Note passing as gendered practices of public ambiguity in a hyper‐masculine organization

This article explores a surprising and seemingly mundane organizational practice: passing notes during professional meetings. Based on 34 in‐depth interviews with women in a hyper‐masculine organization — the Israeli military — this study focuses on what I term gendered practices of public ambiguity. It demonstrates how these practices shed light on three interrelated paths to power at work: (i) practices of public intimacy between men; (ii) practices of women's degradation by men; and (iii) practices of recognition claims by women. The tension between the publicity inherent in the routine passing of notes and the ambiguity of their contents calls for a more nuanced theorization of gendered power practices, which transcends the accepted dichotomy of doing and undoing gender, reproducing or challenging the symbolic gender order. The findings show that gendered micro‐practices can become polysemic symbolic spaces in which women redirect the flow of power, if only temporarily and locally, and turn it into a multidirectional and multi‐agentic resource. The conceptual contribution of these findings is discussed in terms of the positioning of women in hyper‐masculine environments as pragmatic subjects who (re‐)construct mechanisms of power out of the restricted repertoire available to them.     

Repelling the “Rutter”: Social Differentiation Among Rural Teenagers

This paper examines low‐income white rural teenagers' management of race and class‐based inequality. It analyzes how these teenagers constructed boundaries to distinguish themselves from outsiders, but also to distinguish themselves from the local abject category of “rutter.” The findings reveal hidden interconnections between race and class in interactional practice, and highlight local processes of differentiation through which actors attempt to deflect stigma and attain credibility. The paper discusses how interactional mechanisms such as “internal othering” and “stigma‐theory” bolster race and class credibility, but reproduce inequality.     

Socialization into single‐parent‐by‐choice family life

This paper examines family interactions between mothers and children in single‐parent‐by‐choice (SPBC) families in Spain. The data is part of a larger multi‐sited ethnographic study focused on emergent family structures that examined families formed by women who began their family projects through adoption or assisted reproduction. Single‐mothers‐by‐choice formulate various socialization goals that are tied to the complexities of their non‐conventional family project. These goals are also realized in daily conversation, particularly when families talk about future events in their lives. Our findings expand existing family language socialization research in Western contexts, which has primarily focused on conventional two‐parent families, and invite developing a stronger dialogue between family language socialization research and current debates on changing kinship structures in post‐industrial societies. Este trabajo examina interacciones entre madres e hijos/as en familias de madres solteras por elección (MSPE) en España. Los datos provienen de una investigación etnográfica multi‐lugar más amplia centrada en modelo familiares emergentes que estudió a familias formadas por mujeres solas que han comenzado su proyecto familiar a través de la reproducción asistida o la adopción. La madres solteras por elección formulan varias metas de socialización que están ligadas a las complejidades y demandas de su proyecto familiar no convencional. Estos objetivos también se plasman en conversaciones cotidianas, especialmente cuando las familias hablan sobre eventos futuros en su vidas. Nuestros resultados amplían la investigación sobre socialización lingüística familiar en contextos occidentales, que se ha centrado principalmente en familias bi‐parentales convencionales, e invitan a desarrollar un diálogo más fructífero entre la investigación sobre socialización lingüística familiar y los debates actuales en torno a cambios en los patrones de parentesco en sociedades post‐industriales. [Spanish]     

微空间主流意识形态边缘化危机及消解策略

微空间的主体多样性、信息碎片化、文化多元性为各种思想观念、价值理念的传播提供了平台,对微空间主流意识形态的主导性形成挑战、权威性产生冲击、理论性带来消解,导致主流意识形态出现边缘化危机.要克服微空间中淡化意识形态思潮渗透、主流意识形态“失语”、传播信息整合能力弱化的影响,必须增强微空间主流意识形态的主导向心力和辐射凝聚力意识,通过更新话语体系提升微空间主流意识形态的话语效力,强化人文关怀改进微空间主流意识形态的话语方式,重视培养微空间主流意识形态队伍的媒介素养与隐性传播方式的运用,建立和完善微空间信息评估反馈监管机制,加强主流意识形态对微空间信息的整合力度,以消解微空间主流意识形态边缘化危机.     

