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Psychotherapists in mental health institutions as a professional group are part of the medical system, and from this perspective, as representing an occupation that serves the public health interests, as well as those of the individual seeking help. Despite the different existing therapeutic approaches and diverse forms of therapy deriving from these approaches critical theories, however, consider psychotherapy as a profession with a specific jurisdictional claim and own highly specific interests. In contrast to most of the recent discussion around therapy culture, in this article, I argue that sociology and social theory could benefit from an understanding of psychotherapy as a profession with a separate logic and claim for jurisdiction for mental health. Moreover, I present some general trends showing that, regarding psychotherapy, we face a concurrence of a professionalisation, and simultaneously, an already ongoing deprofessionalisation. To develop my argument, I first discuss the perspectives of sociology of the psychotherapy professions. Second, I present the potential lack of professionalism in four dimensions. Third, I discuss possible tendencies of deprofessionalisation. Finally, I conclude by pointing out the importance of theorising the psychotherapy professions for medical sociology.
Browsing the web for school: social inequality in adolescents’ school-related use of the internet
(2019)
This article examines whether social inequality exists in European adolescents’ school-related Internet use regarding consuming (browsing) and productive (uploading/sharing) activities. These school-related activities are contrasted with adolescents’ Internet activities for entertainment purposes. Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 is used for the empirical analyses. Results of partial proportional odds models show that students with higher educated parents and more books at home tend to use the Internet more often for school-related tasks than their less privileged counterparts. This pattern is similar for school-related browsing and sharing Internet activities. In contrast to these findings on school-related Internet activities, a negative association between parental education and books at home is found with adolescents’ frequency of using the Internet for entertainment purposes. The implications of digital inequalities for educational inequalities are discussed.
Gegenstand der qualitativen, empirischen Untersuchungen sind die sozialen Beziehungen in Anwendungen des Internets (web 2.0 / social networks) am Beispiel der virtuellen Welt "Second Life". Neben umfangreichem Hintergundwissen zu dieser Anwendung, aber auch zur Chatkommunikation, bietet sie in der Hauptsache Interpretationen zum Nutzerverhalten. Grundlage dafür sind Daten, die in Form von Interviews mit den Nutzern und teilnehmender Beobachtung gewonnen wurden. Diese Daten wurden mit Hilfe der Reflexiven Sozialforschung und der Objektiven Hermeneutik (Sequenzanalyse) ausgewertet und analysiert. Als Interpretationsstütze dienen u.A. die Kritische Theorie und Richards Sennetts Theorien zur Arbeitsgesellschaft. Die Arbeit wurde mit der Note 2,0 bewertet und von den Gutachtern für den innovativen Zugang zum Forschungsgegenstand gelobt.