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Communication
One of the things we miss the most when remote is face to face interaction. This can sometimes lead to us trying to do EVERYTHING via video call, its important to balance and mix a range of different types of communication to feel connected.
Phone Call — This has been around for some time and there is a... | ['Future Of Work', 'Remote Working', 'Culture', 'Workplace Culture', 'Remote Work'] |
Recently, I conducted a survey on Facebook. The question went a little something like this…
“If you are not returning to your school/district next year, what could they have done to make you stay?”
The results were not very surprising. 41% cited pay as a deterrent for not returning, 6% cited travel as a barrier, and ... | ['New Teachers', 'Workplace Culture', 'Principal', 'School Leadership', 'Leadership'] |
We live in a world where there is no dearth of content. Social media has become a part of our lives to the point where addiction to it is common- almost an extension in our mental model of social media. On Joe rogan’s podcast Maynard James Keenan goes on to say “Likes are dopamine inducers. A sense of validation that k... | ['Social Media', 'Psychology', 'Anthropology', 'Digital', 'Sociology'] |
DIY social protest
I’m still mentally digesting the extreme push-back I’ve encountered in the field this summer against the Moscow protests.
In the meantime here’s a holding thought based on a viral video of a woman interviewed a couple of days ago. Asked about the protests she responded along the lines of : ‘I’m for... | ['Russia', 'Protest', 'Society', 'Anthropology', 'Sociology'] |
Ryan Baylon
3/19/21
In recent times, spiking especially after the June BLM protests of 2020, a fad has popped up on Instagram in which people will post fact pages or hot Twitter takes on progressive social issues on their Instagram Story, detailing current problems in the US, and globally. They all feature a pastel b... | ['Instagram', 'Ideology', 'Zizek', 'Sociology'] |
The World Health Organization predicts that in 2030, depression will be the main contributor to the global burden of disease. What is causing this, and what can we do about it?
In this article, I will make the case that depression is a biological disease, and provide arguments for why realizing this can be beneficial ... | ['Depression', 'Psychology', 'Health', 'Meaning', 'Sociology'] |
Reverse Cowgirl uses words like Animism and Shamanism, and is bold enough to accost men who are busy reading and ask them about their masturbation habits.
Dear Reverse Cowgirl,
Of course, I remember you. Good to hear about your journey.
I’ll check out the documentary ( ‘Shaman of the Himalayas’) that you mentioned. ... | ['Anthropology', 'Freemasonry', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Shamanism', 'Sociology'] |
Sociology Practice Test 2: RPSC College Lecturer Exam 2021: Rajasthan Public Service Commission conducts the recruitment for Technical and Non Technical Education Department for the post of Lecture. The Rajasthan Public Service Commission has released the recruitment for Assistant Professor and lecturer (Technical Educ... | ['Rpsc', 'Lecturer', 'Rpsc Recruitment', 'Online Test Series', 'Sociology'] |
Climate change and the sociology of loss
Loss has both quantitative and qualitative meaning, as the implication of climate change. It implies having less of something, i.e less money at the household level when families have to spend more on disaster recovery; less money at the national level when the productivity of ... | ['Climate Change', 'Sociology'] |
Perhaps the closest relation which I can draw from the topic of capitalism is the nature of my father’s job as an auto-technician mechanic. Being a member of the working class, I grew up witnessing how his struggles and the fruition of his labor became an advantage to the car-owners, whom I preferably refer to the “eco... | ['Sociology'] |
Haidt discusses a theory of ethics/morality that falls into three categories: ethics of autonomy, ethics of community, and ethics of divinity.
These theories of morality govern our modern society. The ethics of autonomy create a moral framework around personal freedoms and striving towards individuality. Anything that... | ['Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Psychology', 'Sociology'] |
Family trees are often blank for foster kids and adopted children.
