sample of Italian adults (18–70, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic> = 1,457), this study provides a behaviorally measured account of platform-specific social media use across the adult population. We quantify time allocation across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter/X and examine how use varies by sociodemographic factors. Results show that Facebook and YouTube dominate everyday social media time, accounting for nearly three-quarters of consumption, while Instagram attracts comparable average time from a narrower user base, and TikTok shows concentrated usage among younger adopters. Twitter/X occupies a marginal niche. Use is overwhelmingly app-based (>90%), a pattern that browser-based measurement cannot capture. Age is the strongest demographic predictor: Gen Z concentrates attention on Instagram and TikTok, while older cohorts favor Facebook; YouTube shows weak demographic patterning. Gender and education are consistent secondary predictors: women devote more time to Facebook, Instagram, and social media overall, and higher education is associated with lower aggregate use and a smaller share on Facebook and TikTok. Employment and income show null effects. Together, these behavioral, cross-platform figures provide a more accurate basis for weighting platforms by their actual audiences than self-reported or single-platform evidence allows.","PeriodicalId":47920,"journal":{"name":"Social Media + Society","volume":"143 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149199022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From couch to camp: Psychoanalysis, refugeedom and the making of international mental health in the career of Maria Pfister-Ammende.","authors":"Baher Ibrahim","doi":"10.1177/0957154X261489738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X261489738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article establishes the intersection of psychiatry and refugeedom as an area of historiographical inquiry. It traces how psychoanalysis was refracted through the paradigm of interwar mental hygiene and rescaled to a community level in the post-Second World War refugee camp, thereby contributing to the genesis of postwar international mental health. I examine the career of the Swiss Maria Pfister-Ammende from psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, to director of a refugee psychotherapeutic service in refugee camps in Switzerland, to international mental health expert at the World Health Organization. I situate her attempt at codifying an 'uprooting neurosis' within the genealogy of the medicalization of mobility and migration from nostalgia in the late 17th century to trauma in the late 20th. Implications for the historiography of refugee psychiatry and global mental health are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":45965,"journal":{"name":"History of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"957154X261489738"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Zhang, Yu-An Lu, Morgan Sonderegger, Meghan Clayards
{"title":"The Role of Syllable Duration in the Perception and Imitation of Checked Versus Unchecked Tones in Taiwanese Southern Min.","authors":"Wei Zhang, Yu-An Lu, Morgan Sonderegger, Meghan Clayards","doi":"10.1177/00238309261493124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309261493124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The imitation of phonetic features is often mediated by phonological contrasts, with a stronger mediation effect for critical cues. However, it remains unclear whether syllable duration, which has been only examined as a noncritical cue in previous research, is mediated in the same way as other features when it is critical to the imitated contrast. In this study, we conducted two experiments. In Experiment 1, we investigated the role of syllable duration in the perception of the checked versus unchecked tonal contrasts in Taiwanese Southern Min (TSM). Results showed that syllable duration is a critical cue for distinguishing the checked versus unchecked tones of the mid register but not for those of the high register. Therefore, in Experiment 2, we examined how syllable duration is imitated along the checked versus unchecked tonal contrast in the mid register. Results showed that, unlike other features such as voice onset time (VOT) and fundamental frequency (F0), the imitation of syllable duration is minimally mediated by the phonological contrast, even when it serves as a critical cue. This finding suggests that syllable duration has a unique property that allows it to bypass phonological mediation and adds to our knowledge of phonetic imitation being feature-specific rather than feature-general.</p>","PeriodicalId":51255,"journal":{"name":"Language and Speech","volume":" ","pages":"238309261493124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shaping science and society through law: Governance logic and public roles in the revised Law of the People's Republic of China on the Popularization of Science and Technology.","authors":"Rongrong Ren, Bingyuan Chen, Zhaoyang Sun","doi":"10.1177/09636625261486280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261486280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article, the 2002 and 2024 revised editions of the <i>Law of the People's Republic of China on the Popularization of Science and Technology</i> (\"the Law\") are examined to explore how the state shapes the science-society relationship. Relevant explanatory reports on the revision of the Law, policies, and central/local materials about the implementation of the first \"National Science Popularization Month\" are reviewed. Based on four dimensions (political-normative, organizational-responsibility, capacity-instrument, and oversight-accountability), the new Law is proposed to promote science popularization from \"an educational and cultural activity to cultivate individual scientific quality\" to \"a basic governance project that serves a powerful country in science and technology, Chinese-style modernization, and high-level self-reliance in science and technology.