New on Early View: Seth Abrutyn (sethabrutyn.bsky.social) discusses “Our Emotions and Culture” by E. Doyle McCarthy http://doi.org/10.1002symb.70019 #sssi #sociology #emotion #culture #interactionism We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How…

New on Early View: Baptiste Brossard reviews “From Skepticism to Competence” by Mariana Craciun http://doi.org/10/1002/symb.70018 #sssi #sociology #psychology #education We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn…

New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality

New on Early View: ““Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns” by Emmi Koskinen https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70013 #sssi #emca #interactionism #face #conversation #closings We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to…

New on Early View: “Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”” by Lars E. F. Johannessen #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality We have just published New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic…

Upcoming 2026 SSSI Conferences As announced at the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago, the 2026 SSSI Annual Meeting will be held in collaboration with the Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference, June 10-12, 2026 in Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada).  The European SSSI Meeting 2026 will be held…

New on Early View: “Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities” by Mehmet Ali Icbay https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70010 #emca #sssi #ethnomethodology #conversationanalysis #science #community We have just published New on Early View: "Exploring the EMCA Community:…

New on Early View: “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials’ and Gen-Zs’ Selves and Identities” by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70012 #sssi #sociology #memes #socialmedia #identity #self #KUFAT We have…

We will be posting images from the award ceremony here - sssiorg.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...

SSSI Annual Meetings 2025 (Chicago) Award Winners At the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago the Society presented its awards. George Herbert Mead Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Simon Gottschalk (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award - Asia Friedman's (University of…

Symbolic Interaction: Volume 48, Issue 2 Special Issue: Lyn Lofland's Intellectual Legacy #sssi #Lofland #publicplace #interactionism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15338665...

@sijournal.bsky.social Great to be at the EU-SSSI annual conference in Warsaw, Poland. #sssi

New on Early View: ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by Jørn Bjerre https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70005 #sssi #sociology #interaction #classroom # We have just published ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of…

New on Early View: “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure” by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70003 #sssi #sociology #interaction #Skylab #astronaut We have just published Philip Lewin’s’s review of “Embedded Interactions and Selective…

New on Early View: Philip Lewin discusses “Interpreting Subcultures” edited by Patrick J. Williams https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70007 #sssi #sociology #subcultures #culture We have just published Philip Lewin's’s review of “Interpreting Subcultures. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying…

New on Early View: ““Being Nice” as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools” by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Leon Dittmann, and Claudia Schuchart https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70004 #sssi #sociology #deviance We have just published Richard E.…

Registration for the 2025 Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA is open. Please use the link below to check out the event and register for the conference. www.symbolicinteraction.org/conferences/...

New on Early View: Richard E. Ocejo discusses “Passionate Work: Choreographing a Dance Career” by Ruth Horowitz #sssi #sociology #culture #dance #career We have just published Richard E. Ocejo's review of "Passionate Work: Choreographing a Dance Career" by Ruth Horowitz on Early View of Symbolic…

New on Early View: “Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard-of-Hearing Employees” by Ida Friis Thing https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1255 #sssi #sociology #stigma We have just published "Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard-of-Hearing Employees" by Ida Friis…

New on Early View: “Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations” by Steven Windisch https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1253 #sssi #sociology #stigma We have just published “'Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia': Managing Stigma and Threats in…

New on Early View: Nancy Berns reviews “Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Gun Violence on Black Boys and their Schools” by Nora Gross #sssi #sociology #violence #guns #bookreview https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1252 We have just published Nancy Bern's review of “Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll…

New on Early View: “Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Question for an Honorable Self” by Laura Eramian and Peter Mallory sssi #sociology #stigma https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1254 We have just published Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Question for an Honorable Self" by…

New on Early View: Amelia K. Hawbaker reviews “Cosmopolitan Scientists: How a Global Policy of Commercialization Became Japanese” by Nahoko Kameo https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1251 #sssi #sociology #science #inhabitedinstitutions #institutions #interactionism We have just published Amelia K.…

New Article: “Invoking (Dis)Likes at the Dinner Table” by Hansun Zhang Waring #sssi #sociology #emca https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1248 We have just published Hansun Zhang Waring's article “New Article: "Invoking (Dis)Likes at the Dinner Table" by Hansun Zhang Waring on Early View of Symbolic…

New on Early View: Juliana de Oliviera Horst discusses Kate Herrity’s book “Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown”#sssi #sociology #prison #atmosphere We have just published Juliana de Oliviera Horst review of Kate Herrity's book "Sound, Order and Survival in…

New on Early View: Julien C. Grayer discusses “Brotherhood University: Black Men’s Friendships and the Transition to Adulthood” by Brandon A. Jackson https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1249 #sssi #sociology #bookreview We have just published Julien C. Grayer's review Brandon A. Jackson's book…

New on Early View: “Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes” by Robin James Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1246 #sssi #socioloy #categorization #MCA #EMCA #ethnomethodology #Sacks #policing We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…

New on Early View: "Symposium on Erving Goffman and the Cold War, by Gary D. Jaworski" with contributions by Chiara Bassetti, Stacey Hannem, Gary D. Jaworski and Greg Smith and an introduction by Dirk vom Lehn doi.org/10.1002/symb... #Goffman #sssi #sociology #antitextualism

New Article: "Paradoxes of Displeasure: Understanding Collegiate Hookup Culture's Resilience to Negative Emotional Energy" by Lisa Wade #sssi #sociology #college #HookupCulture doi.org/10.1002/symb... sijournal.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/n...

