Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 223275 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Radhamany Sooryamoorthy |
| NOMBRES | Radhamany |
| APELLIDO | Sooryamoorthy |
| FIRMA | SOORYAMOORTHY R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6011-7807 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Indian sociology on the global scene
This paper, on Indian sociology, contributes to the international sociological outlook on Indian sociology by discussing its involvement in the World Congress of Sociology. At the 2023 World Congress, organised by the International Sociological Association (ISA) in Melbourne, Australia, India achieved a significant milestone by ranking third in the number of paper presentations, behind Australia and the USA, marking an increase in participation c…
Sociology at the World Congress
This article explores the themes of sociological inquiry as reflected in the presentations at the 20th World Congress of Sociology held in Melbourne in 2023. By analyzing the abstracts published by the International Sociological Association, the article aims to gather information about the presenters, including their affiliated countries, the types of institutions they represent (such as universities, research centers, or other organizations), an…
Researching the ‘New Normal’ Social World
Familial Factors in Early Pregnancy Among Adolescents and Young People
The role of a family environment in shaping the sexual behaviour of adolescents and young people (AYP) has been acknowledged in literature. This explanatory mixed methods study is aimed at highlighting the role of familial factors contributing to AYP pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa, guided by the concept of Bowen’s Family Systems theory. Secondary data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) were analyzed, using descriptive and logistic regres…
Scientometrics for the study of sociology
Scientometrics has become a popular discipline, both as a field of study and a set of methods. Scientometric studies are carried out at varying levels from micro to macro. Institutions of higher learning and governments adopt scientometric measures to inform their decisions and to develop policies pertaining to ranking, standing, funding, impact, visibility and future plans. Institutions, countries and scholars can be evaluated using reliable sci…
A research-inducing environment at a University of Technology in South Africa
Networks of Communication in South Africa
Sociological research and collaboration in South Africa
Sociological research in South Africa presents characteristic features in line with its historical and political phases. This article maps the production of sociological research in South Africa during the apartheid and democratic periods. The data used in the article were drawn from the publication records of South African scholars stored in the database of the Web of Science (WoS). A total of 2342 publications representing the period 1970–2015 …
Producing information
Prior research has investigated the relationships between communication, collaboration and production of information/knowledge. Most of this research has been conducted either in developed countries where the internet facility is highly advanced or in developing countries with little internet access. Investigations in countries that fall in between these two extremes are rare. This study of respondents from higher education institutions and resea…
Sociology in South Africa
The Family in Modern South Africa
The family in South Africa does not present uniform characteristics. It exhibits features that are dissimilar in terms of structure, form, role and functions. It has also been assumed to produce forms characteristic of different race and ethnic groups. Irrespective of these forms, changes are manifest in the family. The colonial and apartheid legacies had a strong impact on family life in the country. Ranging from industrialization to urbanizatio…
Internet technology and the epistemic strategies of scientists in post-apartheid South Africa
Studies on African Families
The family both in Africa generally and in specific African countries remains underresearched. What is evident from this review of studies published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies for the selected period is that it is a rich resource for topics and themes that affect varied aspects of the family-some of which have not been previously closely considered. Immense possibilities for research in a number branches of science are open in A…
Sociological research in South Africa
South African sociology has a long and varied past. Over a period of nearly a century it has gone through several phases. Sociology as a course of study is offered widely in the country and sociologists - mainly at universities - have made a significant contribution to the development of the sociological literature through their research. The major outlet for this research is the South African Review of Sociology ( SARS), which is the official jo…
Inside the mobile world and outside the Internet
Trends in media and communication studies
The growing field of media studies continues to attract the interest of researchers who closely watch the diffusion and usage pattern of the media. New forms of media that integrate a number of media and communication technologies into a single device (like the latest invention of smart watches) further necessitate intensive research in this field. Until recently, scholars who followed the growth and development of the media focused more on the y…
The Indian Family
INTRODUCTIONThe family as an integrated and functional unit of society has for a considerable period of time captured the attention and imagination of researchers. Eue to the multiplicity of characteristics possessed by the family, research continues to expand and grew both in volume and depth. The structural, functional, developmental and integrative functions which the family fulfills in societies the world over make it an important unit of ana…