I have discussed the concept of “genealogical privilege” a variety of times before. The reason I keep going back to it is because it is such an important matter to discuss, especially whenever discussing matters that deal with being adopted and/or out ... | ['Culture', 'Foster Care', 'Adoption', 'Dna', 'Sociology'] |
To set the proper perspective for the following opinion, let me state at the onset that I am a ‘non-believer’, albeit one who was raised as a child (through the age of 13) as a Christian (Anglican Church) and who is not entirely devoid of a certain sense of amorphous spirituality (probably thanks to my Hawaiian genes, ... | ['Philosophy', 'Religion And Spirituality', 'Cultural Anthropology', 'Faith', 'Sociology'] |
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For some years now, the video game industry has been gaining more and more importance, and more and more young people are also becoming involved with the topic. Video games became an established hobby and even, it is played in a professional enviro... | ['Play', 'Gaming', 'Psychology', 'Opinion', 'Sociology'] |
A critical examination of Social Control in relation to Risk Management and the negative impact this has on Youth Offenders Mustafa Hussain Jul 1, 2020·12 min read
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains”
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1765)
In this essay we will be examining social control, in particular, the ... | ['Youth', 'Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Sociology'] |
Have We Been Conned Into Civilization?
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Here are two well-established facts about the origin of civilization that call for an explanation:
First, the Stone Age in which protohumans lived as small bands of nomadic, egalitarian hunter-gatherers dwarfs the age of civilization. The Sto... | ['Civilization', 'History', 'Fraud', 'Religion', 'Sociology'] |
“What is peculiar to modern societies is not that they consigned sex to a shadow existence, but that they dedicated themselves to speaking of it ad infinitum, while exploiting it as the secret.”
One Monday morning, the postman is walking through the neighborhood on his usual route. This postman happens to be Michel Fo... | ['Philosophy', 'Michelfoucault', 'Foucault', 'Sexuality', 'Sociology'] |
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter — often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter — in the eye.” — Charlotte Bronte.
This quote has held a heavyweight in the back of my head for a very long time. The idea that our eyes are the interpreters of reality to the sightless computer in our heads stuck with m... | ['Mirrors', 'Psychology', 'Eyes', 'Opinion', 'Sociology'] |
The Patriarchy Is Like Nazi Germany
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When you speak about World War II, do you ever make blanket statements about the Germans such as “When the Germans invaded Poland in 1939…..”? Do you hold Germany responsible for the things that took place on it’s soil and under it’s leaders... | ['Feminism', 'Culture', 'Patriarchy', 'Not All Men', 'Sociology'] |
People are heavily drawn to peace of mind and comfort, which constitutes an appeal for simplicity, it brings a feeling Illusion of certainty, black and white slates. Ask the average man about capitalism and communism and look at the embarrassing simplistic understanding of these 2 economic and political systems and the... | ['Philosophy', 'Freud', 'Psychology', 'Science', 'Sociology'] |
Part of what comes with being a digital citizen has a lot to do with how we present ourselves online. The concept of identity has been changed around quite a lot though to social media and technology.
The way we present ourselves online
Discussing this topic might be a bit touchy. Through the profiles we create onlin... | ['Social Media', 'Sociology'] |
The For You Page is Really For YOU: An Essay About Social Media Evan Shvetsov Jun 1·5 min read
The apps on your phone probably know you better than you know yourself. We all have noticed those oddly specific ads on the internet about products or services that we have either talked about or even just contemplated. For ... | ['Social Media', 'Data Collection', 'Psychology', 'Sociology', 'Democracy'] |
The Case of Theranos
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In sociology, we often get some pushback from our students because things can often feel, well, really depressing! We spend weeks and weeks talking about inequality and oppression and the lack of justice regarding these subjects. We discuss the statistics related t... | ['Investors', 'Startup', 'Theranos', 'Wealth', 'Sociology'] |
Introduction
This is a rough essay outlining theory regarding trans, intersex, non-binary and gender-nonconforming liberation. Although this essay is complete itself, it is intended to be a road map for a much larger work on the topic, and this should be kept in mind while reading it.
Identity and class
Class define... | ['Intersex', 'Socialism', 'Transgender', 'Liberation', 'Sociology'] |
Just Keep Scrolling…
Written by Joseph Andrews | @joeandrews2009@aol.co.uk
As the basic economic principle of Supply equating demand goes in terms of marketing and social media, the higher volume of people or ‘data sources’ on a platform, the larger the investment in keeping you on that platform.
