This is a conceptual paper to study the effects of external factors on public perceptions of social welfare. The study reviews literature on the history of social welfare during the presidencies of Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and William Clinton. The paper goes on to analyze three factors that play role on perceptions. These factors are values, environmental factors (economics and po...

In this article, we argue for making the frequently invoked notion of “crises journalism” itself proper subject sociological analysis. Based on a case study public controversy over an adversarial TV interview with well-known politician Austria's service broadcaster ORF, provide analysis practical use crisis claims in metajournalistic discourse. Drawing ethnomethodology, interactionism, and situ...

This study aims to determine the interaction and communication patterns of Persit-KCK (Army Wives Association) organization that have an impact on harmony cohesiveness among members build a strong commitment providing benefits wider community in Indonesia. also increases loyalty every soldier Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI-AD) their responsibility for upholding state sovereignty, maintai...

Advocates of interactionism in the ethical criticism art argue that value impacts aesthetic value. The debate is concerned with “the intrinsic question”: question whether flaws/merits artworks’ manifested attitudes affect their (Gaut 2007: 9). This paper argues assumption artworks have problematic at least regards to a significant subset works: fictional artworks. I that, insofar as emerges onl...

This paper presents a review of social theories aging including early based on role, disengagement, activity, and continuity, more recent modernization, feminism, gerotranscendence, interactionism. The elements, assumptions possible biases, strengths weaknesses each major theory are discussed. Since gerontology is multidisciplinary, the variety theoretical perspectives can be viewed as strength...

This paper gains a deeper understanding of the professional role identities vocational teacher educators (VTEs) when compared with mainstream (MTEs) in Malta. It is framed using identity theory from structural symbolic interactionism perspective (Burke and Stets 2009). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, adopting thematic analysis. Findings show that VTEs MTEs underpin their...

As a result of the epiphany of giant multinational media conglomerates, transnational trade networks and the politics of globalization, it is tempting to believe that individual and national identities have morphed. This article argues that such homogenization in relation to individuation is tedious to accept. It draws from theories of symbolic interactionism, social psychology, Foucauldian, an...