中小微型企业民间借贷融资的财务风险管理研究

从企业的角度深入探索分析企业民间借贷融资成因,提出以财务风险管理视角应加快立法,整治系统环境,严格执行现代法人制度、强化综合理财手段的运用、强化财务风险管理、推动国家建立风险投资市场的可行性解决方案。     

微博传播条件下的拟态环境研究

在微博传播时代,新闻信息的发布已经变得非常简便和自由,微博传播,在社会上引起了强烈的关注,起到了良好的传播信息和舆论监督作用。但是,大量微博谣言的传播,也形成了虚假的"拟态环境",影响了社会的和谐与稳定。分析微博谣言形成的原因和传播特点,创新微博管理机制,采取合理的应对措施,使"拟态环境"更接近于真实世界,是当前网络新闻传播的当务之急。     

大数据与微时代： 虚拟社会公共服务体系的双重建构

大数据与微时代引发了虚拟社会的多重变革,新的服务理念和服务模式呼之欲出,虚拟社会公共服务的走向、模式、内涵正在发生深刻变化。但是受到推送途径、参与机制、数据基础、保障措施等因素的制约,虚拟社会公共服务的质量和效率相对有限,其体系面临着解构与重构。大数据与微时代是当前虚拟社会公共服务体系建构中不可或缺的重要因素,通过培育公共服务精神、推进虚拟社会公共服务均等化发展、强化多元参与主体间的良性互动、完善虚拟社会公共服务体系建构秩序等途径,科学、合理地对其加以运用,将会有效助推虚拟社会公众服务的不断创新和发展。     

微公益凸显的伦理问题及对策探析

“微公益”是指从微不足道的小事入手开展公益活动,注重由少积多的公益行为。与传统的公益活动相比,微公益呈现出参与人数多、事情小、目标明确、针对性强、运用现代传媒方式等特点。结合微公益呈现的特点,对微时代下的人人公益行为以及微公益过程本身引发的伦理道德问题,如社会信任、道德自觉性、法律关系、公平性、权利与义务等问题进行深入剖析。通过问卷调查法、访谈法,对重庆市公民进行了关于微公益认识与伦理问题的调查研究,从伦理学、社会学的视角着手,介绍微公益伦理问题的表现,分析微公益伦理存在的原因,提出从法律法规的制定、监管力度的完善、诚信品质的落实及网络道德的建设等方面应对微公益凸显的伦理问题。     

网络微文化初探

网络微文化指的是一种进入个人互联网时代后逐渐形成并发展的注重微观和个体,以个体性、平等性为核心的价值观念和行为模式的全新社会文化现象。网络微文化在兴起和发展中有其独特的基本内涵和深远的社会影响。网络微文化的健康发展也需要国家正确的引导,包括推进高新技术的发展、发挥网络微文化的正能量和推进网络微文化健康发展的系统工程。总之,对于网络微文化的正确探索和理解已成为人文、社会学者以及相关政府决策部门需要面对的时代课题。     

我国居民家庭生命周期消费储蓄行为动态模拟研究

本文建立了家庭生命周期消费储蓄优化模拟模型,并利用该模型对我国居民家庭生命周期阶段各类家庭的消费储蓄行为进行了模拟研究,比较分析了家庭生育决策、教育决策和收入转移决策变化对家庭消费储蓄行为的影响以及利率变动和信贷约束的影响。模拟结果显示,信贷约束对家庭消费路径有着重要影响,约束了家庭在新生阶段和中间阶段的消费水平;教育费用的提高和教育投资实现的不确定性风险提高了家庭的教育储蓄水平;生育数的降低、教育投资机会的短缺和代际关系的松散化趋势提高了家庭的养老储蓄水平。利率的提高使生命周期前期的家庭消费下降,使生命周期后期的家庭消费提高。提高利率政策的消费传导效应,可以通过提高受教育程度和增加消费信贷来实现。