IDS-404 Project Overview This course explores popular culture and its impact on the world around us. Popular culture influences society, and society influences popular culture, creating a feedback loop between them. Critically analyze a specific example within an area of popular culture and how it reflects and engages individuals and society using the four general […]
How did you prepare for the day in a gendered manner? What are the effects on families in a gendered society such as ours?
Gender 1. How specifically are you currently ‘doing gender’? (e.g. dress, products used, hair, appearance, etc.). 2. How did you prepare for the day in a gendered manner? 3.What are the effects on families in a gendered society such as ours? (e.g. division of labor, sexual regulation and so forth). 4. How does gender factor […]
How might one argue, from a conflict perspective, that most states still banning marijuana use are not necessarily a reflection of the opinions of average Americans but a reflection of the view of those with the capacity to make laws?
Assignment 1. Referencing Merton’s Strain Theory, do you feel the “American Dream” leads to strain? How? 2. According to labeling theory, in what ways might the labeling of deviance encourage further deviance? 3. How might one argue, from a conflict perspective, that most states still banning marijuana use are not necessarily a reflection of the […]
Explain how Strain Theory, Differential Association, Control Theory, and Shaming Theory would view/interpret your film/TV show.
Film or TV Show Pick a film or TV Show. Provide a short summary (2-3 paragraphs) of your film/TV show (What is the video about? Clarity is important!) Separately, explain how Strain Theory, Differential Association, Control Theory, and Shaming Theory would view/interpret your film/TV show. Thoroughly explain using sociological concepts/terms. (One paragraph for each theory). […]
List and describe five myths about serial killers. How do you think these myths have maintained in the larger social consciousness?
ASSIGNMENT 1. Serial Murder: Popular Myths and Empirical realities List and describe five myths about serial killers. How do you think these myths have maintained in the larger social consciousness? Distinguish between mass killers and serial killers. 2.Mass Shootings, Masculinity, and Gun Violence as Feminist Issues How do structural forces such as gender and education […]
Choose a movie, watch it carefully, take notes and write an 8 to 10-page (double spaced) paper about it.
Sociology 101: Introduction to Sociology This brief integrated paper will require each student to choose a movie, watch it carefully, take notes and write an 8 to 10-page (double spaced) paper about it. Movie: American History X. Aired 1998 Related to sociology for Ethnicity, racial inequality and poverty. The paper will have the following sections: […]
Analyze how your selected social science disciplines have examined your selected social issue. Identify if the authors used qualitative or quantitative methodologies and why they selected these methods.
Income Disparity in the U.S. (Low Wages and Minimum Wage, Working Poor, Homelessness, Unemployment) Disciplines: Sociology Economics Your final paper should include the following: A brief discussion of your social issue, and how it rises to the level of social concern. A brief discussion of each of the social science disciplines you have selected to […]
Create a treatment protocol for a 2-week long intervention based off the information from your previous assignments.
Assignment #3 – Intervention Development Assignment Information & Instructions (Course Objectives 1, 2, 3, 7, 10; Module Objectives 1, 2, 3) Assignment Overview Before starting, make sure to read the Guide to Module 3. You may find the Stages of Change Intervention Mapping Guide (p. 9) particularly helpful. For this assignment, you are creating a […]
Describe the religious and educational institutions using the functionalist and conflict approaches.
Essay Assignment A five- to ten-page paper. The title page and the reference page are in addition to the minimum of five pages for your paper. The paper is expected to be typed (double spaced) with a minimum of five pages. The topic for the paper is: “Describe the religious and educational institutions using the […]
Describe how critical analysis skills have affected your framework of perception. Describe how examining your bias might change how you interact with popular culture.
5-2 Activity: Reflection: Self In this activity, describe how critical analysis skills have affected your framework of perception. Next, describe how examining your bias might change how you interact with popular culture. Finally, explain how critical analysis skills can impact your academic or professional life.