This is because, an... | ['Digital Diet', 'Social Media', 'Social Change', 'Celebrity', 'Sociology'] |
I am a 36 year-old white guy who yo-yos between rail-thin and festively doughy. (My friends call me “skinny fat.”) I’ve previously referred to my looks as “a blank canvas upon which you could paint another, more attractive human.” It’s true — I’m kinda short, kinda slight, kinda fat, olive complexion, not very symmetri... | ['John Gorman', 'Feminism', 'Psychology', 'Life Lessons', 'Sociology'] |
A few months ago I was sitting in the corner of an inner-suburbs cafe with some university friends. We’ve graduated, three of us have jobs in finance and two others are finishing masters, we’re not just pretty faces. The conversation turned to power, and the question was posed: “What type of power, that women have, is ... | ['Feminism', 'Society', 'Women', 'Media', 'Sociology'] |
Photo taken by Éric Guichard
Pierre Bourdieu: My questions are intended to try and give you the occasion to say things that you haven’t said. I would have liked to inquire about Howard University, about the teachers you had there — Frazier, for example, the great author of Black Bourgeoisie; and also about your role a... | ['Pierre Bourdieu', 'Toni Morrison', 'Sociology', 'Literary Criticism'] |
The Modern Survival Guide #102
This is the Modern Survival Guide, a guidebook I’m writing for things I think people need to know about living in the modern world. The views expressed here are mine, and mine alone. And one of the things that I find fascinating about the world is the way people use tools. Not just wrenc... | ['Politics', 'Society', 'Life Lessons', 'Self Improvement', 'Sociology'] |
Why People Are Assholes On The Internet
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Why do people troll so much on the internet?
You see those people that walk happily around your neighborhood, walking their dogs, taking a jog, minding their business? There’s the likelihood that they turn into internet trolls by nightfall.
Peo... | ['Self Growth', 'Personal Development', 'Practical Psychology', 'Psychology', 'Sociology'] |
SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIOCULTURAL ENABLERS: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Approximately 1 million people worldwide die by suicide making it one of the leading causes of death
Suicide has become a major public health problem of this century. The rate at which people commit suicide these days is very alarming, such that... | ['Suicide Enabler', 'Suicide Awareness', 'Suicide', 'Research', 'Sociology'] |
“Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.” ~ Robin Morgan
Do you know a hoarder? You know, someone who has amassed so much materialistic shit without purging anything to the point their premises is an overflowing h... | ['Society', 'Politics', 'Psychology', 'Blockchain', 'Sociology'] |
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Long-term repeating cycles offer a surprising prediction for the next 10 to 15 years — things might get a whole lot better!
Our happiness and well-being are determined by our individual circumstances, our luck, and our efforts and abilities. But they are also strongly affected to a... | ['Generation', 'Economics', 'Kondratiev', 'Sociology', 'Futurism'] |
Men and women already existed when human beings came to this earth. I don’t believe in certain myths that men are made from the hair of God, while women are made from the fingers of God. While the poor are made up by God playing with mud, the rich are God’s proud sculptures. Legends such as these are just uploaded in b... | ['Emotional Intelligence', 'Married', 'Male', 'Women', 'Sociology'] |
Funders and researchers should embrace open science principles in their pursuit of scientific breakthroughs.
This article was written in collaboration with Dawid Potgieter.
One of the best known social science experiments is the “Stanford marshmallow experiment.” Psychologists Walter Mischel and Ebbe Ebbesen, conduct... | ['Neuroscience', 'Psychology', 'Science', 'Research', 'Sociology'] |
THE REASONS
Seattle attracts and retains a certain type of person: I knew many people before they moved to Seattle and have since met many who live here. From this crew, the ones that are in it for the long haul broadly fall into one of three categories:
Socializing it not a priority: “I came here for the vibrant soc... | ['Seattle Freeze', 'Culture', 'City Living', 'Seattle', 'Sociology'] |
Elon Musk is planning to send one million humans to Mars by 2050. This is a theoretically achievable goal but it will fail if current planning is used. That failure will be due to a fundamental paradigm that is not understood by Musk about the human condition. To understand this new paradigm, the crucial role of emotio... | ['Space', 'Neuroscience', 'AI', 'Elon Musk', 'Sociology'] |
Soul Music and the Making of Anti-Anti-Essentialism
Published in 1995, Paul Gilroy’s classic, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness, is a bold and brilliant rethinking of the political geography of race that is still relevant today. Upon hearing that Gilroy won the prestigious Holberg Prize, we asked ... | ['Music', 'Diaspora', 'Politics', 'Race', 'Sociology'] |
Promotional poster for Get Out (2017)
“Look, What I’m about to tell you is going to sound crazy. You ready?”
