Gary Alan Fine is a sociologist who studies how groups function and how information spreads. He is the author of books including Rumor Mills, Sociological Slices, The Cutting Edge, Fair Share, and Group Life.
John M. Johnson has published eleven books and over 100 articles and chapters on topics such as existential and interactional theory, official corruption, domestic violence, religious crusades, qualitative methods, research ethics, justice theory, the death penalty, formal organizations, bureaucratic propaganda, drug laws, white collar crime, and prison reform. He usually does qualitative research, and his recent research interests have focused on human rights, the death penalty, orders of prote...