New technologies transform research specialties and potentiate new fields. Sociometers--wearable electronic sensors collecting quantitative, dynamic data about embodied social interactions at hyperfine scales--represent such a possibility for small group research. This article introduces this new method and its distinctive qualities and…

Most previous research on parental involvement in children's homework has focused on the pedagogical advantages or disadvantages of school assignments while neglecting the practice in its social context, family life. By studying parent-child homework negotiations in Swedish families, this paper examines how family members position themselves and…

Focus is the measurement of power at the community level considering the social organizational context. (SE)

This paper outlines a research program that focuses on organizational communication as a means for both normative and descriptive models of organization. The author proposes a methodology for the measurement of organizational structure that appears relevant for both laboratory and field study research. In addition, the basis for concepts of…