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May 31, 2023

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Shirley Jackson
Assignment: Code of the Street: The Study of Social Problems
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This assignment asks you to discuss the concept of "respect" as it is presented in Elijah Anderson's book, Code of the Street. In taking on this assignment, you may want to review some of the concepts found in sections of the course relating to crime and family....
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Martha E. Gimenez & Brian P. Hawkins Chorbajian
Sociology of the Mass Media
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Simply and in a single sentence, we will examine the structure and operation of the electronic and print media in the U.S. and abroad as well as the development, operation, use and implications of new communications technologies. Structure refers to such matters as...
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RICHARD SLAUGHTER
FUTURES BEYOND DYSTOPIA
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Improvements in the quality - and relevance - of utopian thinking require explication of various costly constraints, such as cultural blinders, of which we are commonly ignorant. The artfully-done essay below highlights our unexamined commitment to a binary future...
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Bruce G. Carruthers
Economy and Society: The Sociology of Economic Life
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Economic Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course introduces sociological approaches to economic institutions and behavior. The goal is to provide a set of sociological concepts and theories to interpret markets, prices, corporations, supply, demand, production, work, exchange, property, and other...
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Marc Rittle
ASSIGNMENT: SERVICE LEARNING
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
As students in a Social Problems course, you will be expected to complete one to three hours of volunteer work in the community, this being a practical application to what you learn in the classroom. Within the first five weeks of the semester, you will select your...
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Brian Klocke
SOCIO-ECONOMIC POSITION SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS:
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC POSITION SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS:
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ADRIENNE REDD
A SOCIAL PROBLEMS APPROACH TO LITERACY AND ATTEMPTED UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS: HOW DEVIANCE IS ADDRESSED (OUTLINE AND COURSE PROPOSAL)
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
There are many different ways to tackle the challenge of bringing utopian thinking into class - and using a Social Problems approach is an especially sound one. The writer below has much experience here, and she contends that " All u/dystopias raise the same...
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Gloria González-López
Sexuality, Gender, and Culture: Latinas/Chicanas and their Sex Lives
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This sixth volume of Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies in Sociology brings together some of the most recent pedagogical materials from academics teaching courses on Chicanos/as and Latinos/as through a sociological and...
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Walter F. Carroll, Lutz Kaelber
GUIDE TO WEB RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL PROBLEMS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The second edition of this manual — published in 1997 — included a two-page list of Sociology Resources on the World Wide Web (WWW). By 2001 the quantity of sociologically relevant web resources had expanded so much that the Guide to Web Resources in the third...
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David E. Boyns
Explorations in Un-TV
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mass Communication/Public Opinion
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The Un-TV exercise is a method of experiential, television investigation developed by Bernard McGrane (1993, 1994). In this exercise, students are asked to perform a simple "desocialization" of television viewing for thirty minutes and at its conclusion write a...
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