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Critical Optimism: A Methodological Posture to Shape the Future of Digital Social Research 批判乐观主义:塑造数字社会研究未来的方法论姿态

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I4S.429

Enrica Amaturo, Biagio Aragona

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Content Analysis and Digital Data: Methodological Solutions between Tradition and Innovation. The Case of Digital Campaigns as Meeting Ground of Expertises and Research Perspectives 内容分析与数字数据:传统与创新之间的方法论解决方案。数字活动作为专家和研究视角的交汇点的案例

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I4S.436

M. Faggiano, Raffaella Gallo

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Conducting Social Research Online: Empathetic Concern and Sociability 进行在线社会研究:移情关注和社交

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I4S.430

Rita Bichi

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Culture and Networks in Online Social Fields. Studying the Duality of Culture and Structure in Social Media through Bourdieu’s Theory and Social Network Analysis 网络社交领域中的文化与网络。从布迪厄理论和社会网络分析看社交媒体中的文化与结构二元性

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I4S.439

M. Serino

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Studying the Digital Society: Digital Methods between Tradition and Innovation in Social Research 研究数字社会:社会研究的传统与创新之间的数字方法

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I4S.428

F. Addeo, Giuseppe Masullo

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引用次数: 2

Heterotopia and Postmodern Community in the Context of Migration and Relationship Towards Migrants 移民语境下的异托邦与后现代共同体及其与移民的关系

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I1.415

Vlaho Kovačević, Krunoslav Malenica

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COVID-19: Rethinking Global Society 2019冠状病毒病:重新思考全球社会

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I1.417

F. Lenzi

引用次数: 1

Intersectionality and the Subjective Processes of LBQ Migrant Women: Between Discrimination and Self-determination 交叉性与LBQ流动妇女的主观过程:在歧视与自决之间

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I1.414

Giuseppe Masullo, C. Ferrara

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Family Value System in Transformation: Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina 转型中的家庭价值体系——以波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那为例

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I1.412

Biserka Košarac, Ognjen Kurteš

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Social Representation and Assessment of Salespeople Personality for Job Performance: An Overview and an Italian Piece of Research 销售人员个性对工作绩效的社会表征和评估：综述和意大利的一项研究

Italian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.13136/ISR.V11I1.413

R. Sartori, Arianna Costantini, Andrea Ceschi, F. Tommasi

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引用次数: 5