Jordan Peele’s directorial debut with Get Out (2017) may appear on the surface a story of fear and entrapment. However, when applying various theoretical lenses and perspectives, Get Out portrays more than fea... | ['Racism', 'Culture', 'Get Out', 'Film', 'Sociology'] |
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Last time we examined common oppositions to the idea of direct democracy, and where those oppositions come from. Later on, we’ll ask ourselves: Are these objections well-founded? Is it possible, with advances in technology, to create a true direct democracy in America (or elsewhere)?
... | ['History', 'Capitalism', 'Government', 'Politics', 'Sociology'] |
Think fast! Your children are in danger. From what, you ask? A killer meme named Momo.
By now most of you have read about the Momo Challenge and correctly guessed it’s a hoax. The meme is another in the endless scroll of fakes, urban legends, and conspiracy theories that have captured our attention in the 2010s. Satur... | ['Folklore', 'Big Stories Matter', 'Culture', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Sociology'] |
It takes effort to process and embrace the uniqueness of the other.
Photo by Matteo Paganelli on Unsplash
Our brains are hard-wired to categorize, to make sense of the world. Literally creating lanes in our brains to group concepts: foods, colours, animals, phone-devices…
Brains do this to order the chaos of the wor... | ['Society', 'Prejudice', 'Politics', 'Race', 'Sociology'] |
Produced for a Virtual Communities/Social Media Course (Sociology)(2019)
Whether it's politics, the environment, guns, or sexuality people are going to disagree. With around 7.7 billion people on the planet, it makes sense that we have a variety of opinions. But regardless of the topic, we try to reach a consensus any... | ['Social Media', 'Reddit', 'Sociology'] |
What Sociology Says About the Mueller Report
On Friday, March 22, Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Attorney General, William Barr. We, as the public, have not seen the report; we have a summary report, released by Barr, that tells us very little about the substance. The media immediately shifted into overdri... | ['Conflict Theory', 'Politics', 'Mueller', 'Power', 'Sociology'] |
How should my child talk to me?
I think we all recognize this, but as many of us grow older and have children, we perhaps feel caught in the middle of two poles.
If my atmosphere with my kid is too open and friendly, then my kid won’t take me seriously when it matters. If my atmosphere is too rigid, they might listen... | ['Philosophy', 'Society', 'Parenting', 'Psychology', 'Sociology'] |
I suspect much of my fascination with heroes stems from my deep-seated love for Tolkien’s legendarium and how his writing made heroes. There is much to say on the topic in general, far too much to discuss here (as is my usual cop-out), as his work features heroes a-plenty. They are an inalienable part of the works’ the... | ['Heroes', 'Literature', 'Tolkien', 'Anthropology', 'Sociology'] |
In every society, at every time, people who believe only in this temporary material life have argued against the existence of an afterlife. Many have used such arguments as an excuse for doing whatever they like. The Qur’an is full of references to such people: Those who disbelieve imagine that they will not be raised ... | ['Philosophy', 'Reading', 'Writing', 'Islam', 'Sociology'] |
The structure of a society is fundamental for socialization. There are sets of authority that have been placed to maintain the law and order. This is known as the hierarchical organization. In modern days, majority of our nations function in a patriarchal system, with about six nations that hold a matriarch government.... | ['Entertainment', 'Wildlife Conservation', 'Opinion', 'Wildlife Photography', 'Sociology'] |
[Sociology Test 10] RPSC College Lecturer Exam 2020:
Rajasthan Public Service Commission conducts the recruitment for Technical and Non Technical Education Department for the post of Lecture. The Rajasthan Public Service Commission has released the recruitment for Assistant Professor and lecturer (Technical Education)... | ['Rpsc', 'Lecturer', 'Assistant Professor', 'Online Test Series', 'Sociology'] |
Undocumented Immigrants and the Economy
Immigration today is a sensitive topic that sparks up debate on the legality and moral aspects it has in this country.
