“[US] Democrats made their wager: from the presidential nominee down to local candidates, they fully deployed the popularist strategy of moderate, “kitchen table” messaging. The result? A Republican trifecta…

Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance.”

—> detailed, well argued piece!

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#USPol #FarRight #Democracy #Activism #PoliticalScience #Sociology

“[US] Democrats made their wager: from the presidential nominee down to local candidates, they fully deployed the popularist strategy of moderate, “kitchen table” messaging. The result? A Republican trifecta…

Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance.”

—> detailed, well argued piece!

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#USPol #FarRight #Democracy #Activism #PoliticalScience #Sociology

Dear sociologists,

@thhaase and I have created a rough and dirty web app, which lists sociological accounts on Mastodon, and offers you to create a following list. This list allows you to follow all the accounts you chose at once. The webpage is still work in progress but it should do its job.

https://trutzig89182.github.io/Mastodon-Sociologists/

I think it can be very helpful for sociologists freshly joining mastodon.

@sociology #Sociology #Soziologie

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ The app economy: making sense of platform power in the age of #AI

🔗 https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529247725

This book examines the immense power #Apple and #Google wield over #society, arising from their control of app stores as well as mobile operating systems and browsers.

#Software #Economics #Sociology #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Books #Bookstodon #Technology

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ The app economy: making sense of platform power in the age of #AI

🔗 https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529247725

This book examines the immense power #Apple and #Google wield over #society, arising from their control of app stores as well as mobile operating systems and browsers.

#Software #Economics #Sociology #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Books #Bookstodon #Technology

Hi Mastodon,

Here is a bit about me if you want to follow:

I am a student of linguistics at #Bogazici University. I am interested in topics related to #linguistics #sociology, #sociolinguistics, & #discourse.

Hi Mastodon,

Here is a bit about me if you want to follow:

I am a student of linguistics at #Bogazici University. I am interested in topics related to #linguistics #sociology, #sociolinguistics, & #discourse.

🚲🧐 During the 1890s, the sudden popularity of #bicycles led doctors to warn of fictitious ailments like "bicycle face" and "bicycle hand" to discourage independent #travel.

This look at historical #health scares explains how new #tech often triggers social #anxiety and strange medical #myths.

👉 https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-thing-that-transcends-time-is-the-escapism-of-the-bike-how-the-victorians-lost-their-minds-over-cycling-the-following-made-up-diseases-and-social-change

#history #cycling #science #sociology #education #discovery #technology

🚲🧐 During the 1890s, the sudden popularity of #bicycles led doctors to warn of fictitious ailments like "bicycle face" and "bicycle hand" to discourage independent #travel.

This look at historical #health scares explains how new #tech often triggers social #anxiety and strange medical #myths.

👉 https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-thing-that-transcends-time-is-the-escapism-of-the-bike-how-the-victorians-lost-their-minds-over-cycling-the-following-made-up-diseases-and-social-change

#history #cycling #science #sociology #education #discovery #technology

I hope someone, somewhere has done a research project on #hermitcraft as an interesting look into creating liveable spaces together. 🧐 #minecraft #grian #mumbo #scar #sociology

a screenshot of a video game w...

I hope someone, somewhere has done a research project on #hermitcraft as an interesting look into creating liveable spaces together. 🧐 #minecraft #grian #mumbo #scar #sociology

a screenshot of a video game w...

Appunti di ricerca sulla evoluzione di dinamiche cooperative in società simulate con algoritmi genetici

In una società virtuale, composta da agenti artificiali che interagiscono secondo le regole del dilemma del prigioniero con iterazione, emergono complesse dinamiche e strategie di relazione.

Lo studio si ispira ai lavori di Robert Axelrod, un politologo della Università del Michigan che per primo sperimentò tornei tra automi capaci di giocare al Prisoner's Dilemma. Consentendo agli agenti artificiali di modificare la tabella di payoff di partenza, Genagents rappresenta una evoluzione di quelle sperimentazioni.

