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In social science, agency is the capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfill their potential. Social structure consists of those factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc.) that determine or limit agents and their decisions. [ 1 ]
5 dni temu · 1. (sociology) A central thematic opposition with structure representing the scope for human freedom of action—versus the ways in which actions may be determined by social structures. See also determinism; ethnomethodology; phenomenology; symbolic interactionism.
The au- thors conceptualize agency as a temporally embedded process of social engagement, informed by the past (in its “iterational” or habit- ual aspect) but also oriented toward the future (as a “projective” capacity to imagine alternative possibilities) and toward the present (as a “practical-evaluative” capacity to contextualize past habits ...
24 wrz 2023 · In establishing what these classic empirical studies tell us about the key routines of news production, the chapter highlights a fundamental concept in the sociological study of news—that news is located as a product that is manufactured by journalists within a set of constraints.
1 sty 1998 · The authors conceptualize agency as a temporally embedded process of social engagement, informed by the past (in its “iterational” or habitual aspect) but also oriented toward the future (as a “projective” capacity to imagine alternative possibilities) and toward the present (as a “practical‐evaluative” capacity to contextualize ...
27 gru 2023 · The production of news has historically been a central topic in the sociology of the media, with sourcing practices lying at the core of analyses. Numerous studies sought to answer the question: where do journalists get their information from?
9 cze 2017 · Drawing on the selected articles as well as debates in organization studies and social theory more broadly, we first consider different ways of defining agency and institutions and examine their implications for institutional theory.
