Imagine that you have been asked to study the issue of air pollution in one of the large urban areas in your state or country. How might you draw on surveys, observation research, experiments, and existing sources to help you study this issue?
Saturday, October 31, 2015
SOC 100 Week 4 Individual Assignment Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Media Analysis
To focus on nonverbal and symbolic behavior, this assignment requires that you mute the volume of the television for a program’s duration.
Select a television program that you know contains social inequality or social class themes.
Prepare a 750- to 1,250-word analysis of the program in which you complete the following:
Provide a brief introduction that includes the program’s title, describes the type of program, and explains which social theme you are addressing.
Describe and explain scenes that apply to the social theme.
Identify all observed body language, facial expressions, gestures, posture stances, modes of dress, nonverbal cues, symbols, and any other observed nonverbal forms of communication in the scenes.
Explain your interpretation of the meanings of the identified nonverbal communications and symbolism.
Summarize how these interpretations are important to the sociological understanding of your chosen social inequality or social class theme.
Suggest how your interpretation of the respective meanings might be generalized to society as a whole.
Provide a conclusion that summarizes the key points in your analysis.
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format your analysis paper consistent with APA guidelines.
SOC 100 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Social Impact Survey and Paper
Brainstorm questions, and create a 5- to 10-question survey to administer to team members’ coworkers or adult acquaintances.
Access a free survey site of your choice for examples and suggestions on survey templates and question types. The survey must contain at least one multiple choice question and at leastone rating-scale question.
Ensure that your survey meets the following requirements. These are mandatoryfor all surveys:
Obtain instructor approval for the survey questions prior to administering the survey.
Administer the approved survey to at least five adult acquaintances or coworkers.
Prepare a 500- to 1,000-word summary in which you present the data, a summary of the data results, and the Learning Team’s preliminary conclusions on the social effect of the target topic based on the survey results. Include the survey questions.
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format the survey and paper consistent with APA guidelines.
- The survey must allow the team to gather information about the effects and influence of neocolonialism, globalization, or multinational corporations.
- Possible questions might focus on if and how, within the past 10 years, the target topic has affected or changed the survey participants’ personal relationships, work roles, statuses, identified social groups, cultures, the environment, and the economy.
Access a free survey site of your choice for examples and suggestions on survey templates and question types. The survey must contain at least one multiple choice question and at leastone rating-scale question.
Ensure that your survey meets the following requirements. These are mandatoryfor all surveys:
- All surveys must be administered to adult participants only. For purposes of sociological research, an adult is defined as an individual who is 18 years of age or older.
- All students must perform a face-to-face survey interview with their respondents. Surveys are not to be administered online.
- All students must access the UOP disclaimer and must print enough copies for the total number of participants.
- All students must read and present the disclaimer document to be signed by the respondent prior to beginning the survey interview.
- All surveys must begin with the following question: What is your age?
- The interview must stop immediately if respondent is less than 18 years of age. If the respondent is 18 years of age or older, the interview may proceed.
Obtain instructor approval for the survey questions prior to administering the survey.
Administer the approved survey to at least five adult acquaintances or coworkers.
Prepare a 500- to 1,000-word summary in which you present the data, a summary of the data results, and the Learning Team’s preliminary conclusions on the social effect of the target topic based on the survey results. Include the survey questions.
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format the survey and paper consistent with APA guidelines.
SOC 100 Week 4 DQ 1
A majority of residents of the United States are descendants of ethnic groups from around the world. Explain symbolic ethnicity. Reflecting on your cultural heritage and traditions, does your family practice symbolic ethnicity, fully maintain an ethnic identity, or have they fully assimilated into American culture? Define and explain American ethnic cultures.
SOC 100 Week 4 DQ 2
Using the definition of wealth to calculate your wealth, and considering Rossides’ five-class model of the U. S. class system, would you say that Marx’s concept of false consciousness applies to you? Why? How does false consciousness differ from class consciousness?
SOC 100 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Online Social Networking Paper
Complete the following, individually:
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis paper, as a team, and address the following components:
Provide a conclusion that includes the following:
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
- Enter at least one online social networking website of your choice.
- Explore and participate in the site.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis paper, as a team, and address the following components:
- Identify the accessed online social network sites.
