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2014 CJS Vol. 1 2014 CJS Vol. 1 Chicago Journal of Sociology 2 Chicago Journal of Sociology Executive Editor Tessa Huttenlocher Design Editor Katelyn Muenck Associate Editors Alice Mingyue Dai Tim Juang Franklin Siyuan Lin Julianna St. Onge Editorial Board Mostafa Amini Krissy Brant Jen Cowhy Maxine Frendel Adam Gluck Callan Jaress Sa-Im Lee Katie Leu Valerie Michelman Kelly Pudelek Janet Xu Faculty Advisor James Evans Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair in the Department of Sociology Special Thanks Susan Allan Managing Editor of the American Journal of Sociology Cayce Hughes Sociology Ph.D. Candidate, Web Design David Schalliol Sociology Ph. D Candidate, Photography Pat Princell Department Secretary, Department of Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students of the Ad Hoc Selection Committee Cover Image “Isolated Building Study 4” David Schalliol Isolated Building Studies (2006-Present) For more of David’s work, please visit www.davidschalliol.com. The Chicago Journal of Sociology publishes excellent undergraduate work in the social sciences, while giving student editors experience turning coursework into publishable academic articles. CJS is looking for papers that offer well formulated arguments about topics of sociological interest. We value clear, straightforward prose, careful citation, and a wide range of methodological approaches. For more information on submitting your paper, or on joining our staff, visit sociology.uchicago.edu/cjs. © 2014 The University of Chicago Department of Sociology. 3 Chicago Journal of Sociology CONTENTS 4-5 From the Editor 6 A Word From Our “Sponsor” 7-23 Cultural Matching in Job Hiring: The Online Labor Market Craigslist and the In-Home Childcare Industry ALEXANDER D. FARRIS 24-66 The Geography of Fear: Perceptions of Safety in Hyde Park, Chicago MAYA FRASER 67-84 Networks and Narcissism: Small Town Gossip and Egocentric Content Production ADAM T. GLUCK 85-98 The Trustful Renter: How Relations of Dependency Nurture Trust in Singapore KRISTIE YUEN YING LAI 99-124 Empty Schoolyards: The Impact of Elementary School Closures on Chicago Communities ABIGAIL DREW PERSHING 125-142 Chameleons and Closet Partisans: Using Political Communication Networks to Examine Voting Behaviors of Independents in the 2008 Presidential Election ANNA M. STAPLETON 4 Chicago Journal of Sociology FROM THE EDITOR Many sociologists have argued that how an organization begins has a profound and nearly unavoidable effect on its long-term character and success.1 With this inaugural issue, the Chicago Journal of Sociology has reached the end of the beginning—or at least the end of a beginning. This issue is certainly a celebration of an important milestone in the life of our little journal, but it is also an opportunity to reflect on what our beginning means for the future. Who are we now, and who will we be going forward? One answer is that we are a journal that publishes excellent student papers. The papers presented in this issue are not only exemplary in their execution, but also in their diversity. They are both qualitative and quantitative in their methods, and they range in scope from entire nations (the United States and Singapore), to online communities (Facebook and Craigslist), to happenings in our own back yard (Chicago and Hyde Park). They examine culture, politics, policy, education, labor, and fundamental human questions about trust, safety, and community. The diversity of these papers reflects the diversity within sociology as a discipline, and I am confident that every student who reads this issue can find something that speaks to their own projects and research interests. We are also a journal built as a resource for undergraduate students. One artifact of this commitment is our unusual publication cycle, which runs from May to December. This issue is premiering in the first weeks of winter quarter, the last chance for fourth-years to work on their BA papers before complete drafts are due. It is our hope that these model papers will be a useful reference guide for these students. Furthermore, if these fourth-years go on to publish their work in the CJS, our staff will help them polish an enviable writing sample well in advance of graduate school application deadlines. Finally, the lull from December to May affords the CJS a unique opportunity to be more than just a publication; as we move into our first winter quarter, we are exploring the possibilities of sponsoring workshops and speakers to enrich the undergraduate program. Our devoted editorial staff has turned out to be one of CJS’s greatest assets—and possibly the most surprising one. Staffing the journal was an early source of uncertainty, since the journal came into existence just as the students were scattering for summer break. Our team formed on Basecamp, an online project-management platform, and the majority of new staffers had never