Name the three classic theories of sociology as discussed in essay #1 and discuss how EACH of these theories attempts to interpret or understand the Family.
Compare and contrast the differences of the three theories’ approach to the Family. Finally, which of the three theories do you believe BEST explains contemporary Family in American society?
The three theories discussed were
1. Structural Functionalism
2. Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives
3. . Conflict Perspectives
Oral Presentations on Sallaz & Groups of Students for Sallaz Chapter 7 (pp 134-156)
How does a group select a particular agent to be its spokes-
person?
How do spokespersons mobilize their constituencies in
key moments such as in direct negotiation with an employer (an
element of what Fligstein [2001b] refers to as “social skill” within
a fi eld)?
How can the group make sure that the spokesperson
authentically represents it and does not abuse the power they have
entrusted him or her with? (In Gramsci’s [1971] terms, this is the
dilemma of ensuring that the leader remains organically linked to
the class.)
What is the source of my problems? Who is at fault? How can they be remedied?
Write a 2 page paper on how an understanding or awareness of racism can affect myself as a nurse and how able to handle racism in healthcare.
What happens if your parent were to punch you in the face? What do you feel immediately? Your spouse? Your boss? A cop? Your child? President Trump? Are they all different? For most of us, the answer is yes. Why?
What happens if your parent were to punch you in the face? What do you feel immediately? Your spouse? Your boss? A cop? Your child? President Trump? Are they all different? For most of us, the answer is yes. Why?
Define in your own words the difference between neoliberalism and keynesian.
How government assistance effects families in both positive and negative ways.
Describe the title of your TED Talk and who you would like to see in your audience.
Describe your chosen social issue from Week 1 and explain why it is important to address.
Using your sociological imagination, explain what your chosen social issue “looks like” within society, who is affected by the social issue, and how they are affected.
Describe which sociological perspective(s) “fits” with your social issue and explain why.
Explain which social institutions are involved in the social issue and how they are involved.
Describe what social norms are involved and whether these norms should be challenged. Then, explain why or why not.
Describe if and how the process of socialization has played a role in your social issue.
Explain whether inequality is a contributing factor to your social issue.
Creating Social Change In Amanda Gorman’s (2021, January) poetry recital, she offers a hopeful view to the problems within society, as she refers to “a nation that is not broken, but simply unfinished.”
Describe how you might apply this perspective to your chosen social issue and explain what positive social change might look like in society.
How does teenage pregnancy affect socioeconomic status?Discuss
Globalization of Jean – studied through a consumption lens
How this helps you to analyze the US’s role and relative significance in relation to contemporary global processes.
Does this global dimension of jeans point to the continuation or waning of US-led Western hegemony with respect to contemporary processes of globalization?
Are other geopolitical configurations of globalization are developing? If so, what alternative visions and forms of global relations are developing, and what forms of political-economic and socio-cultural understandings and relations underpin them?
What actors are at the forefront of these alternative global forms? Who benefits and who will be at a disadvantage?
How is the story told? Is it told in chronological order?
Consider the camerawork, framings, lighting, and angles. How is it edited? Is added music used?
Is there a narrator? If so, is this person on-screen or off? Are they identified by name? Why might this person have been chosen?
Is there information added through superimposed text?
What do you think is the significance of the movie’s title, and of any titles that are used to break the movie into segments?
If there are interviews, where are people interviewed?
What do you think the main ideas of the movie are?
Are there several main arguments you can identify? How do they provide evidence to back up these arguments?
Does the movie seem objective or at least fair and balanced? Do the filmmakers claim or imply that they are being objective? (In other words, do the filmmakers seem to be taking a side on the issue or taking the side of some people in the movie as opposed to others? Does anything subtle make it seem this way?)
Do they seem to be persuading you to accept a certain conclusion or viewpoint, or would you say they are trying to educate you by presenting multiple viewpoints and asking you to decide for yourself?
In your viewing of the movie, did you feel it was working on your emotions or rational faculties or both?
Think carefully about what (or whose voices) might have been left out? Do you think this information or perspective was left out intentionally or unintentionally? (i.e. manipulatively or due to a blind spot)
Do you think the people that are presented in the film are represented fairly? Equally? Respectfully? Are the experts interviewed diverse? If they are or aren’t, why do you think that is?
Is the movie explicitly or implicitly examining power dynamics based around class, race-ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, abilities, etc.? Analyze how you think it is or isn’t?
Do you think identities and/or privileges of the filmmakers affect the movie in certain ways?
How do you think different audiences would interpret this documentary?
What do you think the effects of this documentary have been or still could be?
