Sage Sociology

Authors Adrianne Frech and Sarah Damaske discuss the article, "The Myth of Men’s Stable, Continuous Labor Force Attachment: Multitrajectories of U.S. Baby Boomer Men’s Employment" published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

Authors discuss how machine learning technologies can reproduce gender and race inequalities, citing examples such as biased chat GPT and predictive policing tools. They explore how algorithms contribute to inequality, using zip codes for loan eligibility and displaying criminal record ads for black individuals. The challenges and biases in machine learning technologies are addressed, including racially discriminatory policing and misidentifications by facial recognition software. The importance of sociological analysis and critical engagement in understanding the reproduction of inequalities in machine learning is emphasized.

Author Rachel Best discusses the article, "The Stigma of Diseases: Unequal Burden, Uneven Decline," published in the October 2023 issue of American Sociological Review.

Author Stephanie Dhuman discusses the article, "'Why Can’t We Have Some Kind of Unity?' Cultural Contention Amongst Puerto Rican and Black Residents in Southern Suburbia" published in the October 2023 issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Authors Greer Mellon and Bonnie Siegler discuss the article, "New Experimental Evidence on Anti-Asian Bias in White Parents’ School Preferences," published in the October 2023 issue of Sociology of Education.

Author Nik Lampe discusses the article, "Teaching with TikTok in Online Sociology of Sex and Gender Courses," published in the October 2023 issue of Teaching Sociology.

Authors Richard J. Petts and Daniel L. Carlson discuss the article, "Managing a Household during a Pandemic: Cognitive Labor and Parents’ Psychological Well-being," published in the November 2023 issue of Society and Mental Health.

Author Xinyan Wu discusses the article, "Parallel Development: Medicalization and Decriminalization in the Changing Media Framing of the Opioid Overdose Crisis" published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

Author Matthew Parbst discusses the article, "The Effect of Welfare State Policy Spending on the Equalization of Socioeconomic Status Disparities in Mental Health" published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Author Maria Akchurin discusses the article, "Contested Infrastructures: Water, Privatization, and Place-Based Protest in Greater Buenos Aires", published in the September 2023 issue of City & Community.