La sintesi del lavoro qui pubblicata si compone di una introduzione alla logica del Dilemma del Prigioniero con iterazione, una descrizione del modello matematico del sistema di simulazione preceduta da una breve introduzione alle teorie evoluzionistiche che lo hanno ispirato. Sono infine indicati i principali risultati sperimentali ottenuti e alcune riflessioni sui possibili scenari interpretativi in relazione a dinamiche osservabili nel mondo reale.

#ai #GeneticAlgorithms #GameTheory #sociology

https://www.jayah.net/rsc_genagents.html

Appunti di ricerca sulla evoluzione di dinamiche cooperative in società simulate con algoritmi genetici

In una società virtuale, composta da agenti artificiali che interagiscono secondo le regole del dilemma del prigioniero con iterazione, emergono complesse dinamiche e strategie di relazione.

Lo studio si ispira ai lavori di Robert Axelrod, un politologo della Università del Michigan che per primo sperimentò tornei tra automi capaci di giocare al Prisoner's Dilemma. Consentendo agli agenti artificiali di modificare la tabella di payoff di partenza, Genagents rappresenta una evoluzione di quelle sperimentazioni.

La sintesi del lavoro qui pubblicata si compone di una introduzione alla logica del Dilemma del Prigioniero con iterazione, una descrizione del modello matematico del sistema di simulazione preceduta da una breve introduzione alle teorie evoluzionistiche che lo hanno ispirato. Sono infine indicati i principali risultati sperimentali ottenuti e alcune riflessioni sui possibili scenari interpretativi in relazione a dinamiche osservabili nel mondo reale.

#ai #GeneticAlgorithms #GameTheory #sociology

https://www.jayah.net/rsc_genagents.html

New article on promoting the human in an AI world.

"This essay uses cyborg anthropology to model interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (ai) and highlights potential strengths and weaknesses of ai regarding learning and innovation. Informed by Haraway’s emphases on inequalities, we recognize ai is neither a separate nor superior form of intelligence, but a tool that augments human agency. Current examples of ai implementation in the civic, domestic, labor, and educational domains expose the potential of ai for biases and oppression as a human construct that reflects and affects the sociocultural and ethical values of its creators and users. These examples inform practical and ethical considerations for the development and use of ai in the future, including structured human-ai collaboration, promotion of human-ai literacy, respect for human dignity and rights, and addressing inherent biases and inequalities."

Wells, Joshua, and James M. Vanderveen. 2026. “ An Anthropological Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Transformations in Civic and Domestic Life, Labor, and Higher Education Through the Cybernetic Organism (Cyborg) Concept”. Maguaré 40 (1):157-84. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/maguare/article/view/124922

#anthropology #sociology #informatics #computerscience #artificialintelligence #cyborg #openaccess #highered #academicchatter

New article on promoting the human in an AI world.

"This essay uses cyborg anthropology to model interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (ai) and highlights potential strengths and weaknesses of ai regarding learning and innovation. Informed by Haraway’s emphases on inequalities, we recognize ai is neither a separate nor superior form of intelligence, but a tool that augments human agency. Current examples of ai implementation in the civic, domestic, labor, and educational domains expose the potential of ai for biases and oppression as a human construct that reflects and affects the sociocultural and ethical values of its creators and users. These examples inform practical and ethical considerations for the development and use of ai in the future, including structured human-ai collaboration, promotion of human-ai literacy, respect for human dignity and rights, and addressing inherent biases and inequalities."

Wells, Joshua, and James M. Vanderveen. 2026. “ An Anthropological Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Transformations in Civic and Domestic Life, Labor, and Higher Education Through the Cybernetic Organism (Cyborg) Concept”. Maguaré 40 (1):157-84. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/maguare/article/view/124922

#anthropology #sociology #informatics #computerscience #artificialintelligence #cyborg #openaccess #highered #academicchatter