TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joslyn,Jacqueline
TI  - Conceptualizing and modeling relational processes in sociology: introducing disjointed fluidity 
SN  - 9781803828299
U1  - 302 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Bingley, U.K.
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Sociology / Social Theory
KW  - Social theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. Conceptualizing relationships -- Chapter 2. Internal mechanisms of continuity -- Chapter 3. External mechanisms of continuity -- Chapter 4. Pixels and flows -- Chapter 5. A mixed methods analysis of gender and mentorship
N2  - Sociologists have not neglected the study of relationships, but there remains no central definition of what a relationship is. Conceptualizing and Modeling Relational Processes in Sociology offers a definition of relationships that supports a conceptual tool and visualization technique for analyzing relational processes that are otherwise difficult to model using standard ethnographic and social network analysis techniques. Grounded in the work of social psychologists and relational sociologists and built on the premise that relationships are both remembered and imagined, Joslyn introduces disjointed fluidity: a new concept which maintains that relationships are molded by a flow of changing circumstances and dynamic cognitive processes. Featuring data from an ethnographic study of doctoral student mentorship, Joslyn uses this cutting-edge perspective to detail the mechanisms by which relationships are created, maintained, and dissolved. Pioneering a computational ethnographic technique that visualizes the properties and characteristics of relational processes, the author offers an exciting contribution to the efforts of relational sociologists to build a universal conceptualization of relationships. With broad appeal across scholars and graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences, Joslyn presents new ideas for expanding relationship modeling methods in a way that unites relationship scholars and extends relational theory. This is a captivating read for both methodologists and practitioners in relational fields, such as marketing, library sciences, criminal justice/legal psychology, and psychotherapy
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803828275
ER  -