COMM 481: Social Networks

» Social Prestige from Social Network Blog - y8
In Peter V. Marsden and Jeanne S. Hurlbert’s article, “Social Resources and Mobility Outcomes,” the authors expand on a previous job-matching study conducted by Lin, Ensel, Vaughn, Bridges and Villemez. This study concentrates on the effects of social ... [Read More]

» last blog~ social prestige and social inequality from Social Network Blog - y1
Marsden and Hurlbert’s article is an extension to previous studies that deal with job-matching, occupation status attainment and income. Their analysis is on the 1970 Detroit Area study, with a focus “on the transition leading to the first job in... [Read More]

» Social Issues and How They Relate to Our Networks from Social Network Blog - y10
Fernandez & Harris assert that social isolation, instead of cultural poverty, leads to the formation of an “underclass” in the urban ghetto. Their study concentrates on the African American population although they would have liked to consider the diff... [Read More]

» Reading about the working in our last reading of week 18 (?) from Social Network Blog - g3
The first reading by Fernandez and Harris, “Social Isolation and the Underclass”, was a an interesting read in that it discusses the topic of how underclass people, those who live in poverty (actually 125% above the poverty line, since people... [Read More]

» Isolation in the Underground from Social Network Blog - y35
In “Social Isolation and the Underclass” Fernandez and Harris make the case that the Black urban poor is at major risk of falling into a socially isolated underclass. The authors use the background information to come to a conclusion about... [Read More]

» The Rich are getting richer and the Poor are Getting Poorer from Social Network Blog - r32
According to this week's readings, this song lyric from Santana's "Maria, Maria" seems to hold true in actual studies of real-world phenomena. These reading seem to wrap up everything we've studied about social networks so far and used concepts such... [Read More]

» Why no man's an island from Social Network Blog - g23
The Fernandez and Harris article discusses how inner-city black communities are beginning to become trapped as an "underclass" and in a culture of poverty, isolated from mainstream society. This is bad because "social isolation exacerbates the effects ... [Read More]

» A Lonely Lot...Emiseration in the Ghetto from Social Network Blog - g44
I almost wish that we had read these articles earlier in the semester since the ghetto has been made a commodity marketed and packaged by mainstream culture, rather than seen as a place that needs resources, not a microscope. Social... [Read More]

» The Financial Impact of One's Social Network from Social Network Blog - y11
This week’s readings discussed the relationship between social status, poverty, and how one’s network affects these variables. In “Social Isolation and the Underclass”, Fernandez and Harris discuss the implication of poverty on one’s social network. Th... [Read More]

» Social Isolation & Resources from Social Network Blog - y7
The first article, “Social Isolation and the Underclass” looks at the relationship between poverty and social isolation, the role that neighborhoods play in social isolation and also the gender differences in the structure of social isolation. Fernande... [Read More]

» Working with the network you've got... from Social Network Blog - g10
In the first reading, “Social Resources and Mobility Outcomes: A Replication and Extension,” the authors, Marsden and Hurlbert replicate and extend and previous study by Lin, Ensel and Vaughn concerning the effects of social network resources on findin... [Read More]

» Connect Four: Social Isolation and Connections from Social Network Blog - g33
In "Social Isolation and the Underclass" a number of different hypotheses are presented regarding the social networks of poor African-Americans in poor neighborhoods. In this article, poor is definied as 125% below the official poverty line and social... [Read More]

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