Prepare a position paper on a controversial issue in the news. Explain how the controversial issue has been impacted by the advancement of technology in the media.

/in /by

Impact of Media and Technology on Society

Prepare a position paper on a controversial issue in the news. Explain how the controversial issue has been impacted by the advancement of technology in the media. Select one of the topics addressed in this class: Race in the media, body image, treatment of women in the workplace (including equal pay and online harassment), public trust in the media, and free speech and hate speech.

You will want your position paper to outline specifically what the nature of the problem is, and demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion and credible support that is cited correctly.

What does Rodriguez describe as the “coloniality of migration” and how colonial European history relates to the current phenomenon described as “refugee crisis?” Furthermore, drawing from the film Who Is to Blame for the Refugee Crisis, what directions should we look at in order to better understand the reasons for the mass population movements of our times?

/in /by

Women’s Liberation Movement

Answer each question in 50 – 70 words:

1) Based on the Documentary on Women’s Liberation Movement, what were the issues that the movement brought up and how did the movement try to achieve its goals? Today, how far you think we have come and what remains to be done with regard to women’s right? In your answer consider the most recent MeToo movement.

2) How is race defined, according to Desmond and Emyrbayer and what are some of its most important characteristics? Most importantly, how racism and racial domination work. Explain in some detail institutional racism, interpersonal racism and the importance of symbolic violence in the perseverance of racial domination. What James Baldwin has to say regarding racism in America?

3) Racism is much broader than violence and epithets. It also comes in much quieter, everyday-ordinary and often very shuttle forms. Racism is often habitual, unintentional, commonplace, polite, implicit and well-meaning and not surprising is fraught with a number of misconceptions and misunderstandings. Identify and carefully explain some of the most popular fallacies surrounding racism and racial domination.

4) Democracy and politics go well beyond electoral politics and voting rights. Discuss the role of civil society and social movements in social change. In this context discuss the BlackLivesMatter movement; how it started, why it has distanced itself from the old black establishment, what are its demands, how it has changed politics? Base your response to Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s book.

5) The past few years or so, in the United States and abroad, we follow the rise of ideas and practices that bare many similarities with the fascism of 1930s and 40s. Based on Enzo Traverso’s interview what the two have in common or how do they differ? Provide some examples

6) What does Rodriguez describe as the “coloniality of migration” and how colonial European history relates to the current phenomenon described as “refugee crisis?” Furthermore, drawing from the film Who Is to Blame for the Refugee Crisis, what directions should we look at in order to better understand the reasons for the mass population movements of our times?

Describe the incident or event and explain how each (and therefore all) of the terms/concepts from the list below is relevant to the incident (or event).

/in /by

Soc 201 Fall 2021 Final Exam

This exam has two questions worth 15 points each.

(15 points) Write a reflective essay addressing the following:
Four of the theorists/theories we covered in the second half of this course described how “reality” (or, in one case, hyperreality) is created:

(i) Goffman (dramaturgy),

(ii) Berger & Luckmann (Social Construction of Reality),

(iii) Garfinkel (Ethnomethodology),

(iv) Baudrillard (hyperreality).

Pick two of these theories/theorists to talk about. Using terms and concepts from the two theories/theorists you picked, explain how your reality (or hyperreality) is created every day. Make sure to explain it in terms of your own life, using examples from your own life. Then, after you have done this, make an argument as to which one of these two theories is better in terms of understanding and explaining your life experiences, and why it is better. Use as many relevant terms and concepts from the course to answer your question as possible.
Your essay answer should be at least 600 words long.

(15 points) Write a reflective essay addressing the following:
Background: Think of a specific incident or event that you experienced in your life. It can be from any time in your life, as long as you remember the details of it well. Try to pick an event that is relevant to as many of the terms below as possible.
In your essay you need to both (i) describe the incident or event and (ii) explain how each (and therefore all) of the terms/concepts from the list below is relevant to the incident (or event). This can mean why you were involved in the incident/event, how you participated in the incident/event, and/or how it is relevant to who you were or how you acted during the incident/event.

