Jason Fox Manning
Biographic Data
| ID | 4466209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Fox Manning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason Fox |
| FAMILY NAME | Manning |
| SIGNATURE | MANNING J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1980-9286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Certainty and explanation
The Interdisciplinary Potential of Pure Sociology
Toward a Sociology of Unmasking
The Allure of Premeditated Murder
The Rise of Victimhood Culture
Student Accountability in Team-based Learning Classes
Team-based learning (TBL) is a form of small-group learning that assumes stable teams promote accountability. Teamwork promotes communication among members; application exercises promote active learning. Students must prepare for each class; failure to do so harms their team’s performance. Therefore, TBL promotes accountability. As part of the course grade, students assess the performance of their teammates. The evaluation forces students to rank…
Campus Culture Wars and the Sociology of Morality
In 2014Comparative Sociologypublished our analysis of microaggression complaints - a comparative and theoretical piece addressing microaggression complaints as a form of social control indicative of a distinct moral culture. The article attracted a surprising amount of attention in popular media, and with this attention came confusion and controversy. Here we respond to popular accounts of our work, addressing common criticisms and confusions as …
Aggressive suicide
The Impression Management Tactics of an Immigration Think Tank
Interest groups or “think tanks” influence how people and policymakers understand public policies in part by using impression management to enhance their credibility as information sources. Using immigration policy as a case study, this research examines the impression management tactics of one interest group (the Center for Immigration Studies), compares its coverage of immigration issues to that of large-circulation U.S. newspapers, and determi…
Microaggression and Moral Cultures
Campus activists and others might refer to slights of one's ethnicity or other cultural characteristics as 'microaggressions,' and they might use various forums to publicize them. Here we examine this phenomenon by drawing from Donald Black's theories of conflict and from cross-cultural studies of conflict and morality. We argue that this behavior resembles other conflict tactics in which the aggrieved actively seek the support of third parties a…
Understanding Suicide
Ever since Durkheim's seminal work, the sociology of suicide has tended to focus on the analysis of suicide rates. Some may even argue that a concern with rates is the defining feature of the sociological approach. But like any other behavior, each suicide occurs in a particular time and place and responds to concrete social conditions, such as the loss of a job or a conflict between spouses. The great advantage of Understanding Suicide is that i…
Suicide as Social Control 1
Suicide may be moralistic in nature—a response to conduct the perpetrator defines as deviant. Moralistic suicide can be explained with a general theory of social control. Donald Black’s theories of social control explain the handling of grievances with their social structure—or geometry—as defined by the social characteristics and relationships of those involved in a conflict. Here I draw on Black’s paradigm of pure sociology and theories of soci…
Crime and Terrorism Risk
Microaggression and Moral Cultures
Campus activists and others might refer to slights of one's ethnicity or other cultural characteristics as 'microaggressions,' and they might use various forums to publicize them. Here we examine this phenomenon by drawing from Donald Black's theories of conflict and from cross-cultural studies of conflict and morality. We argue that this behavior resembles other conflict tactics in which the aggrieved actively seek the support of third parties a…
Suicide as Social Control 1
Suicide may be moralistic in nature—a response to conduct the perpetrator defines as deviant. Moralistic suicide can be explained with a general theory of social control. Donald Black’s theories of social control explain the handling of grievances with their social structure—or geometry—as defined by the social characteristics and relationships of those involved in a conflict. Here I draw on Black’s paradigm of pure sociology and theories of soci…
Student Accountability in Team-based Learning Classes
Team-based learning (TBL) is a form of small-group learning that assumes stable teams promote accountability. Teamwork promotes communication among members; application exercises promote active learning. Students must prepare for each class; failure to do so harms their team’s performance. Therefore, TBL promotes accountability. As part of the course grade, students assess the performance of their teammates. The evaluation forces students to rank…
Campus Culture Wars and the Sociology of Morality
In 2014Comparative Sociologypublished our analysis of microaggression complaints - a comparative and theoretical piece addressing microaggression complaints as a form of social control indicative of a distinct moral culture. The article attracted a surprising amount of attention in popular media, and with this attention came confusion and controversy. Here we respond to popular accounts of our work, addressing common criticisms and confusions as …
Crime and Terrorism Risk
Toward a Sociology of Unmasking
The Impression Management Tactics of an Immigration Think Tank
Interest groups or “think tanks” influence how people and policymakers understand public policies in part by using impression management to enhance their credibility as information sources. Using immigration policy as a case study, this research examines the impression management tactics of one interest group (the Center for Immigration Studies), compares its coverage of immigration issues to that of large-circulation U.S. newspapers, and determi…
Suicide as Social Control 1
Suicide may be moralistic in nature—a response to conduct the perpetrator defines as deviant. Moralistic suicide can be explained with a general theory of social control. Donald Black’s theories of social control explain the handling of grievances with their social structure—or geometry—as defined by the social characteristics and relationships of those involved in a conflict. Here I draw on Black’s paradigm of pure sociology and theories of soci…
Crime and Terrorism Risk
Understanding Suicide
Ever since Durkheim's seminal work, the sociology of suicide has tended to focus on the analysis of suicide rates. Some may even argue that a concern with rates is the defining feature of the sociological approach. But like any other behavior, each suicide occurs in a particular time and place and responds to concrete social conditions, such as the loss of a job or a conflict between spouses. The great advantage of Understanding Suicide is that i…
Microaggression and Moral Cultures
Campus activists and others might refer to slights of one's ethnicity or other cultural characteristics as 'microaggressions,' and they might use various forums to publicize them. Here we examine this phenomenon by drawing from Donald Black's theories of conflict and from cross-cultural studies of conflict and morality. We argue that this behavior resembles other conflict tactics in which the aggrieved actively seek the support of third parties a…
Aggressive suicide
The Impression Management Tactics of an Immigration Think Tank
Interest groups or “think tanks” influence how people and policymakers understand public policies in part by using impression management to enhance their credibility as information sources. Using immigration policy as a case study, this research examines the impression management tactics of one interest group (the Center for Immigration Studies), compares its coverage of immigration issues to that of large-circulation U.S. newspapers, and determi…
Student Accountability in Team-based Learning Classes
Team-based learning (TBL) is a form of small-group learning that assumes stable teams promote accountability. Teamwork promotes communication among members; application exercises promote active learning. Students must prepare for each class; failure to do so harms their team’s performance. Therefore, TBL promotes accountability. As part of the course grade, students assess the performance of their teammates. The evaluation forces students to rank…
Campus Culture Wars and the Sociology of Morality
In 2014Comparative Sociologypublished our analysis of microaggression complaints - a comparative and theoretical piece addressing microaggression complaints as a form of social control indicative of a distinct moral culture. The article attracted a surprising amount of attention in popular media, and with this attention came confusion and controversy. Here we respond to popular accounts of our work, addressing common criticisms and confusions as …
The Rise of Victimhood Culture
Toward a Sociology of Unmasking
The Allure of Premeditated Murder
The Interdisciplinary Potential of Pure Sociology
Certainty and explanation
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