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A Black boy and White woman walk through a crowd

Visual Sociology

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All photographs… represent more or less clearly what was framed by the camera at the moment the picture was taken; they also identify the vantage point of the camera and, presumably, the photographer… [N]ot only do images have a history and a politics, but also they often have a career, traveling from one context to another, with dramatically different meanings imputed to them on the way.

John Grady (2007) ‘Visual Sociology’, pp. 63-70 in Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Volume 2. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
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Link Analysis of Science on Bitly

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At Scientific American’s request, the chief scientist at bitly (www.bitly.com) [Hilary Mason], which shortens URLs for Web users, examined 600 science Web page addresses sent to the company’s servers on August 23 and 24. Then she tracked 6,000 pages people visited next and mapped the connections (below). The results revealed which subjects were strongly and weakly associated. Chemistry was linked to almost no other science. Biology was linked to almost all of them. Health was tied more to business than to food. But why did fashion connect strongly to physics? And why was astronomy linked to genetics? Check out the … Continue reading Link Analysis of Science on Bitly

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A non-binary person has their back to the audience while a young Asian woman and older white man listen smiling

Labour force gender wage gap

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Here’s an infographic on the global wage gap between men and women.

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