Communication, youth, social change and
Mediascape, like any geographical landscape, offers a spectrum of scenarios across the world, each showing a characteristic set of similarities and dissimilarities to others. Theoretical and empirical research drawn from a variety of contexts discloses dimensions of media interrelationships, impacts and consequences in differing socioeconomic and cultural conditions. The consequences that media, or their use, have for youth are worthy of in-depth…
Mytheli Sreenivas. Wives, Widows, Concubines
Mytheli Sreenivas. WIVES, WIDOWS, CONCUBINES: THE CONJUGAL FAMILY IDEAL IN COLONIAL INDIA." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41(3), pp. 484–485
Untangling the technology cluster
Among the communication technologies introduced in the developing world during the past century, none has grown more rapidly than mobile telephony.Yet the impact of mobile phone use on social relationships has received limited systematic study. This article examines the factors associated with mobile phone usage in the south Indian state of Kerala and the social structural consequences of such usage, particularly the composition and location of t…
Untouchability in Modern India
Does the Internet Promote Collaboration and Productivity? Evidence from the Scientific Community in South Africa
International collaboration among scientists has been passionately advocated by many in the developing world. Among the several conditions that support collaboration among members of a dispersed scientific community, Internet technology is crucial. We examine the relationships among electronic communication, collaboration, and productivity in South Africa, a country that has undergone remarkable change in the sphere of science and technology. We …
Microcredit for Microenterprises or for Immediate Consumption Needs
Microfinance programmes are instrumental in bringing about substantial changes in the lives of the poor, particularly women. Access to credit from microfinance programmes enables women to become active players in their own economic life. But often credit facilities are used for meeting the immediate needs of the family. rather than for productive ventures like self-employment microenterprises (SEM). In this paper, based on the data from Kerala, w…
Behind the Scenes
Research films are a rarity in sociology. Enthralled by the potential of research films and having made three films so far, the author believes that this medium offers great opportunities for sociologists. As a powerful means of communication with its tremendous appeal to sociologists and the public alike, research films have a future as an effective tool of data collection like surveys and interviews. But this largely depends upon the readiness …
Consumption and Market Society in Israel
Collaboration Paradox
We examine the ways in which the research process differs in developed and developing areas by focusing on two questions. First, is collaboration associated with productivity? Second, is access to the Internet (specifically use of email) associated with reduced problems of collaboration? Recent analyses by Lee & Bozeman (2005) and Walsh & Maloney (2003) suggest affirmative answers to these questions for US scientists. Based on a comparative analy…
Sociology in South Africa
The Indian Family
INTRODUCTIONThe family as an integrated and functional unit of society has for a considerable period of time captured the attention and imagination of researchers. Eue to the multiplicity of characteristics possessed by the family, research continues to expand and grew both in volume and depth. The structural, functional, developmental and integrative functions which the family fulfills in societies the world over make it an important unit of ana…
The Family in Modern South Africa
The family in South Africa does not present uniform characteristics. It exhibits features that are dissimilar in terms of structure, form, role and functions. It has also been assumed to produce forms characteristic of different race and ethnic groups. Irrespective of these forms, changes are manifest in the family. The colonial and apartheid legacies had a strong impact on family life in the country. Ranging from industrialization to urbanizatio…
Does the Internet Promote Collaboration and Productivity? Evidence from the Scientific Community in South Africa
International collaboration among scientists has been passionately advocated by many in the developing world. Among the several conditions that support collaboration among members of a dispersed scientific community, Internet technology is crucial. We examine the relationships among electronic communication, collaboration, and productivity in South Africa, a country that has undergone remarkable change in the sphere of science and technology. We …
Untouchability in Modern India
Gender and Science in Developing Areas
Objective. This article examines the impact of the Internet on the research careers of female scientists in three developing areas: Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala, India. Most empirical studies of gender and science focus on the developed world, yet theoretical accounts emphasize more extreme differences in developing areas. Limited evidence from Africa and Asia shows gender inequity is restricted to a few key dimensions, broadly related to differences…
Microcredit for Microenterprises or for Immediate Consumption Needs
Microfinance programmes are instrumental in bringing about substantial changes in the lives of the poor, particularly women. Access to credit from microfinance programmes enables women to become active players in their own economic life. But often credit facilities are used for meeting the immediate needs of the family. rather than for productive ventures like self-employment microenterprises (SEM). In this paper, based on the data from Kerala, w…