The contribution from undocumented immigrants into the local and state government in the U.S. has had a positive impact in the economy. Without their contribut... | ['Taxes', 'Undocumented', 'Immigration', 'Economy', 'Sociology'] |
One of my small joys in life is to watch people blink slowly when I tell them that one of my areas of study is sociology of outer space. “Cool” or “Can you really do that?” are the most common responses so far. I agree — it is not something one comes across daily. I could probably name everyone who ever wrote anything ... | ['Outer Space', 'Space', 'Sociology'] |
Companion animals have a diverse set of utilities. To risk oversimplification, however, these may be categorised as follows: animals as objects/products and animals as companions. When serving as objects/products, they are reduced from their status of a consumers’ companions and are instead treated as objects in the co... | ['Psychology', 'Dog Adoption', 'Sociology'] |
Symbol Of Hate?
How was the original Swastika corrupted to symbolize the hateful ideologies of racial supremacy and Nazism? Archish Prakhya Follow Jun 17 · 5 min read
In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson, portrayed by Anthony Mackie, said that “Symbols are nothing without the men and women that give them ... | ['History', 'Racism', 'Hate', 'Nazis', 'Sociology'] |
A lack of control over our life and future instils us with fear. For if we don’t know what will happen, how do we know how to act? The concept of free-will, that we have agency over our actions and decisions is a central tenant in western culture. Except, we have a strange way of showing it. The majority of us spend on... | ['Control', 'Fear Of Failure', 'Social Commentary', 'Psychology', 'Sociology'] |
What is the focus of sociology?
Is it thoughts in the mind, people in society or cultures across the world? It is all of these levels together. Imagine a giant microscope looking not at cells or creatures, but people.
What is Modern Sociology?
Modern Society evolve with growing civilization, the more Industrialized ... | ['Modern Life', 'Student Life', 'Socialization', 'Sociology'] |
Is it only mere optimism to suggest that sometimes wars are needed to get peace? Or a practical tour de force borne out on historical conscience? Or rather common knowledge needing nothing as punishing as rigorous insight? Or, when stripped of self-righteous rationalizations, a questionable ethic founded on a Marxist, ... | ['History', 'Culture', 'War And Peace', 'Politics', 'Sociology'] |
Social Movements address structural problems which are supported by unequal wealth and power distribution in the society. These movements revolve around certain goals which aim at bringing a greater realisation of equality and justice in our society, and as the movement evolves it organically connects people, who have ... | ['Human Rights', 'BlackLivesMatter', 'Metoo', 'Social Change', 'Sociology'] |
An American edition of “The Protocols” from 1934
“The bigger the lie, the more it will be believed,” said Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany.
The big lie is one of the most dangerous propaganda techniques. It has killed millions of people. Yes, it is so hazardous. And yet people believe.
When yo... | ['History', 'Marketing', 'Politics', 'Propaganda', 'Sociology'] |
Why Indian Middle-Class Suffer The Most?
Middle-Class Children
Generally, people in Indian society talks about middle-class suffering. Even in history, we don’t find proper documentation of middle-class life. And if we see the composition of this class, it’s always changing with time. Mainly farmers, group C or D emp... | ['Society', 'India', 'Life', 'Anthropology', 'Sociology'] |
Hello, Medium
I am a UX Researcher currently at Facebook. I earned my Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Notre Dame with a specialization in social psychology, culture and cognition, and social interaction. I began my path into UX at Facebook with an internship and returned full-time a few months later.
I am fre... | ['Introduction', 'Graduate School', 'UX Research', 'Sociology'] |
I’ve been meaning to comment on this state of our era. The era of information and “experts” roving around freely.
You see, now a days we have the luxury of continuously propagating our ideologies through a vast network of varying echo chambers.
