Cilj ovog rada je da se identifikuju osnovne teme, teorijski pristupi i metodološki postupci koji su u domaćoj sociološkoj zajednici korišćeni u istraživanju interneta kao društvenog fenomena. Pored ...toga, ovim radom se želi napraviti osvrt na razvijenost društvenih studija interneta u Srbiji te potražiti odgovor na pitanje da li postoji potencijal za uspostavljanje posebne sociološke discipline - digitalne sociologije - kod nas. U istraživanju je primenjena analize sadržaja tekstova objavljenih u periodu od 1994. do 2018. godine u dva najznačajnija sociološka časopisa u Srbiji - Sociologiji i Sociološkom pregledu. Nalazi istraživanja pokazuju da se temama iz oblasti digitalne sociologije unutar domaće sociološke zajednice poklanjalo relativno malo pažnje, ali i da postoje pomaci na tom polju koji se ogledaju u rastućem trendu produkcije u ovoj oblasti. Iako postoji izvesno kašnjenje u odnosu na razvoj digitalne sociologije u svetu, podaci pokazuju da se osnovni trendovi prate, a nalazi empirijskih studija o društvenim uticajima digitalnih tehnologija u Srbiji predstavljaju vredan doprinos meðunarodnim istraživačkim naporima u ovoj oblasti.
U fokusu ovog rada se nalazi istraživanje translokalnih prostora kroz analizu globalno-lokalne razmene znanja izmed strok signu trans-migranata i "kosmopolitskog" lokalnog stanovništva u ...poluperifernom urbanom kontekstu. Translokalni prostori se uzimaju kao konkretna mesta (radno mesto, mesto održavanja poslovnih sastanaka, mesta za zabavu i rekreaciju, javni prostori itd.) na kojima se ostvaruju interakcije izmed strok signu trans-migranata i lokalnog stanovništva i razmenjuju globalna i lokalna znanja, iskustva i prakse. Analiza se zasniva na rezultatima kvalitativnog istraživanja sprovedenog u Beogradu (novembar 2018 - mart 2019). Uzorak čine 42 ispitanika: 21 trans-migrant (visoko obrazovani migranti koji su zaposleni u med strok signunarodnim kompanijama, razvojnim agencijama, ambasadama i univerzitetima) i 21 "kosmopolitski lokalac"(državljani Srbije zaposleni u med strok signunarodnim kompanijama i agencijama, koji su obrazovani u inostranstvu i / ili imaju bogato iskustvo rada u multinacionalnom okruženju). Rad se fokusira na dva aspekta: (1) mogućnosti i prepreke za globalno-lokalnu razmenu znanja; i (2) prostori u Beogradu u kojima se ova razmena najčešće ostvaruje i koji na taj način postaju trans-lokalni.
The political and economic crisis that followed the Great Recession (2008) created an impetus for mass mobilisation across Europe, protesting austerity measures or demanding more democracy. In ...Serbia, the protests organised under the slogan “One of Five Million,” which broke out in late 2018, were not framed as “economic” but solely as “political.” This paper explores the socio-historically embedded opportunities and barriers for the political articulation, mobilisation and institutionalisation of left-wing movements and organisations in Serbia by focusing on their role in the “One of Five Million” protests. We demonstrate that despite greater prospects for the rise of the Left, stemming from the global economic crisis and the adverse socio-economic outcomes of the post-socialist transformation in Serbia, an unfavourable discursive opportunity structure still presents a significant impediment for the development of left-wing political parties and movements.
The aim of this paper is to examine the characteristics of the relationship between political activism and plans for emigration among the participants of the protest Against dictatorship. A survey of ...the protest participants was conducted in three cities - Belgrade, Nis and Subotica (N = 175), during the spring of 2017. The paper starts from the "exit-voice" theoretical model, developed by economist Albert Hirschman (1970). Applied in a political context, this model links political activism and emigration plans in a way that - if there is a room for publicly expressed dissatisfaction - the propensity for emigration is lower. On the other hand, in the case of high dissatisfaction with social circumstances and the inability to influence them through available mechanisms of political participation, a number of citizens will decide to emigrate. The findings show that the participants of the protest Against dictatorship are more politically active than the overall population. They sign petitions more often, they protest, strike, contact government officials and donate money for different purposes. In other words, the Protest participants represent the core of the active citizenship in Serbia. However, they also take into consideration the possibility of leaving the country. The majority of respondents thought about this option; emigrating is particularly attractive to young people, students and the employed. Considering the importance of the active citizenship for the development of democracy, the high tendency for emigration among the Protest participants is worrisome. Although the more flexible forms of political activism (participation in protests, occupation of public spaces, strikes, etc.) - contrary to expectations - did not show statistically significant relation with emigration plans, the active engagement through political organizations distinguished itself as a factor reducing the chances of moving abroad, which partly confirms the assumptions derived from Hirschman's theoretical model.
The paper critically examines the attitude of the mainstream sociology towards the study of big data in social sciences. Content analysis of the scientific papers published in the top-tier ...sociological journals ranked on the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor ssci list (2000–2017) shows that, in the observed period, the issue of big data was largely neglected. This topic is still rather invisible in the mainstream sociological thought, although it draws a lot of attention outside the academia. The analysis of big data within mainstream sociology is dominated by a critical perspective, while the application of the big data analytics is quite rare. In the concluding section, the importance of the big data study for sociology is emphasised. Moreover, it is pointed out at the risk of auto-marginalization in case of neglecting the “tectonic” changes induced by the big data analytics in the space once dominated by the social sciences.
The focus of this paper is exploration of translocal spaces through
examination of global-local knowledge exchange between middling migrants and
?cosmopolitan? locals in semi-peripheral urban ...contexts. Translocal spaces
are taken as concrete places (workplace, venue of business meeting, places
for entertainment and recreation, public spaces, etc.) where interactions
between middling migrants and the local population occur and where global
and local knowledge, experience and practice are exchanged. The analysis is
based on the results of qualitative research conducted in Belgrade (from
November 2018 to March 2019). The sample is composed of 42 respondents: 21
middling migrants (well-educated transmigrants employed in international
companies, developmental agencies, embassies and universities) and 21
?cosmopolitan? locals (Serbian employees in international companies and
agencies who have been educated abroad and/or have a rich experience of
working in a multinational environment). The paper focuses on two aspects:
(1) opportunities and obstacles for globallocal knowledge exchange; and (2)
spaces in Belgrade where this exchange most frequently occurs and that, as a
consequence, become translocal.
The aim of this paper is to explore the characteristics and relative importance of civic engagement for young members of civil society organisations in Serbia. This article is exploratory in ...character and is based on qualitative methodology.Youth engagement is observed through the theoretical lens of the lifecourse approach. The questions addressedbythe paper are as follows: How do young people perceive their civic engagement? What motivates their participation? How does this engagement relate to other aspects of their lifecourse? The method used here is narrative analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with young volunteers and members of civil society organisations in Serbia selected through theoretical sampling. The key finding is that there is arange of motivations and accompanying strategies - from the purely idealistic to the highly instrumental. The majority of our respondents displayed a mixed type of motivation, successfully combiningactivities aimed at protectingthe "social good" with thosethat contribute to the achievement of personal goals. Motivation, however,tends to vary between the different types of organisations, professional and grassroots. Engagement in professional organisations is more frequently instrumental and, in contrast, grassroots organisations typically attract "genuine", value-driven activists.
Namera ovog rada je da se ispitaju organizacione osnove protesta „Protiv diktature" koji su se, tokom proleća 2017. godine, održavali u više gradova u Srbiji. Izostanak zvaničnih organizatora ...protesta kao i uloga koju su onlajn platforme za društveno umrežavanje imale u komunikaciji, organizovanju i koordinaciji protestnih dešavanja, navodi na pitanje da li se u slučaju protesta „Protiv diktature" može govoriti o razvoju tzv. digitalno posredovane „konektivne" akcije? Prema polaznoj pretpostavki pristupa „konektivne" akcije (Bennett & Segerberg, 2012, 2013), u informacionom društvu, kao posledica personalizacije političkog delanja koje se sada odvija u novom socio-tehnološkom okruženju, dolazi do razvoja tzv. „konektivne" akcije. Konektivna akcija se razvija zahvaljujući mogućnostima koje savremene informaciono-komunikacione tehnologije pružaju za učešće pojedinaca u kolektivnim poduhvatima kao i ulozi koju igraju kao spajajući i organizujući agenti kolektivnog delanja. U takvim okolnostima konvencionalne forme organizovanja društvenih pokreta / protesta kao i formiranje čvrstih kolektivnih identiteta, postaju daleko manje potrebni. Analizom podataka prikupljenih u anketnom istraživanju sprovedenom u toku trajanja protesta (N=175), kao i onlajn ispitivanjem stavova prema ovom protestu (N=255), autori dolaze do zaključka da je organizaciona osnova „Protesta protiv diktature" najbliža ideal-tipu „samoorganizovane mreže" kao jednom od dva osnovna modela konektivne akcije. U zaključnom delu rada autori iznose mišljenje da je model konektivnog delanja adekvatan za tumačenje izbijanja digitalno posredovanih protesta, iako sa transformisanjem protesta u čvršće i stabilnije forme kolektivnog organizovanja gubi svoju eksplanatornu snagu.
Almost a million people from Middle East and North Africa have passed through
the territory of Serbia on their way to Western Europe during 2015 and 2016.
Although Serbia has predominantly been a ...transit country for migrants, this
recent passage of a large number of people, as well as a longer retention of
some migrants, opened up a number of questions on capacities for emergent
acceptance but also on long term integration of this population. The paper
examines the characteristics of citizens? attitudes towards the migrant
population with the intention of determining which perspective - security,
humanitarian or integrative - is being distinguished as a dominant one? Under
the security perspective, it is understood that migrants pose a potential
risk for the security of domestic population. The humanitarian perspective
refers to a belief that migrants need to be provided with necessary
assistance on their way to destination countries. The third, integrative
perspective represents the ?most open? attitude towards migrants and implies
that it is necessary to provide the opportunity for more permanent
integration of the migrant population. In addition to that, the paper
examines the existence of statistically significant variations in the degree
of acceptance of the attitudes measuring mentioned perspectives in terms of
socio-demographic and socio-cultural factors. The analysis is based on the
data collected through the survey conducted in the spring of 2016 on a
representative sample of Serbian citizens (without Kosovo) that numbered 998
respondents. Findings show that the humanitarian perspective is the most
prevalent in the population, which is in line with the transitional character
of migration. Ethnic distance is the most influential factor in shaping
attitudes towards migrants. This finding indicates that attitudes toward
migrants are more the result of the socio-psychological factors than the
micro-structural factors or the demographic and cultural characteristics.
Furthermore, this finding points to the deeper historical roots of factors
shaping the examined perspectives, but also indicates the directions of
potential positive action through the breaking of negative stereotypes and
formulation of adequate strategies for the promotion of multicultural
societies.
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The aim of this paper is to identify core topics, theoretical approaches and
methodological techniques applied in the sociological study of the internet
in Serbia. Moreover, the paper assesses ...obstacles and potentials for the
establishment of a specialized sociological discipline - digital sociology -
in Serbia. Method of content analysis is applied to the selection of
scientific papers published in the two most important sociological journals
in Serbia: Sociology and Sociological Review, in the period 1994-2018.
Research findings show that topics typical for digital sociology do not
receive enough attention among Serbian scholars, but that there are some
indications of growing interest in the field. While there is still some
lagging behind the developments of digital sociology in the world, the
research findings suggest that the major trends have been followed.
Empirical findings on the social impacts of digital technologies in Serbia
present a valuable contribution to the international research efforts in
this area of study.
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