Scientometrics for the study of sociology
Scientometrics has become a popular discipline, both as a field of study and a set of methods. Scientometric studies are carried out at varying levels from micro to macro. Institutions of higher learning and governments adopt scientometric measures to inform their decisions and to develop policies pertaining to ranking, standing, funding, impact, visibility and future plans. Institutions, countries and scholars can be evaluated using reliable sci…
Internet technology and the epistemic strategies of scientists in post-apartheid South Africa
Studies on African Families
The family both in Africa generally and in specific African countries remains underresearched. What is evident from this review of studies published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies for the selected period is that it is a rich resource for topics and themes that affect varied aspects of the family-some of which have not been previously closely considered. Immense possibilities for research in a number branches of science are open in A…
Sociological research in South Africa
South African sociology has a long and varied past. Over a period of nearly a century it has gone through several phases. Sociology as a course of study is offered widely in the country and sociologists - mainly at universities - have made a significant contribution to the development of the sociological literature through their research. The major outlet for this research is the South African Review of Sociology ( SARS), which is the official jo…
Untangling the technology cluster
Among the communication technologies introduced in the developing world during the past century, none has grown more rapidly than mobile telephony.Yet the impact of mobile phone use on social relationships has received limited systematic study. This article examines the factors associated with mobile phone usage in the south Indian state of Kerala and the social structural consequences of such usage, particularly the composition and location of t…
Behind the Scenes
Research films are a rarity in sociology. Enthralled by the potential of research films and having made three films so far, the author believes that this medium offers great opportunities for sociologists. As a powerful means of communication with its tremendous appeal to sociologists and the public alike, research films have a future as an effective tool of data collection like surveys and interviews. But this largely depends upon the readiness …
Is Kerala Becoming a Knowledge Society? - Evidence from the Scientific Community
When knowledge becomes the key for progress and development its generation assumes great significance. Who generates it and how it is done become important issues, and particularly so in developing societies. We attempt to understand both the players and the system of knowledge generation using data from a longitudinal study of 404 scientists in Kerala collected in 1994 and 2000. The analysis focuses on changes occurring during this period in the…
Chile rape
Chile rape
Social Structure and Change
Is Kerala Becoming a Knowledge Society? - Evidence from the Scientific Community
When knowledge becomes the key for progress and development its generation assumes great significance. Who generates it and how it is done become important issues, and particularly so in developing societies. We attempt to understand both the players and the system of knowledge generation using data from a longitudinal study of 404 scientists in Kerala collected in 1994 and 2000. The analysis focuses on changes occurring during this period in the…
Collaboration Paradox
We examine the ways in which the research process differs in developed and developing areas by focusing on two questions. First, is collaboration associated with productivity? Second, is access to the Internet (specifically use of email) associated with reduced problems of collaboration? Recent analyses by Lee & Bozeman (2005) and Walsh & Maloney (2003) suggest affirmative answers to these questions for US scientists. Based on a comparative analy…
Microfinance and Women in Kerala
Studies on microfinance have highlighted the relation between women and their use of credit. Drawing data from 1,116 women members of sixty self-help groups (SHGs) functioning in Kerala, this paper argues that the patterns of savings and credit-use of women in SHGs are related to their marital status. Marital status acts as a determinant in both the savings of the members, manifested in their contribution to the groups and the deposits they accum…
Consumption and Market Society in Israel
Gender and Science in Developing Areas
Objective. This article examines the impact of the Internet on the research careers of female scientists in three developing areas: Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala, India. Most empirical studies of gender and science focus on the developed world, yet theoretical accounts emphasize more extreme differences in developing areas. Limited evidence from Africa and Asia shows gender inequity is restricted to a few key dimensions, broadly related to differences…
Does the Internet Promote Collaboration and Productivity? Evidence from the Scientific Community in South Africa
International collaboration among scientists has been passionately advocated by many in the developing world. Among the several conditions that support collaboration among members of a dispersed scientific community, Internet technology is crucial. We examine the relationships among electronic communication, collaboration, and productivity in South Africa, a country that has undergone remarkable change in the sphere of science and technology. We …
