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Waves of Attention to Racial Injustice on Social Media: Extrajudicial Police Killings in the United States as Focusing Events 社交媒体上对种族不公正的关注浪潮：美国警察法外杀人事件是焦点事件

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251364290

Annie Waldherr, Nicola Righetti, Ryan J. Gallagher, Kira Klinger, Daniela Stoltenberg, Sagar Kumar, Dominic Ridley, Brooke Foucault Welles

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Turing’s Children: Large Language Models and Imitative Intelligence 图灵的孩子：大型语言模型和模仿智能

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251364293

Rafael C. Alvarado

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Artificial Intelligence and the Social Scientist: The Mediation of AIfied Creative Sites 人工智能和社会科学家：统一创意网站的中介

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361457

Maxime Harvey

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Performing Productivity: Exploring the Narratives of State-Funded AI Projects Over a Decade in Chile 执行生产力：探索十年来智利国家资助的人工智能项目的叙述

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361444

Claudia López, Francisca Luco, Mónica Humeres, Teresa Correa

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Towards a Socioeconomics of Hype: Hype Dynamics and Symbolic Boundary Work Within the Speculative AI Bubble 走向炒作的社会经济学：炒作动力学和投机人工智能泡沫中的符号边界工作

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361935

Jason Bohner, Janet Vertesi

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AI and Aesthetic Alienation: The Image and Creativity in Contemporary Culture 人工智能与审美异化：当代文化中的意象与创造力

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361449

Naomi Smith, Clare Southerton

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Freelancers’ Self-Branding: Is a More Analytical Profile Always Better? 自由职业者的自我品牌：分析性越强越好吗？

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251362246

Xiaoti Yue, Hong Hong

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Goffmanian “Cooling” in Technology-Mediated Frontline Enforcement Work 技术介导的一线执法工作中的戈夫曼式“冷却”

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361938

Pegah Moradi, Karen Levy, Elizabeth Chiarello

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Digital Surveillance and Relational Uncertainty: The Role of Geolocation Tracking in Romantic Relationships 数字监控和关系的不确定性：地理位置跟踪在浪漫关系中的作用

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251361455

Shaojung Sharon Wang, Shiuan-Tung Chen

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Spatial Variations of the Broken Emotion Conjecture 破碎情感猜想的空间变异

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1177/08944393251356630

Minxuan Lan, Lin Liu, Jon D. Elhai, Hanlin Zhou, Xin Gu, Zihan Su, Debao Chen

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