- Describe the sites’ purposes, content, and participant populations.
- Describe each individual’s experience in the chosen site.
- Address the following questions:
- What is the cultural significance of online social networks?
- What is the social effect of online social networks?
- What potential effect do online social networking sites have on face-to-face interaction?
- What cultural values are reinforced or challenged by online social networking sites?
- What are possible future online social networking trends?
Provide a conclusion that includes the following:
- An assessment of the current, primary traditional agent of socialization in our society
- A prediction on whether or not social networking sites will become the primary 21st century agent of socialization in our society
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
SOC 100 Week 3 DQ 1
Schaefer (2011) defines the self “as a distinct identity that sets us apart from others.” Describe your “self” identity. How does your “self” differ from others and set you apart? What process of socialization helped shape your concept of the self the most? How?
SOC 100 Week 3 DQ 2
Deviant behavior violates standards and expectations of a group social norm. Reflect on a time when you violated a widely shared and understood norm of your society. What was the norm? What was the violation? What sanctions did your social group place on you for your behavior?
SOC 100 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Sociological Perspectives Paper
Resource: NBC videos link, located on the student website
Watch the following videos:
· Three Cups of Tea
· Northern Exposure
· Religion Unplugged
· School Girl Attacks
· The Joy of Garbage
· Young Evangelicals
Discuss the videos as a team.
Select one video clip to analyze as a team.
Evaluate your selected video from the sociological perspective assigned to your Learning Team.
· Team A: Functionalist perspective
· Team B: Conflict perspective
· Team C: Feminist perspective
· Team D: Symbolic interactionist perspective
· Team E: Evolutionary perspective
· Team F: As assigned by instructor
Write a 500- to 750-word essay explaining the content of the video based on your assigned sociological theoretical approach.
· Preparea brief introduction that identifies the video and clarifies the applied theoretical perspective.
· Describespecific components of the perspective used in the evaluation.
· Explainspecific examples from the video from the viewpoint of the designated theoretical approach.
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.
Watch the following videos:
· Three Cups of Tea
· Northern Exposure
· Religion Unplugged
· School Girl Attacks
· The Joy of Garbage
· Young Evangelicals
Discuss the videos as a team.
Select one video clip to analyze as a team.
Evaluate your selected video from the sociological perspective assigned to your Learning Team.
· Team A: Functionalist perspective
· Team B: Conflict perspective
· Team C: Feminist perspective
· Team D: Symbolic interactionist perspective
· Team E: Evolutionary perspective
· Team F: As assigned by instructor
Write a 500- to 750-word essay explaining the content of the video based on your assigned sociological theoretical approach.
· Preparea brief introduction that identifies the video and clarifies the applied theoretical perspective.
· Describespecific components of the perspective used in the evaluation.
· Explainspecific examples from the video from the viewpoint of the designated theoretical approach.
Utilize at least one reference and in-text citation in your paper.
Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.
SOC 100 Week 2 DQ 2
Fig. 2.2 in Ch. 2 states that “in general, states with high education levels . . . also have high household incomes.” What hypothesis might you propose to explain states that do not have a correlational relationship between high income and high education levels?
SOC 100 Week 1 DQ 2
Compare the contributions of two pioneers in sociology, choosing two from the following list: Comte, Martineau, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx, DuBois, Cooley, Addams, Merton, Bourdieu, or Wells-Barnett. Which sociologist do you believe made the most important contribution?
Why? Defend your view.
Why? Defend your view.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Economic Policies How did economic policies after the War of 1812
Economic Policies
Assignment 3
Assignment 3
- How did economic policies after the War of 1812 reflect the nationalism of the period?
- What characterized the Era of Good Feelings?
- What was the nullification crisis and how did Andrew Jackson respond to it?
- What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act? What brought about this legislation and what occurred as a result of it?
- What were some inventions in the first half of the nineteenth century that economically and socially improved the United States?
- How had immigration to America changed by the mid-nineteenth century?
- Which religious sects flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century?
- What were the distinguishing characteristics of American literature during the antebellum period?
- What were the dominant issues in national politics in the 1840's?
- What were the causes and consequences of the Mexican War?
