1. NAME CITATIONS IN INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY TEXTS: A NOTE ON FURTHER RESEARCH.
- Author
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Swatos. Jr., William H. and Priscilla L. Swatos, William H.
- Subjects
SOCIOLOGISTS ,SOCIOLOGY ,CULTURE ,SOCIAL sciences ,BEHAVIORAL scientists - Abstract
Prompted by a desire to identify the most important sociologists, R. Bain pioneered the pattern for citation studies of introductory sociology texts. Choosing ten editions published between 1958 and 1962 and selecting from their citations authors whose names received five or more references in at least four of the texts, he discovered that among those cited most frequently in these influence-wielding works the names of cultural anthropologists assumed surprising prominence. M.J. Oromaner replicated Bain's study for the period 1963 to 1967 and found that the anthropological emphasis noted by Bain had decreased but that two psychologists had been added to the list of most frequently cited authors. The present study continues this line of inquiry and methodological format. The absence of any significant number of citations to methodological works, which have been noticed as a general by-product of research demonstrates that these texts cannot be regarded as accurate reflections of sociology as a professional discipline nor as providing adequate pre-professional socialization.
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- 1974