I wouldn’t be that concerned with it if it weren’t for the divisive natur... | ['Philosophy', 'Social Psychology', 'Social Media', 'Psychology', 'Sociology'] |
How Views on Family Diversity May Impact Whether Someone Has Kids Katie Burkhardt Jul 2·5 min read
The “ideal” nuclear family. Source: H. Armstrong Roberts via Getty
This is the seventh and final week I will be writing a blog post about why people may choose to have children, and it has definitely been an informative... | ['Parenting', 'Sociology'] |
From Conspicuous Consumption to Ostentatious Investment
Even those who have never heard of Thorsten Veblen or his Theory of the Leisure Class are familiar with his most famous idea: conspicuous consumption. It is familiar because it is everywhere. It is the reason that, even though a wedding ring is completely unneces... | ['Investing', 'Venture Capital', 'Class', 'Silicon Valley', 'Sociology'] |
MASTER MAPMAKERS IN A COMPLEX AND CHANGING TERRITORY
Every living being, from microbes to humans, faces continuous life and death choices such as what to eat, drink, and with whom to ally and from whom to flee in the complex and ever-changing territory it inhabits. In making these choices, each being depends on the gu... | ['Capitalism', 'Ecology', 'Economics', 'Environment', 'Sociology'] |
So what, exactly, is this 350+ online community of tech-focused social scientists you’ve been hearing about? We, the administrators of TechnoSoc: Sociologists of Digital Things (SDT), wanted to share with you what we do, what members get out of it, and how it works. There’s also a lot of new and exciting stuff in devel... | ['Digital', 'Digital Technology', 'Social Science', 'Research', 'Sociology'] |
At some point, in the very near future, someone will come out of their hole and show us the true power of a single human being. This is how life works. It has happened before and it will happen again.
A million silent threats lurk in the shadows of our country. They have been empowered by our own leaders, past and pre... | ['America', 'Trump', 'Politics', 'Opinion', 'Sociology'] |
And a slick marketing department can be the beginning of the end…
The Sociology of Brands — Fun as a go to market can be a good strategy depending on societal context
Growing in turnover from 50 million to 200 million in seven years. The sweet American drink called Snapple did it! And you know what? Not because they ... | ['Marketing', 'Business Strategy', 'Go To Market', 'Branding', 'Sociology'] |
From Sociologist to Data Scientist: My Journey through a Data Science Bootcamp Jennifer Brown Apr 6·3 min read
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve arrived here because you’ve asked yourself one of several questions along the lines of “what am I doing with your life”, “am I in the right career”, or, more specifi... | ['Career Change', 'Career Paths', 'Data Science', 'Career Advice', 'Sociology'] |
Ruminations on violence
My thoughts are consumed by death: my own, my friends, my comrades, my humans. The night brings with it the uptick in energy I get from the comfortable roll of a jacket and basketball shorts to tap away mindlessly and endlessly at my well worn keyboard and drown my emotional weight in the valid... | ['Sociology'] |
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
A bold statement, but I believe we can.
Not I, I can’t do it, it needs everyone of you. It needs you to take an honest look at yourself , realise your flaws and consider the paths you have taken to date and consider whether this is where you want to be. Are you being true to yourself,... | ['Self', 'Psychology', 'Self Improvement', 'Love', 'Sociology'] |
rustling papers, clearing throat..
Ok, ok.
Well, Shanghai is over. It passed pretty quickly, like most places do, even though it was actually quick since I was only there a week. It was very hot, so I won’t miss it, except Guangzhou seems hotter so maybe I will.
I was wondering what it was about China that seemed a ... | ['Shanghai', 'Kebab', 'China', 'Hangzhou', 'Sociology'] |
This chapter in the book draws out the story behind why we ended up with the domesticated animals that we have today. It’s important to understand domestication as these creatures have contributed to human society in terms of food, transportation, clothing, etc. Identifying factors of value (ethics is a separate discus... | ['History', 'Biology', 'Evolution', 'Books', 'Sociology'] |
By now, I presume, most internet denizens are aware of the events which have recently unfolded regarding the sale of the used bathwater of an Instagram celebrity. For those blissfully unaware, a short recap. On the second of July, 19-year-old Instagram star Belle Delphine, began advertising that she was now selling her... | ['Philosophy', 'Writing', 'Economics', 'Sociology'] |
Dissecting a heuristic we use every day — consciously and unconsciously. Source: Pixabay
How name giving is related to the distribution of income and power.
Image meeting your sibling (if you have none imagine a close childhood friend) after a prolonged period of time and he or she tells you about this girl/boy he/sh... | ['Success', 'Psychology', 'Cognitive Bias', 'Education', 'Sociology'] |
Awaiting that “Brighter Future”
I spent most of 2019 in Salt Lake City’s downtown homeless shelter, which is a massive old red brick building crumbling away near the city’s main transportation hub. Directly across the street from shelter to the north is the $375 million Gateway shopping mall. The Gateway is one of Sal... | ['Utah', 'Salt Lake City', 'Politics', 'Homeless', 'Sociology'] |
When I started as a sociology grad student, I was a seasoned writer but a novice at sociology and at academic writing. To be honest, I was pretty lousy at both. It’s taken me a while to get up to speed. Here are some tips I’ve picked up along the way, using an example of Harry Potter.