\" Three cases of popularization efforts, urban, rural and mobile, reveal that the Law increases the visibility and organizational density of science popularization. However, the materials also reveal that public participation is defined mainly as visiting, experiencing, volunteering, and cooperating with governance, rather than issue identification, decision-making, or cogovernance. Therefore, two concepts, \"legalized science popularization\" and a \"state-mobilized literacy model,\" are proposed, and it is asserted that instead of going beyond a simple deficit model or becoming a participation model, the Chinese case presents a hybrid form of science popularization characterized by law centering, multiorganizational coordination and state mobilization support.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"9636625261486280"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Money of the Masses: Copper coin production and circulation in India 1500–1900 , Jan Lucassen, (Manohar, 2026. Pp. 1068. ISBN 9789360806675. Hbk £93)","authors":"Dhiraj Kumar Nite","doi":"10.1111/ehr.70140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47868,"journal":{"name":"Economic History Review","volume":"79 4","pages":"1644-1646"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life, Death, and Migration in the Early Modern City: The Urban Historical Demography of Würzburg Jan de Vries, (Cambridge University Press, 2026. Pp. 304. ISBN 9781009641517. Hbk £95)","authors":"Bernard Harris","doi":"10.1111/ehr.70155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47868,"journal":{"name":"Economic History Review","volume":"79 4","pages":"1656-1657"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Slavery, freedom, and development By Warren C. Whatley, (Cambridge University Press, 2026). Pp. 237. Hbk £35. ISBN 9781009407144.","authors":"Johan Fourie","doi":"10.1111/ehr.70152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47868,"journal":{"name":"Economic History Review","volume":"79 4","pages":"1653-1655"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severity at the Gates: Or Why Prevention is the Aim of Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening.","authors":"Hafez Ismaili M'hamdi","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2741288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2741288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reproductive autonomy is usually described as the aim of publicly funded reproductive genetic carrier screening. I argue that this misdescribes the practice. These programs do not include conditions because any information might support choice. They include them because severity sets the scope. The aim of these programs, therefore, is prevention: not preventing the birth of particular persons, but offering a preventive response to the serious suffering associated with some severe inherited conditions. Reproductive autonomy, however, is the legitimate means by which a liberal program may pursue that aim, through information, counseling and voluntary decision making. That pursuit must satisfy what I call a liberal proviso, so that prevention does not become pressure, stigma or eugenic state steering. Naming prevention also enriches the disability critique. It makes both inclusion and exclusion morally visible and warranting justification, since both express judgments about which forms of suffering warrant collective response.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149197659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies From Croesus to Crypto , Barry Eichengreen, Princeton University Press, 2026. Pp. 344. £25 (Hbk). ISBN 9780691280530","authors":"Harold James,","doi":"10.1111/ehr.70139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47868,"journal":{"name":"Economic History Review","volume":"79 4","pages":"1642-1643"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-run housing price indices and determinants: New data from Huizhou, China, 1570–1949","authors":"Siyu Pan","doi":"10.1111/ehr.70096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70096","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Economic studies on historical housing markets have gained increased popularity in recent years, yet remain limited by data scarcity. In this paper, a novel housing transaction dataset with more than 1000 observations from the historic Huizhou prefecture in south China is collected. This study develops housing price indices spanning the late Ming, Qing, and Republic of China eras (1570–1949). Results from hedonic ordinary and quantile regressions reveal unique housing price determinants tied to the region's cultural background: property orientation, proximity to ancestral halls and Buddhist temples, and seller's gender. Sellers being in urgent financial situations is positively correlated with the sales price.</p>","PeriodicalId":47868,"journal":{"name":"Economic History Review","volume":"79 4","pages":"1608-1641"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}