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    On environmental concern, willingness to pay, and postmaterialist values - evidence from İstanbul
    (Sage Publications Inc, 2002) Adaman, F; Zenginobuz, EU; Department of Sociology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292
    The authors explore the impact of geographical proximity of environmental problems on environmental concern and willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental improvement, with emphasis on the relevance of Inglehart's postmaterialism thesis on this inquiry. A questionnaire was administered to 1,565 respondents in İstanbul. The Contingent Valuation Method was used to measure WTP. Sea pollution in İstanbul (local issue), soil erosion in Turkey (national issue), and ozone depletion (global issue) were issues chosen for valuation. The sample was separated into three subsamples, with each being presented with only one issue. Individuals distinguish between local and global environmental concern. People with materialist values rather than postmaterialist values exhibit more concern for local environmental problems. However, postmaterialist values determine WTP for improvement in both the local and the global environmental problems. Distinguishing among concern for environmental issues, which are differentiated on the basis of geographical proximity, has relevance for the ongoing postmaterialist values debate.
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    Fragile transitions from education to employment youth, gender and migrant status in the EU
    (Routledge, 2019) Filiztekin, Alpay; Oker, Ibrahim; Smith, Mark; Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Çelik, Çetin; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 105104; 51292
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    Normative vs. Attitudinal considerations in breastfeeding behavior: multifaceted social influences in a developing country context
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2002) Department of Sociology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292
    The aim of the paper is to test the basic assumptions underlying the theory of reasoned action (TRA) for exclusive breastfeeding behavior taking place in the rather complicated social environment of women who have just given birth, The paper aims (i) to argue that normative rather than attitudinal considerations are more important in engaging the correct breastfeeding behavior, and (ii) to demonstrate that the TRA concept of social norm should be treated as a multi-layered construct which involves several enabling factors in predicting complex behaviors such as breastfeeding. Data were collected in three phases as part of a prospective cohort follow-up design. The first phase of data collection was conducted in the hospital with mothers after the delivery. Two follow-up questionnaires were administered at the end of the first and second months. Results did not confirm the assertions of the TRA. Logistic regression models and multiple regression analyses indicated that intention and belief/attitude measures taken at the time of birth did not predict end-of-first-month full breastfeeding behavior. Overall, results revealed that intention by itself was not a strong determinant of breastfeeding unless it was conditioned by enabling factors such as social support and subjective norms regarding breastfeeding. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Political economy of citizens' 2019; participation in environmental improvement: the case of Istanbul
    (CRC Press, 2003) Zenginobuz, Ünal; Adaman, Fikret; Department of Sociology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292
    The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to the analysis of the political economy of Istanbul citizens participation in environmental improvement. More specifically, the paper seeks to focus on, on the basis of the results of a survey study conducted in December 1998 with a sample size of 1565, regarding Istanbul citizens concerns and attitudes towards the protection of the environment, together with the relationship between their willingness to contribute to projects aiming at easing or solving environmental problems and their trust in different political and social institutions. To better interpret the results of this survey, a set of complementary in–depth interviews was also carried out with representatives of business, NGOs, trade unions and bureaucrats, with regard to their positions on, and their preferred solutions to, environmental problems. These in–depth interviews also probed respondents positions on possible actions that can be taken at local/national/global levels with regard to environmental protection and their 1 This paper is based on a research undertaken with an award under the Middle East Research Awards Program in Population and Development (MEAwards) of the Population Council (Project: MEA 385), for which the authors are grateful. The authors would also like to thank, without implicating, BegÜm Özkaynak for her very able assistance, the FREKANS Research Company for their careful work in conducting the survey, and Cem Behar, Ali Çarkoğlu, Korel GÖymen, Oğuz IŞik, Martin OBrian, Begüm Özkaynak, Insan Tunali and Tansel Yilmazer for their stimulating comments. This paper has some overlapping points with an earlier paper of one of us (Adaman, [1]) as well as two companion papers (Zenginobuz et al., [2], GÖksen et al., [3]) that are based on the mentioned study. © 2003 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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    Are we 'really' connected? understanding smartphone use during social interaction in public
    (assoc Computing Machinery, 2018) N/A; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Sociology; Genç, Hüseyin Uğur; Coşkun, Aykut; Gökşen, Fatoş; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Sociology; KU Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR) / KU Arçelik Yaratıcı Endüstriler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (KUAR); Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; 165306; 51292
    Excessive smartphone use has negative effects on our social relations. Previous work addressed this problem by allowing users to restrict their smartphone use. However, As this strategy requires users to have high levels of self-regulation, it may not be effective for individuals without an explicit intention to change their behavior. We propose an alternative approach to this problem, i.e. identifying ways of reducing smartphone use without restricting its use. We illustrated this approach with a study examining smartphone use during social interaction in public settings. Based on four unstructured observations in different coffeehouses and three exploratory focus groups with different age groups, we identified two themes in relation to smartphone use in public settings and discussed their implications for designing solutions that aim to enrich social interaction without limiting smartphone use.