Let’s say my paper is about gende... | ['Writing Tips', 'Academic Writing', 'Writing', 'Harry Potter', 'Sociology'] |
Alright, we need to talk about generations, and how we classify them. Because it’s getting out of hand. They’re one of those inherently ambiguous things — there is no centralised body that sets official definitions, we all just sort of make it up as we go along. The problem is, some of the terms being used today don’t ... | ['Demographics', 'Millennials', 'Sociology', 'Baby Boomers'] |
The Four Social Revolutions refer to the identification of social change through modes of subsistence.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Analyze the various social revolutions in terms of how each contributes to the development of the next stage, for example, moving from horticulturist to agrarian
Key Points
The development of a... | ['Sociology', 'Agriculture'] |
4 April 2019
University of Manchester, UK
Organiser: Eric Lybeck, Manchester Institute of Education
Contact: eric.lybeck@manchester.ac.uk
Keynote speakers:
Andrew Abbott, University of Chicago
Vivienne Baumfield, University of Exeter
Linda Evans, University of Manchester
A PARADOX: never in human history has th... | ['Civics', 'Sociology'] |
You can call this — the confession of a half-organic crusader. Or something like that.
I am a serious supporter of all things natural, of products and practices which are pro-environment. But sometimes I wonder if my own metaphorical backyard is clean in the first place.
I used to maintain a data sheet of my consumpt... | ['Nature', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Health', 'Sociology'] |
“Socialnomics: how social media transforms the way we live and do business “ is a book written by Erik Qualman that provides new insights into techniques that would help us to survive in this internet era. Here in this book he teaches us how social media works, what are its advantages and disadvantages, and how to effe... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Marketing', 'Economics', 'Students', 'Sociology'] |
Thanks for coming back to read again. Crazy times right? And we’ve got a long way to go yet. We’re being told this is just the beginning, and yet it already feels like we’ve been uncharacteristically self-restrictive for too long. We just need to stay safe and follow the guidance. We can do this!
Despite the novelty o... | ['Technology', 'Economics', 'Isolation', 'Love', 'Sociology'] |
Granovetter argues then not only macro-level interactions but also micro-level social ties impact social mobility. His social network theory looks at the strength of relationships in relation to the potential effect that this relationship can have in the current society. The strength of a tie is calculated by time spen... | ['Change', 'Social Media', 'Politics', 'Social Movements', 'Sociology'] |
Could that be friendship?
Gabriel and Leon.
These guys would meet every day and soccer was all they talked about. It was a very easy subject for both of them. They cheered for the same team. Whenever they met it was all about soccer. They’d tell memories of their favorite players, argue about the coaches that would b... | ['Relationships', 'Friendship', 'Thinking', 'Perspective', 'Sociology'] |
Hadzabe Bushmen near Lake Eyasi (Richard Mortel); Chelyabinsk Bus-people [?] in southern Russia (Source)
(This article presents personal research, a review of relevant literature, and my own hypotheses. It includes links to all sources used, but it has not been “peer-reviewed” itself. I am posting it to provoke though... | ['Gerhard Lenski', 'Exchange Theory', 'Psychology', 'Jared Diamond', 'Sociology'] |
They’re going to give you shit for it no matter what.
The petty shit they give you cannot do shit.
Their shit cannot act itself out,
cannot have a definition that isn’t infinite,
cannot be itself,
and if it isn’t even being shit, itself, then what can it
accomplish (without an accomplice — another entity)?
The s... | ['Politcal Satire', 'Politics', 'Society', 'Criticism', 'Sociology'] |
It isn’t a surprise that religion, culture, and law have historically inflicted the most hindrance on LGBTQ+ progress. But in recent years, the notion that queer identities are somehow incompatible with science has become a vicious vehicle in driving forward anti-queer rhetoric.
The phrase ‘Science doesn’t care about ... | ['Biology', 'LGBTQ', 'Psychology', 'Science', 'Sociology'] |
Source: Amman Wahab Nizamani via Wikimedia Commons
Millions of citizens around the world are on lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has created a global social empathy but also impacted our routine and taught us how to cope with drastic changes.
