Who funds media, and how do the interests of funders impact media functions? Who sets the agenda? What’s the relationship between donor aid and private investment in media development? In this peer-reviewed research article, the authors explore these questions in the context of Ghana, and beyond. Check out the abstract below, and then click through …
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What is Universal Basic Income (UBI) and does it make sense in all contexts? What’s the difference between UBI and other social supports? Who supports UBI, and why? In this article, the authors explore these questions and more in the Australian context. Check out the abstract below, and then click through to the main article …
Tweakments: Non-surgical beauty technologies and future directions for the sociology of the body Peer-reviewed research by: Dr Anna Dowrick and Dr Ruth Holliday While social pressures to conform to “beauty” standards can be felt throughout life, they can also be gendered and racialized. Where surgical procedures were once the main options for those looking to …
Love in the space–time of inequality: Attachment and detachment across unequal lives Peer-reviewed research by: Dr Samuel Strong This article highlights how understandings related to inequality are often understood through charts and graphs, and how as a result, solutions also often come in the form of more charts and graphs. And while that may make …
What is the difference between working class and middle class in the United Kingdom? And why is it that in the 1 in 4 people from middle-class backgrounds, with middle-class jobs, understand themselves as working class? How might understandings related to social classSocial Class (noun) An individual’s or group’s position within the social hierarchy, typically based on power, prestige, and wealth. (Definition via …
There are physical, emotional, and financial implications to going gluten-free. While a diagnosis of Celiac disease, followed by strict adherence to the gluten-free diet, aims to improve physical health, gluten-free living comes with some hidden (and some not-so-hidden) costs. There is a significant financial cost to managing and maintaining a strict gluten-free diet; the gluten-free …
