Journal•ISSN: 0002-7642
American Behavioral Scientist
SAGE Publishing
About: American Behavioral Scientist is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Poison control & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 0002-7642. Over the lifetime, 4594 publications have been published receiving 183948 citations. The journal is also known as: The American behavioral scientist.
Topics: Poison control, Politics, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors advocate and illustrate the efficacy of informal education and show that children and older students can and do learn within the contexts of tasks and questions that are meaningful to them.
Abstract: Geoffrey Vickers advocated and illustrated the efficacy of informal education. Children and older students can and do learn within the contexts of tasks and questions that are meaningful to them. This article is about surprisingly successful learning in informal settings. Informal learning has often been encouraged because of the failure of more traditional approaches. Mathematics has been assumed to be certain and the model of describing truth. The certainty of mathematics and the formal mode of discussing mathematics are being reconsidered. Connections between mathematics and humanistic disciplines are the bases of a worldwide movement of mathematically minded scholars.
2,700 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors ask methodological questions about studying infrastructure with some of the tools and perspectives of ethnography, which is both relational and ecological, and they propose a methodology for studying infrastructure that is both ecological and relational.
Abstract: This article asks methodological questions about studying infrastructure with some of the tools and perspectives of ethnography. Infrastructure is both relational and ecological—it means different ...
2,435 citations
TL;DR: Among scholars the subject of corruption is nearly taboo as mentioned in this paper and placing it in a model of developing economy as a developing factor is even worse in some eyes. No doubt, Nathaniel H. Leff's analysis will be misunderstood.
Abstract: Among scholars the subject of corruption is nearly taboo. Placing it in a model of developing economy as a developing factor is even worse in some eyes. No doubt, Nathaniel H. Leff's analysis will be misunderstood. So be it. It still bids us to understand an important area of social behavior, and tells us why public policies will fail. The author is at Harvard University.
2,224 citations
TL;DR: Arguing that privacy concerns should not be limited solely to concern about control over personal information, Helen Nissenbaum counters that information ought to be distributed and protected according to norms governing distinct social context, be it workplace, health care, schools, or among family and friends.
Abstract: Privacy is one of the most urgent issues associated with information technology and digital media This book claims that what people really care about when they complain and protest that privacy has been violated is not the act of sharing information itselfmost people understand that this is crucial to social life but the inappropriate, improper sharing of information Arguing that privacy concerns should not be limited solely to concern about control over personal information, Helen Nissenbaum counters that information ought to be distributed and protected according to norms governing distinct social contextswhether it be workplace, health care, schools, or among family and friends She warns that basic distinctions between public and private, informing many current privacy policies, in fact obscure more than they clarify In truth, contemporary information systems should alarm us only when they function without regard for social norms and values, and thereby weaken the fabric of social life
1,887 citations
TL;DR: The authors found that heavy Internet use is associated with increased participation in voluntary organizations and politics, and that people's interaction online supplements their face-to-face and telephone communication without increasing or decreasing it.
Abstract: How does the Internet affect social capital? Do the communication possibilities of the Internet increase, decrease, or supplement interpersonal contact, participation, and community commitment? This evidence comes from a 1998 survey of 39,211 visitors to the National Geographic Society Web site, one of the first large-scale Web surveys. The authors find that people's interaction online supplements their face-to-face and telephone communication without increasing or decreasing it. However, heavy Internet use is associated with increased participation in voluntary organizations and politics. Further support for this effect is the positive association between offline and online participation in voluntary organizations and politics. However, the effects of the Internet are not only positive: The heaviest users of the Internet are the least committed to online community. Taken together, this evidence suggests that the Internet is becoming normalized as it is incorporated into the routine practices of everyday ...
1,787 citations