Our built-in resilience to face all kinds of challenges is being... | ['Change', 'Mindfulness', 'Psychology', 'Behavior Change', 'Sociology'] |
In times of crisis, the anthill becomes upset; the stomach undigests its food. The social hierarchy is become a palpable thing among the underclasses, if they can take their gazes away from their televisions long enough to think about it.
But the crisis is only a starting point; it is the condition of their existence ... | ['History', 'Capitalism', 'USA', 'Socialism', 'Sociology'] |
How we rebuild and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic may hold the keys to reclaiming some sense of shared reality and common purpose in a world that seems increasingly unhinged from reality.
The idea that we live in a Multiverse (or in a universe among many), first posed by cosmologists and quantum physicists, has be... | ['Fascism', 'Trump', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Qanon', 'Sociology'] |
Wushan, located at the eastern end of Chongqing, is one of the smallest and poorest counties in Chongqing. In this town, there’s a special group of people we call the Bang Bang Army. Just walking distance away from my grandparent’s house is the major part of the Bang Bang army aggregate place. On the side of the road o... | ['Introduction', 'Poverty', 'China', 'Sociology', 'Careers'] |
In this post, I’d like to discuss the section on violence in Nigel Dodd’s (2014) first chapter on the origins of money. This section basically discusses the works of Michel Aglietta and Andre Orléan. It strikes me as odd that this section is independent of the “Tribute” section (state theories of money) because in much... | ['Sovereignty', 'Anthropology', 'Money', 'Sociology'] |
Where does the wokeness and identity politics really come from, and what is the purpose of it all? To be completely honest, up until last year sometimes, I just figured they were all really stupid. Nothing more to it, just extremely loud and unintelligent people. That was before I accidently signed up for a sociology c... | ['Identity Politics', 'Racism', 'Toxic Ideology', 'Sexism', 'Sociology'] |
Photo by Eliott Reyna on Unsplash
(This is the translation of my article “non ci si può più provare con una in discoteca”, realized with the help of the translator DeepL)
It is maybe not my place, as a female, to write about males and feminism. For the same reason I get pissed off if a male tells females how to live ... | ['Feminism', 'Dating', 'Men', 'Love', 'Sociology'] |
The purpose of this article is to encourage more critical thinking around the social media use of crime statistics, and to address issues at their root cause. This is specific to the 2018 and 2019 Bureau of Justice Statistics’ violent crime statistics and how they have been taken out of context to push anti-Black rheto... | ['BlackLivesMatter', 'Stopasianhate', 'Solidarity', 'Blackasiansolidarity', 'Sociology'] |
Friedman’s Methodology of Positive Economics After 50 Years (Part 1)
Milton Friedman is one of the most famous (or infamous, depending on your view) economists of all time. He is well known for his libertarian ideology, but lesser known to the public for his contributions to economic theory, including not only macroec... | ['Philosophy', 'Capitalism', 'Economics', 'Politics', 'Sociology'] |
We live in a world of an abundance, with more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet and enough wealth to overcome the worlds public health challenges. Therefore, all of our biggest problems, such as famine, poverty, and climate change, are a result of wealth distribution — a small number of individuals hoard ... | ['Culture', 'Sociology'] |
If this question happened to surface approximately 40 to 50 years ago, the most common and immediate answer would be a resounding NO. Hypothetically, it makes complete sense because the young population of a society used to be reckoned the most precious asset of any nation for some proven reasons. First, it is suggeste... | ['Future', 'Young', 'Creative', 'Adulthood', 'Sociology'] |
Photo from here.
Every family holiday for as long as I can remember was catered by the women in the family. There was always a very clear gendered division of labor where the women would be in the kitchen preparing meals, setting the table, and cleaning up after, while the men would be in front of the TV, drinking and... | ['Parenting', 'Sociology'] |
Pierre Bourdieu On Pierre Bourdieu
A posthumous release, Esquisse pour une auto-analyse finds the prolific French intellectual summarizing his career for those who want to understand how Bourdieu became Bourdieu French Literature For All Jun 12·4 min read
French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s influence on the social s... | ['Culture', 'French Literature', 'Pierre Bourdieu', 'France', 'Sociology'] |
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