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Social constructionism: History, Applications & Technology

Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory. The term can serve somewhat different functions in each field; however, the foundation of this theoretical framework suggests various facets of social reality—such as concepts, beliefs, norms and values—are formed through continuous interactions and…

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Social constructionism topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Social constructionism.

Related topics
138
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
145
Extracted relationships
306
Concept neighborhoods
35
Bridge connections
145

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 36 topics
Origins · 33 topics
History and development · 32 topics
Criticisms · 19 topics
Applications · 9 topics
Books · 7 topics
Articles · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Origins

Applications

History and development

Criticisms

Books

Articles

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  • JSTOR JSTOR (identifier)

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Social constructionism connects Entity context

The extracted context around Social constructionism shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Social constructionism → Against Relativism, Albany, An Invitation, Anchor, Approach, Berger, Best, Boghossian, Burr, CA, Cambridge, Charles Arthur, Chicago, Chicago Press, Communicating Interpersonally, Constructing, Constructing Organizational Life, Constructionist Research, Constructivism, Contemporary Social Constructionism Another extracted example is Social constructionism → Andrew Pickering's Constructing Quarks, At, Barry Barnes, Bruno Latour, Davis, Despite, During, In, Karin Knorr-Cetina, Maarten, Michel Foucault, Particle Physics, Paul Ernest, Philip, Randall Collins, Reuben Hersh, Sal Restivo, SCOT, Sociological History, Sociologists. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Social constructionism

Top relations

related to Books · 158
Social constructionism → Against Relativism, Albany, An Invitation, Anchor, Approach, Berger, Best, Boghossian, Burr, CA, Cambridge, Charles Arthur, Chicago, Chicago Press, Communicating Interpersonally, Constructing, Constructing Organizational Life, Constructionist Research, Constructivism, Contemporary Social Constructionism
related to Narrative turn · 27
Social constructionism → Andrew Pickering's Constructing Quarks, At, Barry Barnes, Bruno Latour, Davis, Despite, During, In, Karin Knorr-Cetina, Maarten, Michel Foucault, Particle Physics, Paul Ernest, Philip, Randall Collins, Reuben Hersh, Sal Restivo, SCOT, Sociological History, Sociologists
related to Constructing Knowledge and Learning · 20
Social constructionism → According, Amekawa's, Collaborating, Gaining, In, Individuals, Japan, Japan's, Linn, Matuk, Reading, Scientists, Social, The, The SSK, These, This, Using, When, Yuichiro Amekawa
related to Berger and Luckmann · 17
Social constructionism → Alfred Schutz, Berger, Berger's PhD, Constructionism, Edmund Husserl, For, Heidegger, In, It, Luckmann, Luckmann's, Peter, Reality, Since, The Social Construction, Thomas Luckmann's, United States
related to Crime · 13
Social constructionism → Another, Constructing Crime, Criminology, If, Kappeler, Making News And Social, Perspective, Potter, Problems, Public, The, United States, While
related to Criticisms · 13
Social constructionism → Asian, Claims, Critics, Edward Slingerland, Humanities, John Tooby, Leda Cosmides, Scientific, Social, Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate, This, What Science Offers
related to Personal construct psychology · 11
Social constructionism → Although, However, In, It, Over, PCP, SC, Since, Social, Therefore, This
related to Postmodernism · 11
Social constructionism → British, Dave Elder-Vass, He, In, Perhaps, Social Construction, The, The Reality, These, Together, Within
related to Origins · 10
Social constructionism → In, It, Luckmann's The Social Construction, More, Rather, Reality, Social, The, Western, With Berger
related to Educational psychology · 8
Social constructionism → Ernst, For, Glasersfeld, Lev Vygotsky, Like, Social, Sullivan Palincsar, While

Important terminology

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Important terminology

social constructionism reality individuals construction people norms society new knowledge others way different experiences interactions isbn technology life cultural constructivism

Social constructionism relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 306 structured relationships around Social constructionism. Examples in this analysis include Social constructionism → is a → term used in sociology and Social constructionism → is a → diverse field with varying stances on these matters. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Social constructionismis aterm used in sociology0.90text
Social constructionismis adiverse field with varying stances on these matters0.90text
welfareinstance ofthe government has decreasingly spent money on social services0.80text
lazyinstance ofwith more usage of words0.80text
fraud.CrimePotterinstance ofwith more usage of words0.80text
Kappelerinstance ofwith more usage of words0.80text
fraudinstance ofwith more usage of words0.80text
Sal Restivoinstance ofSociologists0.80text
Randall Collinsinstance ofSociologists0.80text
mathematicians including Reuben Hershinstance ofSociologists0.80text
Philip Jinstance ofSociologists0.80text
Steven Pinker in The Blank Slate as well as by Asian studies scholar Edward Slingerland in What Science Offers the Humanitiesinstance ofThis criticism has been explored by psychologists0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Social constructionism bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Social, Construction and Reality. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Social constructionism
    • Social
    • Construction
    • Reality
    • Norms
    • Theory
    • Also
    • Constructivism
    • Interactions
    • Knowledge
    • Individuals
    • Berger
    • Influence
  • social constructionism
    • Social
    • Construction
    • Reality
    • Theory
    • Norms
    • Also
    • Constructivism
    • Construct
    • Interactions
    • People
    • Knowledge
    • Human
  • social ontology
    • Construction
    • Reality
    • Norms
    • Theory
    • Also
    • Constructivism
    • Interactions
    • Knowledge
    • Individuals
    • Berger
    • Influence
    • People
  • social reality
    • Construction
    • Constructed
    • Berger
    • Knowledge
    • People
    • Reality
    • Social
    • Interactions
    • Human
    • Theory
    • Norms
    • Also
  • social norms
    • Construction
    • Values
    • Interactions
    • Reality
    • Gender
    • Socially
    • People
    • Cultural
    • Norms
    • Social
    • Theory
    • Individuals
  • reality
    • Constructed
    • Construction
    • Berger
    • Knowledge
    • People
    • Social
    • Interactions
    • Human
    • Theory
    • Individuals
    • Society
    • Values
  • social conventions
    • Construction
    • Reality
    • Norms
    • Theory
    • Also
    • Constructivism
    • Interactions
    • Knowledge
    • Individuals
    • Berger
    • Influence
    • People
  • social contexts
    • Construction
    • Reality
    • Norms
    • Theory
    • Also
    • Constructivism
    • Interactions
    • Knowledge
    • Individuals
    • Berger
    • Influence
    • People

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Social constructionism, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Social constructionism with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Social constructionismOverview · splits 109 ⟂ 37
Social constructionismOrigins · splits 112 ⟂ 34
Social constructionismHistory and development · splits 113 ⟂ 33
Social constructionismCriticisms · splits 126 ⟂ 20
Social constructionismApplications · splits 136 ⟂ 10
Social constructionismBooks · splits 138 ⟂ 8
Social constructionismArticles · splits 143 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Social constructionism

Nodes146
Edges145
Triples306
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013699
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Social constructionism to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Social constructionism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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