A Cognitive-Structural Sociological Account of the Emergence of Novel Worlds
Published online on February 17, 2026
Abstract
Sociological Theory, Ahead of Print.
This article proposes a cognitive structural account of the emergence of social worlds that organize the expectations of producers and audiences. The proposed model considers the emergence process in three stages: (1) the arrival of distinctive clusters ...
This article proposes a cognitive structural account of the emergence of social worlds that organize the expectations of producers and audiences. The proposed model considers the emergence process in three stages: (1) the arrival of distinctive clusters ...