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    Education and symbolic violence in contemporary Turkey
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Ergin, Murat; Rankin, Bruce; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 106427; N/A; 51292
    This article examines the perceptions of education in Turkey, which refer to a nebulous package of formal education and a cultured stance. Guided by the literature on symbolic violence, we argue that underprivileged groups misrecognize arbitrary hierarchies by considering them just and inevitable. Elite tastes have been internalized by other groups in a particular historical context of education and culture. We investigate the historical roots of this seemingly ahistorical constellation of power relations around education and then consider the implications for the neoliberal period. Then, we contextualize the responses to symbolic violence. Subordinate groups complicate the effects of symbolic violence by exhibiting diverse responses that range from outright submission to implicitly questioning cultural and moral boundaries, creating class and ethnic others in the process. This occurs by constructing cultural and moral boundaries, especially targeting the 'vulgar' culture of celebrities and Kurds.
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    School to work or school to home? An analysis of women's vocational education in Turkey as a path to employment
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Alnıaçık, Ayşe; Yükseker, Deniz; Department of Sociology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292
    This paper focuses on women's vocational education in Turkey as a gendered and gendering process. Cultural norms about women's role in society, a vocational curriculum that echoes these norms, and a labour market with gender inequalities constitute the background against which women formulate their vocational preferences and seek pathways into the labour market. We use the literatures on gender and vocational education, school-to-work transitions, and gender bargains to analyse data from qualitative fieldwork with students and graduates of girls? vocational high schools. First, we scrutinize how students choose vocational tracks. Our findings point to the presence of a gendered bounded agency by students and graduates, according to which their choices echo traditional gender norms. Secondly, we discuss the transition from school to work, during which they are faced with gender prejudice in the labour market. Finally, we show how that process turns into a ?school-to-home? transition whereby graduates become homemakers.
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    Individualism-collectivism: an empirical study of a conceptual issue
    (Sage, 1996) Fijneman, Yvonne A.; Willemsen, Madde E.; Poortinga, Ype H.; Georgas, James; Hui, C. Harry; Leung, Kwok; Malpass, Roy S.; Department of Sociology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292
    Individualism-collectivism emerges from the literature as a high-order concept, explaining cross-cultural differences over a wide range of situations, with collectivists more inclined than individualists to provide for others. The present study challenges this conceptualization. Not only the readiness to support others (input) but also the expectation to receive support (output) has to be taken into account. Subjects in Hong Kong, Turkey, Greece, The Netherlands, and the United States (New York State) completed a questionnaire asking how much support they expected to receive from and give to persons in a range of social categories. Results showed that (a) the ratio between input and output as well as (b) the patterning of input and output over social categories were similar in all samples. Ratings of emotional closeness that were also obtained could account for most variance between social categories. The findings fit an interpretation of cross-cultural differences in terms of specific patterns of interpersonal relationships.
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    Inequality in social capital: social capital, social risk and drop-out in the Turkish education system
    (Taylor & Francis, 2014) Department of Psychology; Department of Sociology; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Gökşen, Fatoş; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; Department of Sociology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 40374; 51292
    This article examines the effects of social capital on the likelihood of dropping out from the compulsory education system (Grades One through Eight) in Turkey. It focuses on the question of whether school-related social capital can provide the means to stay in school in the presence of risk factors such as socioeconomic status, race, or gender that cannot be easily modified. Despite major progress in enrollment rates due to policies enacted in recent years, the overall drop-out rate in compulsory education is close to 15% in Turkey. Data collected from 764 student-mother pairs show that drop-outs are exposed to higher number of social risk factors. We further illustrate that school-related social capital, as measured by quality of in-school teacher-student interactions as well as parental involvement in school, significantly and positively contributes to adolescents' likelihood of staying in school even in the presence of severe social inequalities.
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    Impact of migration on early drop-out from compulsory education: analysis of interrelationships of social capital and drop-out in Turkish education system
    (Iated-Int Assoc Technology Education A& Development, 2012) Department of Sociology; Department of Psychology; Gökşen, Fatoş; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51292; 40374
    This paper examines the influence of rural-to urban migration on early school dropout from compulsory education through effects of social capital drawn from community, in a sample of Turkish youth. The loss of community-based sources of social capital may be the underlying reason for significantly lower levels of school attainment of immigrant youth in comparison to native youth in culturally diverse societies. In the present study, with a sample of 764 adolescents, we show that rural to urban migration at school age (5-15 years) increases a child's odds of dropping out from compulsory education about 103% compared to when the child is not migrated, above and beyond other significant structural risk factors like child labor, having illiterate mothers and no stable house income. The effect of migration on dropping out is significant for adolescents who migrated to the metropolitan Istanbul, but not to other less developed cities, which are similar to the immigrants' home cities in terms of socio-economic and cultural milieu. Positive student-teacher relationship as a form of school social capital increased the odds of staying in school by 65%. We suggest that social capital factors are critical in the educational attainment and acculturation of migrant children and interventions should target immigrant children, their families and the communities they live in.