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| David Gibson's work spans methods and subfields, though most of it is directed at the problem of the articulation of temporal structure (such as conversational sequences) and atemporal structure (such as networks). He has done statistical work on conversational sequences and network effects thereupon; ethnographic work on queue formation; conversation-analytic work on the syntax of interruption; computer simulation work on the impact of scheduling constraints on network diffusion; and theoretical work on conversational agency. Current research includes a study of the implicit priorities behind front-page construction at the New York Times (motivated by a conversational analogy: the front page as analogous to a conversation that one actor dominates only insofar as others do not); a study of the predictors of mistakes (also at the Times); a study of Amazon.com reviews; a study of how the media narratively spin fatalities in the Iraq war; and a theoretical project on the use of games as models for sociological analysis (with Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom). |
Department web site: http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/soc/People/gibsondavid.html
Updated CV
Journal article supplementary materials
"Opportunistic Interruptions""Doing Time in Space"
Areas of interest: Social networks, micro-interaction, organizations.
Teaching (with most recent syllabi)
Introduction to Sociological
Research (syllabus)
Contemporary Sociological Theory
(undergraduate) (syllabus)
Contemporary Sociological Theory
(graduate) (syllabus)
Paradigms of Social Inquiry (syllabus)
Contemporary Theory
(graduate)
Introduction to Small Groups (syllabus)
Models of Social Dynamics (graduate) (syllabus)
Columbia University:
Evaluation of Evidence (syllabus)
Introduction to Historical Sociology (syllabus)
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