Category: Sociology

Here are the requirements for the assignment, just in case I upload a screenshot of the assignment to the file.
Step #1: Find a “Field Site”
In order to focus your efforts, you need to find people and interactions to observe and engage. We call this a “field site,” where you can witness groups, people and interactions. You will be required to attend this site ALONE. Examples of places include: a sporting event, a coffee shop, a food court, a park, the mall, a farmer’s market, the beach, the airport, or any place where there are enough people around. You may need to switch your field site if there is not enough action or interaction. Step #2: Conduct a 30-Minute Observation
When you have found your “field site,” go ALONE and conduct a 30-minute observation. Look for particular people you can watch and “get to know” just by observing them and their interactions. Take notes on paper, a laptop, a phone, etc. about everything you see. Make sure you stay for thirty minutes to really get to know your site. While you observe, make sure to focus on the following (you’ll write about this all in Step #4):
Identify and describe the field site (location). What are the sounds, smells, and sights you see? When did you go (time and date)? Be as detailed as possible in your descriiption of the field site.
What social norms (folkways, mores, taboos, and laws) do you see occurring in the field site? Are people following these norms? How do you know? Do you see anyone violating/breaking them? How do you know? What sanctions do you see taking place (think rewards and punishments)?
What kinds of individuals do you see? What are their roles? What are their statuses and what status symbols do you observe? How are they behaving in their roles? Are their role performances successful…or strained? Choose ONE specific individual to focus on/write about in Step #4.
What kinds of social interactions do you see? Who are the individuals, how are they interacting, and why do their interactions catch your attention? What conclusions can you make about the people you’ve been watching just by observing them? Choose ONE specific interaction to focus on/write about in Step #4..
Step #3: Engage in “Deviant Behavior”
When you have finished observing your site, choose one particular norm that you want to intentionally “break” for the purposes of the assignment. Remember, please do not break a law. Otherwise, you run the risk of legal sanctions! Go ahead…engage in your chosen deviant behavior! As you do so, note the following (you’ll write about this all in Step #4):
What specific norm did you choose to break in the setting? Why did you choose that norm?
Describe what happened during the breaking of your chosen norm. Be specific.
What was it like engaging in your choice of deviant behavior? How did you feel?
What sanctions took place when you were breaking the norm or after you engaged in the deviant behavior (think rewards and/or punishments)?
Step #4: Report the Results & Apply the Sociological Imagination
Once you have finished your observation and deviant behavior, it is time to report your results. Please be as detailed as possible, write in complete sentences (no bullet points) and make sure to answer ALL questions using this format below:
First, address the four points in Step #2:
Identify and describe the field site (location). What are the sounds, smells, and sights you see? When did you go (time and date)? Be as detailed as possible in your descriiption of the field site.
What social norms (folkways, mores, taboos, and laws) do you see occurring in the field site? Are people following these norms? How do you know? Do you see anyone violating/breaking them? How do you know? What sanctions do you see taking place (think rewards and punishments)?
What kinds of individuals do you see? What are their roles? What are their statuses and what status symbols do you observe? How are they behaving in their roles? Are their role performances successful…or strained? Choose ONE specific individual to write about in detail.
What kinds of social interactions do you see? Who are the individuals, how are they interacting, and why do their interactions catch your attention? What conclusions can you make about the people you’ve been watching just by observing them? Choose ONE specific interaction to write about in detail.
Overall, what was it like to sit and observe others? Did you like/dislike conducting field work? Would you consider doing observations as a career? Why or why not?
Next, address the four points in Step #3:
What specific norm did you choose to break in the setting? Why did you choose that norm?
Describe what happened during the breaking of your chosen norm. Be specific!
What was it like engaging in your choice of deviant behavior? How did you feel?
What sanctions took place when you were breaking the norm or after you engaged in the deviant behavior (think rewards and/or punishments)?
How does having a sociological lens help you understand engaging in your deviant behavior and the sanctions that took place?

Book: Explorations in Diversity: Chapter 5
Book: Rethinking Race, Class, Language, and Gender: Chapter 4
What is your reaction to the two chapters? Is there anything that stood out to you? If yes, What was it? How is this useful to your clinical practice?
Format: 3 paragraphs, 300 words minimum.
1. Introduction (of your main point/thesis)
2. Literature Review (from the readings or other sources of your choice informing or supporting your main point/thesis)
3. Discussion (of your central idea or thesis)/Conclusion
-Please also list the References at the end.

For this assignment I would like you to read the assigned readings and then watch the documentary. After you’ve done this please answer to following questions in two to three paragraphs each. Please respond to each question using the response box below, or by typing up your responses into a Word doc and then attaching below. 1. The Berger and Mill’s readings use different metaphors to describe sociology. Mill’s uses the sociological imagination and Berger uses the idea of culture shock. How do Berger’s and Mill’s vision of sociology differ? In what ways are the similar?
2. In reference to question 1, how can we use the idea of culture shock as Berger describes it to think about the impact of the economic crisis that the documentary discusses? What about the concept of the sociological imagination?
3. How is it possible to see something like the economic crash from both a personal and a social perspective? What does the social perspective tell us about our economic situation that a personal perspective does not? 4. What does the Bane reading tell us about the links between politics and poverty?
5. In what ways do our personal understandings of poverty cause problems in creating social and political policy concerning poverty?
Documentary: Capitalism: a Love Story 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4H79j1I4A

