Description This assignment requires you to write a paper examining how your social location has affected your life situation or your perspective in the past, presently and in the future. Paper 1: Examine how your social Identification or status/location has shaped your behavior or your perspective on life in the past, presently, and possibly […]
Locate an article in a mainstream media source that is no more than 3 months old. The news story you choose should relate to the sociological topics: Social Control or Deviance in society The paper must be constructed as follows: Section 1 – Summary Summarize the news story in your own words and provide the […]
General Instructions This assignment requires students to research a current news item or event, apply sociological theories to analyze the item or event, and engage in self-reflection regarding the topic of the item or event. The media survey is a pretty straightforward assignment (think of it as a stepped-up ‘Current Event’ from your high school […]
Social Institutions: Social Institution: the major spheres of social life, or societal subsystems, organized to meet human needs. Institutions are relatively stable and predictable social arrangements created and sustained by people that emerged over time with purpose of coordinating human activities to meet some human needs. Five Major Social Institutions: Family: This social institution […]
