Toward a Social Theory of Ignorance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8975749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Smithson (0000-0003-4455-2192, James Cook University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-172 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5914.1985.tb00049.x |
| OpenAlex | W2030588203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
Citation · Epistemology · Ignorance · Library science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Big Data consumer analytics and the transformation of marketing
Nichtwissenskommunikation in den Wissenschaften
When normality fails
Knowledge, ignorance and the popular culture
Uncertainty
Intra-familial dynamics of knowledge and ignorance experienced by donor-conceived adults in Germany
Why Science Does Not Know
Towards a Negative History of Science
Fighting “bad science” in the information age
Manufacturing doubt
Discourse and Uncertainty
Demarcation without Dogmas
Systeme des Nichtwissens
Die Schattenseite der Verwissenschaftlichung. Wissenschaftliches Nichtwissen in der Wissensgesellschaft
Design Philosophy and Poetic Thinking
Gold Mining and Changing Perceptions of Risk in West Java
Position in formal structure, personal characteristics and choices of advisors in a law firm
Conjectures on the Future of Ignorance
Advancing a sociology of ignorance in the study of racism and racial non-knowing
Burning beds and political stasis
Three Fragments From a Sociologist's Notebooks
It takes two to tango
Sexual culture in low-income older adult housing
Meanings of self-attributed ignorance
Socio-demographic correlates of DK-responses in knowledge surveys
Misplaced Metaphor
Government, Anti-Reflexivity, and the Construction of Public Ignorance about Climate Change
An empirical examination of elder abuse through the lens of mens rea
Neglected and overemphasized risks
Maps of the uncertain
The role of risks and uncertainties in technological conflicts
Impact assessments and policy responses to sea-level rise in three US states
What Counts as the Environment in Epigenetics? Knowledge and Ignorance in the Entrepreneurial University
Institutionalised ignorance in policy and regulation
The Entanglements of Uncertainty
Ignorance loops
Toward a Sociology of Ignorance in Leisure Studies
Forms of ignorance and their role in the joint planning process
Researching Authoritarianism in the Discipline of Democracy
Internal Politics and the Interactive Elaboration of Information in Workgroups
Varieties of Ignorance
Reconstructing the Social Construction of Reality
Perspective‐Taking and the Attribution of Ignorance
Reflections on a Catalytic Companion Kenneth J. Gergen
Social Behavior in Organizational Studies
The antiepistemology of organized abuse
Fan responses to ownership change in the English Premier League
Show us your traces
Uncertain and under Quarantine
The Organization of Ignorance
Dynamics of wilful ignorance in organizations
Ignorance as an under-identified social problem1
Humanitarian ignorance
Dying Bees and the Social Production of Ignorance
Scientific Nonknowledge and Its Political Dynamics
The Shadow Biosphere Hypothesis
Playing Russian roulette with their kids
Self-Knowledge, Gender Roles, and the Making of the Secret Gospels
Hidden in Plain Sight
What do we know about "don't knows"? Or, contexts of "ignorance
Motivated ignorance and social identity threat
| Unique citing works | 61 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |