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YAMAGUCHI, Kazuo (Columbia) . 1983 . "The structure of intergenerational occupational mobility : generalityand specificity in resources, channels, and barriers ." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 88 (4) : 718-745 .The structure of intergenerational occupational mobility is analyzed using a new structural model based onlog-linear analysis . This model differs from others in that it is derived from certain theoretical propositionsconcerning the roles of resources governing access to occupational positions . The model permits adecomposition of observed mobility structures into their two latent components : mobility mediated bygeneralized resources and mobility mediated by specific resources . This decomposition provides insightsinto generality and specificity in various structural characteristics of mobility such as channels ofmobility, social distances in mobility, and barriers to mobility .(NETWORK NOTEBOOK continued from page 6)(Grant Getting contd)Joseph GALASKIEWICZ (Minnesota), "Resource allocation and donative transfers ." $40,000 .J . Miller McPHERSON (South Carolina), "Sampling populations of organizations ." $76,000 .Jerome KARABEL and Michael USEEM (Huron Institute), "Higher education, class structure and labormarkets ." $54,000 .Carole SHAMMAS (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "Inheritance law, family structures and capital formation ."$68,000 .Lynn SMITH-LOVIN (South Carolina), "Affect control theory : a cross-cultural replication ." $21,000 .Erik 0 . WRIGHT (Wisconsin), "Social structure and class consciousness in contemporary industrialsocieties ." $52,000 .Benjamin ZABLOCKI and Angela AIDALA (Rutgers), "The enduring effects of collective influence ." $58,000 .Scott BOORMAN (Yale), "Mathematical models of social networks : matching, efficiency and structure ."$63,000 .Edward LAUMANN (Chicago), "The social organization of national policy domains ." $67,000 .Harrison WHITE (Harvard), "Markets and organizations : applying mathematical models to socialstructures and processes ." $75,000 .Philip BONACICH and Oscar GRUSKY (UCLA), "The role of children in family coalition formation ."$5,000 .Naomi ROSENTHAL (SUNY-Westbury), "Social networks and social movements : a dynamic analysis ." $6,000 .National Institute of Mental Health :Erdman PALMORE (Duke), "Mental illness and social support among the very old ." $150,000 .David BELL (Houston), "Individual-group interface : focus on the family ." $105,000 .Robert HAUSER (Wisconsin), "Social and psychological factors in achievement ." $46,000 .Robert LAUFER (Center for Policy Research, NYC), "A study of veterans : impact of the Vietnam war ."$65,000 .Dean HARPER (Rochester), "Mental disorder and crime ." $48,000 .Nan LIN (SUNY-Albany), "A 3-wave study of stressors, social support and illness ." $160,000 .Alfred DEAN (Albany Medical College), "Stressful life events, social support and illness ." $455,000 .Rafaela ROBLES (Puerto Rico), "Social support, strains, well-being of divorced women ." $32,000 .Robert WEISS (Massachusetts-Boston), "Work setting and the processes of relational support ." $97,000 .Theresa ROGERS (Columbia), "Stress, confidants and depression : a replication ." $17,000 .Steven Segal (Cal-Berkeley), "Reintegrating the mentally ill in the local community ." $61,000 .(Network Notebook continued on page 54)
-4 5 -NEW BOOKSROGERS, Everett (Inst . for Comm . Research, Stanford) and D . Lawrence KINCAID (East-West Comm . Inst .,Honolulu) . 1981 . COMMUNICATION NETWORKS : TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM FOR RESEARCH . NY : Free Press . 386 pp .The purpose of this book is to present what is currently known about communication networks and toillustrate methods of network analysis . Communication network analysis is a method of research foridentifying the communication structure in a system, in which relational data about communication flowsare analyzed by using some type of interpersonal relationship as the unit of analysis . This distinctiveemphasis of network analysis upon communication links, rather than on isolated individuals, as the unitsof analysis, enables the researcher to explore the influence of other individuals on human behavior .Network analysis focuses upon the communication structure that people live within, making it visible,understandable, and manageable as a variable under study .We shall argue, in chapter 2, that communication research in the past has almost entirely followed alinear, "components" model of the human communication act . Such research mainly investigated the effectsof communication messages from a source to a receiver, in a one-way persuasive-type paradigm that is notconsistent with our basic conception of the communication process as mutual information-exchange, assharing meanings, as convergence . Unfortunately, the dependence on individuals as the sole units ofanalysis in past communication research has severely constrained our capacity to study human communicationas a process of mutual information-exchange .Network analysis is one promising step toward using the relationships of information-exchange as the unitsof analysis, and toward bringing the operations of communication research more closely in line with ourtheoretical conceptions of the nature of the communication process . Our work here is guided by a convergencemodel of communication based on a cybernetic explanation of human behavior from a systemsperspective .The investigation of communication networks is interdisciplinary in nature, involving sociologists,mathematicians, social psychologists, anthropologists, and several other social scientists, as well ascommunication scholars . The central aspect captured in network analyses, however, is human communication .That is why this book was written by two communication scientists, from a communication point of view,and why it stresses communication as the essential quality of all network relationships .Unfortunately, most of (the) network literature is (1) overmathematized, (2) confusing in terminology& concepts, & (3) devoid of much application that would aid the understanding of human behavior . (Inthis book) : 1. We emphasize a communication network philosophy, rather than Just analysis techniques .We advocate a convergence model of communication that stresses the mutual exchange of information inorder to reach common meanings . 2 . We follow a standard terminology in our network concepts & methods .3 . We focus heavily (although not exclusively) on 1 set of empirical data . . . from an evaluation ofa development program in the Republic of Korea, which is based on a strategy of mobilizing interpersonalnetworks through 28K mothers' clubs enrolling 750K members . (edited from Preface) .SELECTED CHAPTERS :5 . Network variables in explaining individual behavior . 6 . Communication networks in explaining group& system performance . 7 . Whom do networks link?ROGERS, Everett (Communications, Stanford) . 1983 . DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS . 3rd ed . Riverside, NJ :Free Press . 453 pp . $18 .95Synthesizes the 3K+ publications on diffusion research (over 1/2 of which appeared since the last 1971ed .) . Examines the issue of the origins of an innovation (& how it influences acceptance) as well asthe differences between individual & organizational innovation . Analyzes the linear model of communication,sets forth its limitations, & proposes an additional convergence model . Discusses how aninnovation creates uncertainty, suggests the possibility of superior alternatives, & motivate thoseinvolved to seek & share information . (from publisher's blurb) .The present book is cast in a theoretical framework involving the concepts of information & uncertainty .Information about innovations is often sought from near-peers . This information exchange occurs thrua convergence process involving interpersonal networks . (edited from Preface) .
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