Daniel R Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel R Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel R |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2649-6529 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking elites in British sociology
This article outlines a novel conceptual framework to examine English society's ruling institutions. Usually called 'The Establishment', the term has been a thorn in the side of analyses of class, status and power in British sociology as it stands between polemic and an explanation for England's peculiar exaggeration of status over class. Drawing upon Lévi-Strauss's concept of a 'house-society', the article rethinks how England's ruling instituti…
The tragedy of self in digitised popular culture
Digital data is constitutive of many forms of popular culture and user engagement. How data feeds back and is integrated into practice is of critical importance when it comes to analysing the place of the 'self' in contemporary culture. This article provides an account of video-blogging on YouTube. It takes as its case study three UK 'YouTube Celebrities' - Charlie McDonnell, Chris Kendall and Benjamin Cook - and focuses upon three vlogs which al…
Imagining others more complexly
YouTube’s development in its first 10 years has witnessed the growth of an indigenous celebrity culture. This article seeks to explore the celebrification of online video-bloggers in relation to their own discursive community. Using the case of the VlogBrothers and their community of ‘Nerdfighters’, this article demonstrates how their philosophy set towards ‘Understanding Others More Complexly’ becomes a central part of how ‘celebrity’ is underst…
Norbert Elias and social theory
Reviewed by Henrietta O’Connor, David Ashton, and Daniel R. SmithNorbert Elias has recently been described as ‘the most important thinker you’ve never heard of’ (Pinker 2011, 59). Such a descriptio
The Gent-rification of English masculinities
The figure of the English gentleman is regaining traction in British society. This retrograde celebration of a type of masculinity articulating various intersections in class, racial and national identity provides not just a reliable identity-complex for contemporary British males but also imaginative solutions to the current cultural predicaments – notably, how to be English/British in the era of globalisation. This article will unpack this refo…
Evaluating Value-at-Risk Models via Quantile Regression
This paper is concerned with evaluating value at risk estimates. It is well known that using only binary variables, such as whether or not there was an exception, sacrifices too much information. However, most of the specification tests (also called backtests) available in the literature, such as Christoffersen (1998) and Engle and Maganelli (2004) are based on such variables. In this paper we propose a new backtest that does not rely solely on b…
Markov-Switching and Stochastic Volatility Diffusion Models of Short-Term Interest Rates
This paper empirically compares the Markov-switching and stochastic volatility di#usion models of the short rate. The evidence supports the Markov-switching di#usion model. Estimates of the elasticity of volatility parameter for single regime models unanimously indicate an explosive volatility process, while the Markov-switching models estimates are reasonable. We find that either Markov-switching or stochastic volatility, but not both, are neede…
Directional asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescents
Asymmetry of paired dimensions has been recognized as a methodological problem in anthropometry and more recently as an indicator of environmental stress. This study seeks to determine the extent of directional asymmetry for some of the measurements commonly made in anthropometry. Upper arm circumference, biepicondylar breadth, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, bicondylar breadth of the femur, and calf circumference were measured on right and le…
Directional asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescents
Asymmetry of paired dimensions has been recognized as a methodological problem in anthropometry and more recently as an indicator of environmental stress. This study seeks to determine the extent of directional asymmetry for some of the measurements commonly made in anthropometry. Upper arm circumference, biepicondylar breadth, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, bicondylar breadth of the femur, and calf circumference were measured on right and le…
The Gent-rification of English masculinities
The figure of the English gentleman is regaining traction in British society. This retrograde celebration of a type of masculinity articulating various intersections in class, racial and national identity provides not just a reliable identity-complex for contemporary British males but also imaginative solutions to the current cultural predicaments – notably, how to be English/British in the era of globalisation. This article will unpack this refo…
Rethinking elites in British sociology
This article outlines a novel conceptual framework to examine English society's ruling institutions. Usually called 'The Establishment', the term has been a thorn in the side of analyses of class, status and power in British sociology as it stands between polemic and an explanation for England's peculiar exaggeration of status over class. Drawing upon Lévi-Strauss's concept of a 'house-society', the article rethinks how England's ruling instituti…
The tragedy of self in digitised popular culture
Digital data is constitutive of many forms of popular culture and user engagement. How data feeds back and is integrated into practice is of critical importance when it comes to analysing the place of the 'self' in contemporary culture. This article provides an account of video-blogging on YouTube. It takes as its case study three UK 'YouTube Celebrities' - Charlie McDonnell, Chris Kendall and Benjamin Cook - and focuses upon three vlogs which al…
Directional asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescents
Asymmetry of paired dimensions has been recognized as a methodological problem in anthropometry and more recently as an indicator of environmental stress. This study seeks to determine the extent of directional asymmetry for some of the measurements commonly made in anthropometry. Upper arm circumference, biepicondylar breadth, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, bicondylar breadth of the femur, and calf circumference were measured on right and le…
Markov-Switching and Stochastic Volatility Diffusion Models of Short-Term Interest Rates
This paper empirically compares the Markov-switching and stochastic volatility di#usion models of the short rate. The evidence supports the Markov-switching di#usion model. Estimates of the elasticity of volatility parameter for single regime models unanimously indicate an explosive volatility process, while the Markov-switching models estimates are reasonable. We find that either Markov-switching or stochastic volatility, but not both, are neede…
Evaluating Value-at-Risk Models via Quantile Regression
This paper is concerned with evaluating value at risk estimates. It is well known that using only binary variables, such as whether or not there was an exception, sacrifices too much information. However, most of the specification tests (also called backtests) available in the literature, such as Christoffersen (1998) and Engle and Maganelli (2004) are based on such variables. In this paper we propose a new backtest that does not rely solely on b…
The Gent-rification of English masculinities
The figure of the English gentleman is regaining traction in British society. This retrograde celebration of a type of masculinity articulating various intersections in class, racial and national identity provides not just a reliable identity-complex for contemporary British males but also imaginative solutions to the current cultural predicaments – notably, how to be English/British in the era of globalisation. This article will unpack this refo…
Norbert Elias and social theory
Reviewed by Henrietta O’Connor, David Ashton, and Daniel R. SmithNorbert Elias has recently been described as ‘the most important thinker you’ve never heard of’ (Pinker 2011, 59). Such a descriptio
Imagining others more complexly
YouTube’s development in its first 10 years has witnessed the growth of an indigenous celebrity culture. This article seeks to explore the celebrification of online video-bloggers in relation to their own discursive community. Using the case of the VlogBrothers and their community of ‘Nerdfighters’, this article demonstrates how their philosophy set towards ‘Understanding Others More Complexly’ becomes a central part of how ‘celebrity’ is underst…
The tragedy of self in digitised popular culture
Digital data is constitutive of many forms of popular culture and user engagement. How data feeds back and is integrated into practice is of critical importance when it comes to analysing the place of the 'self' in contemporary culture. This article provides an account of video-blogging on YouTube. It takes as its case study three UK 'YouTube Celebrities' - Charlie McDonnell, Chris Kendall and Benjamin Cook - and focuses upon three vlogs which al…
Rethinking elites in British sociology
This article outlines a novel conceptual framework to examine English society's ruling institutions. Usually called 'The Establishment', the term has been a thorn in the side of analyses of class, status and power in British sociology as it stands between polemic and an explanation for England's peculiar exaggeration of status over class. Drawing upon Lévi-Strauss's concept of a 'house-society', the article rethinks how England's ruling instituti…
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works)