Connecting Sociology to Our Lives

Connecting Sociology to Our Lives
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 844
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ISBN-10 : 9781317262138
ISBN-13 : 1317262131
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Connecting Sociology to Our Lives by : Tim Delaney

Many introductory texts claim to make sociology relevant to student interests. Perhaps no other text has done this so completely - and engagingly - as Connecting Sociology to Our Lives. Tim Delaney not only uses popular and contemporary culture examples, he explains sociology thoroughly within the frame of the contemporary culture of students - a culture shaped by political, economic, and environmental trends just as much as by today's pop stars. This book will help academics to engage their students in sociology through the prism of their own culture. It involves students in critical thinking and classroom discussion through the book's many 'What Do You Think?' inserts, and will inspire them to careers with the book's unique chapter, 'Sociology's Place in Society: Completing the Connection'.

Sociology of Personal Life

Sociology of Personal Life
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781352005011
ISBN-13 : 1352005018
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociology of Personal Life by : Vanessa May

What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships? This book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the discipline can shed new light on even the most familiar areas of our everyday worlds. From friendships and pets, to political engagement and social legislation, the text shows how distinctions and connections can be drawn between our public and private lives. Each chapter explores a familiar topic that illustrates how individual relationships and lives can be shaped by social contexts, and how personal choices shape the wider social world. Using vivid case examples drawn from topical areas of debate, such as marriage rights and the role of social networking, the book is clearly laid out and easy to read. It gives useful explanations of theory and invaluable advice on how to carry out research on personal lives and relationships. This is essential reading for students of sociology interested in family, relationships and beyond. New to this Edition: - Pre-existing chapters have been fully re-written - Includes a number of new chapters on topics such as the body, home and personal life in public spaces. - Reformulated 'questions for discussion' at the end of each chapter.

Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life

Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : 9781317690665
ISBN-13 : 1317690664
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life by : Josee Johnston

The challenges of teaching a successful introductory sociology course today demand materials from a publisher very different from the norm. Texts that are organized the way the discipline structures itself intellectually no longer connect with the majority of student learners. This is not an issue of pandering to students or otherwise seeking the lowest common denominator. On the contrary, it is a question of again making the practice of sociological thinking meaningful, rigorous, and relevant to today’s world of undergraduates. This comparatively concise, highly visual, and affordable book offers a refreshingly new way forward to reach students, using one of the most powerful tools in a sociologist’s teaching arsenal—the familiar stuff in students’ everyday lives throughout the world: the jeans they wear to class, the coffee they drink each morning, or the phones their professors tell them to put away during lectures. A focus on consumer culture, seeing the strange in the familiar, is not only interesting for students; it is also (the authors suggest) pedagogically superior to more traditional approaches. By engaging students through their stuff, this book moves beyond teaching about sociology to helping instructors teach the practice of sociological thinking. It moves beyond describing what sociology is, so that students can practice what sociological thinking can do. This pedagogy also posits a relationship between teacher and learner that is bi-directional. Many students feel a sense of authority in various areas of consumer culture, and they often enjoy sharing their knowledge with fellow students and with their instructor. Opening up the sociology classroom to discussion of these topics validates students’ expertise on their own life-worlds. Teachers, in turn, gain insight from the goods, services, and cultural expectations that shape students’ lives. While innovative, the book has been carefully crafted to make it as useful and flexible as possible for instructors aiming to build core sociological foundations in a single semester. A map on pages ii–iii identifies core sociological concepts covered so that a traditional syllabus as well as individual lectures can easily be maintained. Theory, method, and active learning exercises in every chapter constantly encourage the sociological imagination as well as the "doing" of sociology.

Connected

Connected
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Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9780316071345
ISBN-13 : 031607134X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Connected by : Nicholas A. Christakis

Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives. Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Dr. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. In Connected, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, Connected overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives.

Everyday Sociology Reader

Everyday Sociology Reader
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Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 0393419487
ISBN-13 : 9780393419481
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Everyday Sociology Reader by : Karen Sternheimer

Innovative readings and blog posts show how sociology can help us understand everyday life.

Introduction to Sociology 2e

Introduction to Sociology 2e
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 513
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ISBN-10 : 1938168410
ISBN-13 : 9781938168413
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Introduction to Sociology 2e by : Nathan J. Keirns

"This text is intended for a one-semester introductory course."--Page 1.

The Costs of Connection

The Costs of Connection
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9781503609754
ISBN-13 : 1503609758
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Costs of Connection by : Nick Couldry

Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation. Colonialism might seem like a thing of the past, but this book shows that the historic appropriation of land, bodies, and natural resources is mirrored today in this new era of pervasive datafication. Apps, platforms, and smart objects capture and translate our lives into data, and then extract information that is fed into capitalist enterprises and sold back to us. The authors argue that this development foreshadows the creation of a new social order emerging globally—and it must be challenged. Confronting the alarming degree of surveillance already tolerated, they offer a stirring call to decolonize the internet and emancipate our desire for connection.

Sociology

Sociology
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Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1936126532
ISBN-13 : 9781936126538
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociology by : Steven E. Barkan

Sociology and Your Life P.O.W.E.R. Learning

Sociology and Your Life P.O.W.E.R. Learning
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Total Pages : 630
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ISBN-10 : 9781259296314
ISBN-13 : 1259296318
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociology and Your Life P.O.W.E.R. Learning by : Robert Feldman

Sociology in Everyday Life

Sociology in Everyday Life
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 1577660390
ISBN-13 : 9781577660392
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociology in Everyday Life by : David Allen Karp

This text shows that there are underlying patterns to everyday life & that these patterns become obvious only when we begin to look very hard at everyday phenomena & then applying sociological concepts to them.