How can we use the concept of Alienation to describe the experiences of the workers in the documentary The Take? What explains the transformation that they go through at the end of the documentary?How can we use some of the concepts from Marx that we’ve learned last week and this week to explain this? Please answer in about three to four paragraphs
(Additional instructions)
Please reference the attached source by Karl Marx titled Concept of alienation. I have also attached a second reading on this topic from this class to use at the writer’s discretion.
documentary (the take 2004) video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DSu8RPJt8

Research Question: How well does alienation describe these worker’s experiences both in the short videos and the documentary? Is it similar to the way Marx described? Evidence?
What is different? Evidence?
Instructions: Watch the “interview” videos marked “Alienation Interviews” #1 and #2. First viewing: Watch the videos all the way through and take notes on general impressions
Second viewing: Using your notes, pause the video when you see specific instances or quotes that match up to pieces of the theory. Note the time of the quote, write down the quote, and who is speaking.
Analysis:
These quotes are your evidence. Match them up with parts of your notes that they confirm or challenge. Give us the quote, who said it, and why is confirms or challenges some piece of the larger theory of alienation.
For the paper you will turn in attempt to answer the research question above in about 2 to 3 paragraphs (more is fine). When you use quotes give names (if available) and times in the videos. Argue whether or not alienation is a concept that helps to explain what these workers are experiencing.
Evidence for your argument can include:
Quotes about experiences
Patterns of experiences across interviews
Historical data and patterns (not needed for this exercise) but you can bring in outside sources to help make your point. Interview video links:
video #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IBM7_BvTw video #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXTwzW5mXvs
Karl Marx & Alienation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30HeJvE9KCg
Optional documentary related to alienation (Watching this additional documentary is not necessary for this assignment but it is related) the take (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DSu8RPJt8

NOTE:
Points will be deducted for the inclusion of outside references. The
resources you need to complete assignments are to be found in the
assigned course readings. REMEMBER, the use of ChatGPT, Bard,
and other forms of AI to complete coursework is defined as a form of
cheating (With the exception of the editor function in Word, which you
are encouraged to utilize.).
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basic understanding of sociological theory is fundamental to any
sociology course. As this is a graduate level class it is my
expectation that we all have a basic understanding of the three
sociological theories. If you do not have a basic understanding of the
three sociological theories I would encourage you to grab any
introductory level sociology textbook and read the first couple of
chapters. This is a perfect opportunity to utilize the PDF copy of the
introductory text posted on the course site. In addition, you should
consider reading closely the files I have posted in the Resources
module. Written for an undergraduate audience, you will still find them
to be of value as you review sociological theory in preparation for
subsequent coursework.
1.1. In your own words, summarize each of the three main sociological theories. Be sure to cover the main ideas and concepts of each. (two paragraphs for each theory, for a total of six)
2.2. How
might an interactionist approach the topic of crime and delinquency?
How might a conflict theorist approach the topic of crime and
delinquency? How might a functionalist approach the topic of crime and
delinquency? Be specific, providing examples. (one paragraph for each theory, for a total of three). YOUR
SUBMISSION SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF NINE WELL-DEVELOPED PARAGRAPHS.
REMEMBER, A WELL-DEVELOPED PARAGRAPH HAS AT LEAST six SENTENCES.

Submit a 2 to 3-page double-spaced reflection essay that demonstrates engagement with this week’s topic, reading(s), and video(s). You may always write more but only 2-pages is required at minimum, so make good use of the space available. You need to bring in terms, concepts, and theories from lecture, readings, and videos. Make sure to reference which readings and videos are used in your reflection – either in-text or listed at the end (not part of 2-page count). Your submission can be written as informal prose such as stream of consciousness, however you must still be able to provide meaningful analysis and discussion of course materials. CONNECTIONS between the sources and lecture are needed. Should not be a formal essay nor a summary.
Note that these reading questions/reflections should not be a summary of the readings and documentaries. The purpose is: 1) that you demonstrate you have done the reading, watched the documentaries, and given thought to them; 2) to identify what you did not understand and what you think is important to discuss in class, in relation to the course
Include all of the following and add something that has a footnote please. Write with a stream of consciousness he wants to see that I’m grappling with the ideas and even sharing questions I have and then discussing them.
This weeks lecture:
Will be attached This weeks Reading:
Jan Nederveen-Pieterse, “Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms” Appadurai, “Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
“News Channels, Global”
Jackie Smith and Marina Karides, et. al., “Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums” This Weeks videos: (just mention 1)
In Class Film: Shadows of Liberty (opening section) https://tubitv.com/movies/488605/shadows-of-libert… The Disrupters/Secrets of Silicon Valley https://ihavenotv.com/the-disruptors-secrets-of-silicon-valley

Each response should be about 2-3 pages (12 pt. font, standard margins, double-spaced). Do not repeat the question in your answer.

It is an anaylsis conclusion of an experiment I’ve done with post it notes being put onto strangers cars with sweet notes and some with silly jokes. 

Question #1: What is the author’s point of analysis in the reading (e.g., stereotyping, social exclusion, role, socialization, power, the effects of technology)? What research methods (if any) did the author use?
Question #2: What theoretical framework or concepts (if any) does the author use? What are some of the author’s key findings? What are some of the author’s arguments or conclusions?
Question #3: What were some shortcomings of the author’s research methodology, theoretical analysis, conclusions, or writing style? What could have been done to improve the article?
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