met each other in person. Defying expectations, our team was incredibly engaged and productive, and the excitement surrounding the project was infectious. At the risk of embarrassing one of the now-associate-editors, I share this quote taken from the “Staff Bios” thread, where staffers introduced themselves at the outset of the project: “Hooray! I’m so excited to work on this with you [all]. It’s exactly what I want to be doing. Really.” I attribute some of this early exuberance to the fact that our staffers genuinely love their major. I hope that the CJS will continue to be fueled by the love of the discipline, of the department, and of our community of peers. The CJS staff is arguably the biggest beneficiary of our organization. The student editors get to dig into the mechanics of excellent thesis papers, often long before they will have to create one themselves. Student editors also learn how to take papers that began as coursework and retool them for an audience of peers. The ability to write in a way that resonates with readers will serve the student editors well, whether they aspire to academia or other professions. This undertaking is still so fresh and new that everyone who has touched it has left an indelible mark. First and foremost we owe a debt of gratitude to Professor Evans. The journal is his brainchild, and we could not have accomplished this without his support. I am also deeply grateful to Katie Muenck, who agreed to mastermind the design for the journal in August, back when I still doubted that we could rally a staff, much less publish a quality journal in four months. Thank you to the authors for trusting us as custodians of their work, and to our 1 See, for instance, the works of Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Michael T. Hannan, and John Freeman. 5 Chicago Journal of Sociology mentors for sharing their expertise along the way. And thank you to each and every member of the staff—to the recent alums who generously gave their time from all corners of the globe, and to the current students who decided to make this organization a part of their lives. Only time will tell if we manage to overcome the liability of newness2, but with the support of the faculty, the enthusiasm of the student editors, and the exemplary work of our authors, I’d say we are off to a good start. Thank you, dear reader, for seeking out this PDF and becoming a part of our story. Sincerely, Tessa Huttenlocher Executive Editor 2 Hannan, Michael T.and John Freeman. 1977. “The Population Ecology of Organizations.” American Journal of Sociology 82(5):929- 964. 6 Chicago Journal of Sociology A WORD FROM OUR “SPONSOR” Albion Woodbury Small founded the first Department of Sociology in the United States at the University of Chicago in 1892, upon the University’s opening, and then launched the American Journal of Sociology soon after, in 1895. Emile Durkheim began the first French department of sociology at the University of Bourdeaux in 1895, followed in 1896 by the establishment of L’Année Sociologique. These founders believed in the promise of sociology to comparatively understand and address the greatest problems in their contemporary society— mass urbanization, crime, and large class conflict—but they constructed educational and intellectual institutions concurrently because they recognized how the two reinforce one another. If “education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire,”1 then new courses of study should give rise to novel ideas and transformative inquiry. Grappling with ideas and articulating arguments is the best education. I am delighted to see this take expression in the undergraduate sociology major at UChicago now as at its founding, and with the inaugural issue of the Chicago Journal of Sociology or CJS. I suggested and “sponsored” the CJS because I have experienced the power of the American Journal of Sociology at UChicago to educate graduate students and faculty on the craft of scholarly communication. This education came through the production of articles, arguments, and debates that have come to define more than a century of American and international sociology. Over my past decade at Chicago, I have read and advised some dazzling undergraduate theses and seen our sociology majors go on to do remarkable things in and beyond sociology. I want these excellent voices heard, just as I believe our students will achieve their own best “vocal training” as they help each other articulate their best insights into the social and cultural world. More than just an educational experience or a showcase of student effort, I hope that influential arguments will find their first expression in CJS. I hope CJS will be a place for surprise, where intellectual and methodological risks are taken with deeper and more powerful understanding at stake. I believe that when you read these articles you will see a realization of this hope.
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