Jonathan Wynn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4178812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Wynn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Wynn |
| SIGNATURE | WYNN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Medicine at the Margins
Everyday public sociology
Bringing sociology to the public means sharing sociological concepts, research and perspectives in spaces beyond traditional academic boundaries. This chapter examines the Everyday Sociology Blog as one form of public sociology. The ESB is one of the longest running group sociology blogs, with more than seven million hits, having published more than 1,000 posts since 2007. A core sentiment of the ESB is that sociology is for the public. As Karen …
Urban Hospitals as Anchor Institutions
Recent policy developments are forcing many hospitals to supplement their traditional focus on the provision of direct patient care by using mechanisms to address the social determinants of health in local communities. Sociologists have studied hospital organizations for decades, to great effect, highlighting key processes of professional socialization and external influences that shape hospital-based care. New methods are needed, however, to cap…
Skateboarding LA
My teenaged years were largely spent on my Tommy Guerrero skateboard, looking for the perfect place to grind, pop an ollie-to-tail slide, and just hang out. As a onetime recreational participant of the sport and now a qualitative urban culture researcher, I read Gregory J. Snyder’s new book, Skateboarding LA, with great enthusiasm. Skateboarding LA is an in-depth examination of the $5 billion industry of professional skateboarding in its primary …
An arson spree in college town
Fears of media and technology undermining ‘community’ have persisted for half a century. It is believed that, in the digital age, place-based collectivities of people become isolated and individualized through media and technology, replacing ‘place-based’ communities with placeless ‘communities of interest’. While this greater trend may well exist, it is hardly uniform. This research examines how sufficiently flexible technologies and media can d…
Urban Hospitals as Anchor Institutions
Recent policy developments are forcing many hospitals to supplement their traditional focus on the provision of direct patient care by using mechanisms to address the social determinants of health in local communities. Sociologists have studied hospital organizations for decades, to great effect, highlighting key processes of professional socialization and external influences that shape hospital-based care. New methods are needed, however, to cap…
An arson spree in college town
Fears of media and technology undermining ‘community’ have persisted for half a century. It is believed that, in the digital age, place-based collectivities of people become isolated and individualized through media and technology, replacing ‘place-based’ communities with placeless ‘communities of interest’. While this greater trend may well exist, it is hardly uniform. This research examines how sufficiently flexible technologies and media can d…
Skateboarding LA
My teenaged years were largely spent on my Tommy Guerrero skateboard, looking for the perfect place to grind, pop an ollie-to-tail slide, and just hang out. As a onetime recreational participant of the sport and now a qualitative urban culture researcher, I read Gregory J. Snyder’s new book, Skateboarding LA, with great enthusiasm. Skateboarding LA is an in-depth examination of the $5 billion industry of professional skateboarding in its primary …
Urban Hospitals as Anchor Institutions
Recent policy developments are forcing many hospitals to supplement their traditional focus on the provision of direct patient care by using mechanisms to address the social determinants of health in local communities. Sociologists have studied hospital organizations for decades, to great effect, highlighting key processes of professional socialization and external influences that shape hospital-based care. New methods are needed, however, to cap…
Everyday public sociology
Bringing sociology to the public means sharing sociological concepts, research and perspectives in spaces beyond traditional academic boundaries. This chapter examines the Everyday Sociology Blog as one form of public sociology. The ESB is one of the longest running group sociology blogs, with more than seven million hits, having published more than 1,000 posts since 2007. A core sentiment of the ESB is that sociology is for the public. As Karen …
Medicine at the Margins
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works)