New Article: “Paradoxes of Displeasure: Understanding Collegiate Hookup Culture’s Resilience to Negative Emotional Energy” by Lisa Wade #sssi #sociology #college #HookupCulture https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1245 We have just published a new article entitled "Paradoxes of Displeasure: Understanding…

New Article: "“I Am an Unashamed Cityphile”: Making Sense of a World of Strangers in Ann Arbor, Amsterdam, and Beyond" by Thaddeus Müller doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #urban #strangers #Lofland sijournal.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/n...

New Article: ““I Am an Unashamed Cityphile”: Making Sense of a World of Strangers in Ann Arbor, Amsterdam, and Beyond” by Thaddeus Müller https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1243 #sssi #sociology #urban #strangers #Lofland We have just published a new article entitled "“I Am an Unashamed Cityphile”:…

New Article: "Moral Entrepreneurs of the Mastodon Migration" by Sean Ward, Jenny L. Davis, Adrian Mackenzie and Paul K. Jones doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #entrepreneurship #online #digital #socialmedia sijournal.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/n...

New Article: “Moral Entrepreneurs of the Mastodon Migration” by Sean Ward, Jenny L. Davis, Adrian Mackenzie and Paul K. Jones https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1244 #sssi #sociology #entrepreneurship #online #digital #socialmedia We have just published a new article entitled “Moral Entrepreneurs of the…

Phillip and April Vannini’s documentary on Underwater Hotels is fascinating watch.shelter.stream/underwater-h... #sssi #sociology

What to do about children and smartphones? EUKidsOnline has gathered the evidence: ❌ban kids ✅regulate platforms ✅require safety-by-design ✅support parents ✅consult children ✅respect all their rights 🔗https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/research/research-projects/eu-kids-online/bans

New Article: "Mask Wearing as an Emotional Practice: Collective Emotional Work in the COVID-Conscious Digital Counterpublic" by Maja Sawicka doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #emotion #digitalinteraction

New Article: “Mask Wearing as an Emotional Practice: Collective Emotional Work in the COVID-Conscious Digital Counterpublic” by Maja Sawicka https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1240 #sssi #sociology #emotion #digitalinteraction We have just published a new article entitled "Mask Wearing as an Emotional…

New Article: “Intrapersonal Interactions on Social Media: Self-Curatorship within the Museum of Self” by Sicong Zhao #sssi #sociology #museum #self https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1238 We have just published a new article entitled "Intrapersonal Interactions on Social Media: Self-Curatorship within…

New Article: “The Staying Power of Analytical Distance: Lyn Lofland’s Contribution to the Sociology of Death, Dying, and Bereavement” by Ara Francis #sssi #sociology #death #dying https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1233 We have just published a new article entitled "The Staying Power of Analytical…

New Article: “Moral Communities in a Race Status Negotiation: A Dorm Room Urination Case” by Catherine L. Tam and Daniella Fafaely doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #emca #sociology #race #interaction

EU SSSI Conference 2025 (July 14 - 16) - Call for Papers eusssi2025.uksw.edu.pl/pl/

New Review Essay: “Contemplating Society, Self, and Nature During an Ecological Disaster”- Krzysztof Konecki discusses books by Bruno Latour and Nikolaj Schultz doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #climatechange #Latour #Schultz @WileySociology

European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Conference (14 – 16 July, 2025) "Symbolic Interactionism and Creative Processes in Turbulent Times" Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw Institute of Sociology 14-16 July 2025 The purpose of the conference is to offer an…

Articles and book reviews most recently published in Symbolic Interaction, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction can be found on Early View onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15338665...

New Article: “Art as a Channel and Embodiment of Symbolic Interaction Between Migrants and Non-Migrants” by Jacob Thomas #sssi #sociology #art #migration doi.org/10.1002/symb... @WileySociology

Call for Papers: Das Gedächtnis der Identität – Identität als Gedächtnis (Tagung des AKs Soziales Gedächtnis, Erinnern und Vergessen, Sektion Wissenssoziologie, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) - Deadline: 31.01.2025) Ohne Gedächtnis keine (soziale) Identität und kein Wissen über...

New Article: “Editors’ Introduction to Lyn Lofland’s Intellectual Legacy” by Ara Francis and Eric O. Silva #sssi #sociology #LynLofland #SpecialIssue doi.org/10.1002/symb... @WileySociology

New Article: “Time as a Weapon: Women, Temporal Experience, and Resistance in a Central New York Jail” by Gabreélla Friday #sssi #sociology #women #prison #time doi.org/10.1002/symb... @WileySociology cc @timeandsociety.bsky.social