Microcredit for Microenterprises or for Immediate Consumption Needs
Microfinance programmes are instrumental in bringing about substantial changes in the lives of the poor, particularly women. Access to credit from microfinance programmes enables women to become active players in their own economic life. But often credit facilities are used for meeting the immediate needs of the family. rather than for productive ventures like self-employment microenterprises (SEM). In this paper, based on the data from Kerala, w…
Behind the Scenes
Research films are a rarity in sociology. Enthralled by the potential of research films and having made three films so far, the author believes that this medium offers great opportunities for sociologists. As a powerful means of communication with its tremendous appeal to sociologists and the public alike, research films have a future as an effective tool of data collection like surveys and interviews. But this largely depends upon the readiness …
Untangling the technology cluster
Among the communication technologies introduced in the developing world during the past century, none has grown more rapidly than mobile telephony.Yet the impact of mobile phone use on social relationships has received limited systematic study. This article examines the factors associated with mobile phone usage in the south Indian state of Kerala and the social structural consequences of such usage, particularly the composition and location of t…
Untouchability in Modern India
Mytheli Sreenivas. Wives, Widows, Concubines
Mytheli Sreenivas. WIVES, WIDOWS, CONCUBINES: THE CONJUGAL FAMILY IDEAL IN COLONIAL INDIA." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41(3), pp. 484–485
Communication, youth, social change and
Mediascape, like any geographical landscape, offers a spectrum of scenarios across the world, each showing a characteristic set of similarities and dissimilarities to others. Theoretical and empirical research drawn from a variety of contexts discloses dimensions of media interrelationships, impacts and consequences in differing socioeconomic and cultural conditions. The consequences that media, or their use, have for youth are worthy of in-depth…
The Indian Family
INTRODUCTIONThe family as an integrated and functional unit of society has for a considerable period of time captured the attention and imagination of researchers. Eue to the multiplicity of characteristics possessed by the family, research continues to expand and grew both in volume and depth. The structural, functional, developmental and integrative functions which the family fulfills in societies the world over make it an important unit of ana…
Inside the mobile world and outside the Internet
Trends in media and communication studies
The growing field of media studies continues to attract the interest of researchers who closely watch the diffusion and usage pattern of the media. New forms of media that integrate a number of media and communication technologies into a single device (like the latest invention of smart watches) further necessitate intensive research in this field. Until recently, scholars who followed the growth and development of the media focused more on the y…
Internet technology and the epistemic strategies of scientists in post-apartheid South Africa
Studies on African Families
The family both in Africa generally and in specific African countries remains underresearched. What is evident from this review of studies published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies for the selected period is that it is a rich resource for topics and themes that affect varied aspects of the family-some of which have not been previously closely considered. Immense possibilities for research in a number branches of science are open in A…
Sociological research in South Africa
South African sociology has a long and varied past. Over a period of nearly a century it has gone through several phases. Sociology as a course of study is offered widely in the country and sociologists - mainly at universities - have made a significant contribution to the development of the sociological literature through their research. The major outlet for this research is the South African Review of Sociology ( SARS), which is the official jo…
Producing information
Prior research has investigated the relationships between communication, collaboration and production of information/knowledge. Most of this research has been conducted either in developed countries where the internet facility is highly advanced or in developing countries with little internet access. Investigations in countries that fall in between these two extremes are rare. This study of respondents from higher education institutions and resea…
Sociology in South Africa
The Family in Modern South Africa
The family in South Africa does not present uniform characteristics. It exhibits features that are dissimilar in terms of structure, form, role and functions. It has also been assumed to produce forms characteristic of different race and ethnic groups. Irrespective of these forms, changes are manifest in the family. The colonial and apartheid legacies had a strong impact on family life in the country. Ranging from industrialization to urbanizatio…
Networks of Communication in South Africa
Sociological research and collaboration in South Africa
Sociological research in South Africa presents characteristic features in line with its historical and political phases. This article maps the production of sociological research in South Africa during the apartheid and democratic periods. The data used in the article were drawn from the publication records of South African scholars stored in the database of the Web of Science (WoS). A total of 2342 publications representing the period 1970–2015 …
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