#Sociology

Sociology of nationalism THREADWe've witnessed the rise of political leaders & parties relying on #populist #nationalist discourse: Trump, Orbán, Modi & Bolsanaro are united by their espousal of nationalism, majoritarianism,
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Yesterday, I watched a video from my Congressional representative, @RepJohnCurtis explaining his views regarding Trump's historic second impeachment vote.1 @RepJohnCurtis, a Republican, feels that Trump indeed holds culpability for the
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THREAD: The critique of terrorism studies, counterterrorism & CVE (fields/policies/practices) in terms of race & racism is much needed. It's something I've been calling for & writing about for awhile.
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(THREAD) I'm an educator who's served on a coronavirus task force in higher ed—and I'm terrified by the profoundly flawed conversation America is having about reopening our elementary schools and
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THREAD: I'll be sharing some analysis and commentary videos that focus on influencer behaviour, stan culture and parasocial relationships. I believe these should be watched by anyone who works in
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WHY "PREJUDICE + POWER = RACISM" IS BAD, a thread:If you're in any kind of politics/social justice-related social media and real-life circles, you have no doubt heard from many an
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1/8: Anyone else disturbed by the recent onslaught of PR by @Revera_Inc, presumably aimed at counteract the growing calls to make them public I have some thoughts on this....Revera
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Hey you! Do you mayhaps agree #studentsdeservebetter than what UK higher education is handing them? Look no further: @uel_news has it all. Racist and sexist firings of lecturers, union busting
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Interrupting your doomscrolling with more good news. As most had expected, the vaccines continue to work well against the new variants. Our problem remains producing enough of these amazing vaccines
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Arguably the most INCREDIBLE aspect of humanity is that NOT ONLY can we understand our societal institutions, our place(s) within them and how they are affecting us but, incredibly:We can
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.@em_broyles, @mosbren and I are attending today's faculty senate meeting -- today, the senate will discuss a vote of no confidence in the chancellor and other resolutions. Follow along on
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This assumption is behind all conservative media output. They never tell you what their actual motives are. Most center-left people don't realize just how radical many conservative elites are, largely
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(THREAD) The main problem with that @DanDrezner piece in the Post is that it's an international politics prof writing about the field in which I'm a professor—communications. No one in
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For over a year two BBC Newsnight journalists have abused the trust placed in them by the public to spread undue fear and mistrust in clinical experts through biased, misleading
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Japan to close "humanities,liberalarts & socialsciences" deptts in univ. https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/social-sciences-and-humanities-faculties-close-japan-after-ministerial-decree Nothing human/scientific/libera
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COVID in Europe - my perspective this bright, sunny day in London. As ever, the main group I feel I am talking to here are journalists, who have to write
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