Concepts you need to use:
Standpoint (Smith)
Cultural oppression (WEB DuBois)
Frames (Goffman)
Intersubjectivity (Schutz; Berger and Luckmann)
Time-space collapse (Giddens)

If the term/concept is not relevant to your incident/event: Consider finding an incident/event that addresses all (or at least more) of the terms/concepts from above. If you cannot AND you really cannot see any way to link one or more of these concepts to your incident/event, then you need to explain why this concept is not relevant. Hint: if you say it is not relevant, you really need to convince me that you really understand the concept well enough to convince me it is really not relevant. This is not as easy to do as it seems—to do so well, you need to make it clear how it does not fit anything you explained in your incident or event.

In all cases (whether the concept applies or not), you need to make it clear that you understand the concept and why it was (or was not) relevant to the incident/event.
Your essay answer should be at least 700 words long.

Explain how Social Scientists’ research and government initiatives have provided greater insight into the link between poverty and health.

/in /by

Poverty and Health

Describe two sociological approaches to poverty and health

AC 11.2: Explain how Social Scientists’ research and government initiatives have provided greater insight into the link between poverty and health.

AC 21.1: Explain how political perspectives used in medical sociology are linked to patterns of health providing an example of one factor that influences health chances.

Write an essay in which you demonstrate your understanding of how sociologists identify and explore social issues. Use the following guidelines to complete your essay.

/in /by

Discovering the sociological perspective

Context: From the list below choose a topic that interests you and which you would like to know more about. Each topic is intentionally broad and reflects several, more focused, social issues that have been in the news during recent months. For example, issues involving voting rights or housing or poverty or gender rights, for example, can be addressed through one of the general topics.

General topics — a few examples of related social issues are in brackets

1. Climate Change and the Environment [sustainability, biodiversity, consumption, environmental justice, environmental justice]

2. The Social Contract and Civic Engagement [citizenship, immigration, DACA, gerrymandering, immigration, LGBTQ+, meritocracy, policing, pluralism, political action committees, schooling/systems, special interest groups, voting rights, women’s rights]

3. Infrastructure and Urban/Suburban Development [bridges and tunnels, gentrification, malls, migration, public works, urban renewal, urban sprawl]

4. Media and Social Change [social change, cultural values, social media, leisure class, media industries, popular culture]

5. Social and Economic Inequality [affordable housing, cost of living and minimum wage, living wage, meritocracy, race/ethnicity, social class]

 

Essay #1: Write an essay in which you demonstrate your understanding of how sociologists identify and explore social issues. Use the following guidelines to complete your essay.

a) Explain why the general topic interests you and why other people might also find it important.

b) Is there a specific social issue related to your topic that you would like to understand better? Apply your developing sociological imagination to explain why this is an important social issue. (Hint-How would Mills’ concept help you identify or clarify your topic as an important social phenomenon?).

c) If you were able to conduct a research study to learn more about your specific social issue, which research method/design would you use? Why this approach? (Hint-Would you use a quantitative approach, if so, which one, why? Would you use a qualitative approach, if so, which one, why?)

d) Be sure to cite the textbook as you develop your essay.

Give a background of the topic or problem you have chosen and discuss why it would benefit from being understood through a sociological lens. What assumptions do people make about it that sociology can inform (or change)? What does sociology bring to the table that differs from people’s everyday social and cultural assumptions?

/in /by

Sociologically relevant topic/problem

Identify a sociologically relevant topic or problem of your choosing. For your final project, you must link that topic/problem to the wide range of tools of sociological thought you have learned this semester in a presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) or written review. Your project must substantially fulfill the following requirements:

Give a background of the topic or problem you have chosen and discuss why it would benefit from being understood through a sociological lens. What assumptions do people make about it that sociology can inform (or change)? What does sociology bring to the table that differs from people’s everyday social and cultural assumptions?

Discuss how two sociological theories can be applied. In doing so, you should make clear that you understand how the core perspectives of the theory can connect to and offer insight into the real-world example you have chosen. In other words, how would this theory interpret your topic?

It may be easiest to choose from the major theories (Structural-Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, and Conflict Theory*), but recall that there are some other theories presented in your readings.

Discuss how two sociological concepts can be applied. In doing so, you should show how these concepts can be seen at work inside the topic/problem you’ve identified. Use them to zero in on aspects of your example and interpret them. You may choose from the following list of concepts:
Social Structure
Culture
Socialization
Social inequality*
Social identity
Including groups and categories
Power and authority (counts as one)
Deviance
Social change

Describe the educational and career objectives that motivated you to apply to the MSW program. Relate these objectives to your personal experiences and life goals.

/in /by

Educational Objectives – Describe the educational and career objectives that motivated you to apply to the MSW program. Relate these objectives to your personal experiences and life goals.

Professional Motivation – Discuss any personal obstacles or life circumstances that you have had to overcome. How have your efforts to overcome these obstacles influenced your decision to enter the field of social work? Describe your personal knowledge, identification, and/or experience with disenfranchised communities as a catalyst in your social justice practices perspective and motivation.

 

Work/Volunteer Experience – Discuss any experiences you have had in providing services to, or working with, a specific disenfranchised group or community. Describe your professional knowledge, identification, and/or experience with that disenfranchised community.
Your personal statement should not be more than 3 typed pages, double spaced, 12-point font and it must include all three areas listed above. One page is about 220-270 words.

Discuss the importance of leadership by drawing on a case study/news – this needs to be a very specific discussion showing thoughts and depth rather than discussing on a surface level. What have you learnt from this case study/news/personal experience about the connection between leadership and social development?

/in /by

LJL L&D

King’s College London – MSc Leadership and Development
Course Link (Must Read): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/leadership-and-development-msc

Paragraph 1 & 2: This paragraph is intended to demonstrate critical thinking skills and awareness of the key issues related to leadership studies specifically in the realm of how it affects a nation’s development
⦁ Discuss the importance of leadership by drawing on a case study/news – this needs to be a very specific discussion showing thoughts and depth rather than discussing on a surface level.
⦁ What have you learnt from this case study/news/personal experience about the connection between leadership and social development?
⦁ What is your view? How does this example inspired you to specialise in Leadership and Development following your undergraduate degree in Business Management at Northumbria University?

Paragraph 3:
⦁ Discuss about why you are the perfect candidate.
⦁ Outline the specific skills you have demonstrated throughout your academic years that are relevant to this course. Please use STAR method to show real work involved and not just flagging a specific skill.
⦁ Undergraduate Background: BA (Hons) Business Management
⦁ You need to link your academic background to this master’s degree you are applying to by explaining how this academic experience make you the perfect candidate

Paragraph 4:
⦁ Talk about an internship experience relevant to this course
⦁ Give the name of the company, job, duration. What the job entails, and more importantly, your contribution and what you take away from this experience
⦁ How did it frame the way you perceive leadership and society’s development?

Paragraph 5:
⦁ Discuss why KCL is the right environment to pursue postgraduate study. Instead of mentioning KCL’s achievement, you need to mention how each of these links to you

Paragraph 6:
⦁ Go to the link I provided, and discuss a research paper by one of the researchers at African Leadership studies. How this paper show innovativeness and insights.

write a one-three research page paper (single-spaced) paper that summarizes what you have learned about the impact of COVID 19 and discusses implications to society?

/in /by

The global pandemic of covid 19

You will write a one-three research page paper (single-spaced) paper that summarizes what you have learned about the impact of COVID 19 and discusses implications to society?

How has social media affected the expression of gender and sexuality? How has it affected gender roles in general?

/in /by

Gender Stereotypes in Media

My research question is: How has social media affected the expression of gender and sexuality? How has it affected gender roles in general?

And these are the sources I must use:

Be sure to make an argument towards the sources as well.