...James M. Callow Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology November 10/2013 Professor Lloyd SOC100 The following article written by Darren Dixon; “I can’t put a smiley face on”: Working-Class Masculinity, Emotional Labor and Service Work in the “New Economy” explore how low-skilled men are declining to work in the service sector when evidently it is a field that it is experience a substantial growth. This situation has little to no existent research at the time the author conducted the research, the author himself mentioned that “yet little research has explored exactly what it is about service work that is leading such men to drop out the labor market during periods of sustained service sector employment growth.” (Dixon. D. (2009) I can’t put a smiley face on: Working-Class Masculinity, Emotional Labour and Service Work in the “New Economy” Gender, Work and Organization. Vol. 16 No. 3). The research was based on interviews with 35 unemployed low skilled men. Based on the research we can learn that low skilled males in Britain have a tendency to not succeed within a field that primarily dominated by females mainly because it interferes with what it is consider being a socially accepted behavior for a male. The author refer to a table based on data obtain from OECD between 1984 and 1998. Society has an idea of what could be a job acceptable for either a woman or a man. Although nowadays females has been able to overcome some obstacles when it comes it...
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...Sociological Perspective Paper: Conflict Perspective Team "B' SOC/101- Introduction to Sociology October 13, 2014 Angela Rudibaugh Sociological Perspective Paper: Conflict Perspective Recently I viewed a video named Three Cups of Tea. The video highlighted the works of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greg Morrison’s work through bringing educational institution to girls across the world. The video has brought up points pertaining to conflict perspective theory of sociology covering two classes looking out for their own interest. The struggle between the two groups clearly shows a dominant and a submissive side. In the video men are portrayed as the dominant group, while women are the submissive group. This is made valid by Morrison’s comments throughout the video. The video Three cups of Tea is of a short interview of a man named Greg Morrison and his young daughter that discusses his humanitarian work. Morrison has built 78 schools for young girls in third world countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three cups of Tea is a book that is dedicated to helping spread his message; books not bombs. Morrison aims to educate young girls with the hope that they will grow up to make education a priority for their own children (NBC News Archives, 2010). The conflict perspective theory of sociology was developed by Karl Marx. In this theory “social injustice and uneven destitution of wealth give rise to criminological conditions.” (Conflict Perspective, 2011, para. 1). This...
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...Alcoholism in Society SOC100 Introduction to Sociology Alcoholism in Society What are the causes, effects, and solutions of alcoholism in today’s society? Alcoholism is one of the most prevalent sociological issues facing people in today’s society. It really relates to the field of sociology as it studies how it affects people as a whole and how it affects their daily lives when interacting with others. The known causes of alcoholism are from various reasons such as problems, stress, pressure, culture, genetics, and psychology. Alcoholism is also caused by what people see others are doing such as commercials, movies, and television shows. Many people start drinking at a young age because of how their upbringing was and who they are hanging out with especially in school. A lot of students get such experience because of what they see in society and how it can become part of their life. This is where the early stages of alcoholism begin because when it starts at a young age, the tolerance to alcohol becomes very high and results in them having more drinks. It is socially accepted in some societies at parties and gatherings where people are expected to have a drink or two and sometimes ending up having more because of peer pressure and how people will think about them when they don’t have that drink. Another major factor causing alcoholism is the emotions that people are experiencing and how they deal with those emotions especially when it has enormous stress on a relationship...
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...Investigating a Social Issue Brandy West Professor Fass SOC100: Introduction to Sociology December 7, 2012 For this assignment I chose to investigate the issue of poverty and how it affects young children. In the dictionary poverty is defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. According to our textbook, there is relative or absolute poverty. Relative poverty means the some people lack resources that are taken for granted by others. This type of poverty exists in every society. Absolute poverty is a lack of resources that is life threatening. (Macionis, 307) The issue of poverty falls into the sociological term, global stratification, patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole. (Macionis, 300). The article that I have chosen is “The Effects of Poverty on Children” written by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Greg Duncan. They go into detail about how family poverty is associated with a child’s health, achievement, and behavior. It is said that death comes early in poor societies because families lack the income to provide adequate food, safe water, secure housing, etc. (Macionis, 309) When a child lives in poverty it can affect them in many different ways. According to a table produced by Gunn & Duncan poor children suffer higher incidences of adverse health, developmental, other outcomes than non-poor children. (Gunn & Duncan, 58) I believe that sometimes when children grow up poor they think...
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...“Obesity in America” Elexus Turner Soc100: Introduction to Sociology Gwendolyn Royal-Smith June 9, 2016 Being overweight and obese is something that we are all dealing with. Rather we are dealing with it ourselves or we know someone that is dealing with it. People who have to deal with obesity or being overweight deals with many other issues. There are many health problems that can occur with being overweight and obesity. According to the article on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute gave detail information about how serious it can be. Health problems such as Coronary Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer and many others. These disease can be life threating if you don’t take care of yourself. When a person is overweight when they are younger most people don’t play attention do it. Kids can be hurtful to other kids. They talk about each other, they put each other down because of their weight. I had a friend in elementary school who was a little bigger than the rest of my friends. I didn’t know anything about a person being overweight. My friend was a nice person to be around with. She made everybody laugh and no one was concern about her weight. Of course there were some kids that made fun of her because of her weight. But, kids also made fun of me because I was too tall. We just thought that was something kids did. Adults should know when their child is overweight but I think they’re in denial. A parent of a child...
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...Assignment Two: Outline & Preliminary List of Resources Nichole Catron Strayer University SOC100: Introduction to Sociology January 26, 2015 I. Hypothesis Those who live in poverty stricken neighborhoods tend to turn to crime due to very little access to job opportunities among other things. Research shows that areas with the most crime tend to be in neighborhoods with the highest rates of poverty. This is not a race issue, whether the community is predominately white or black studies show that disadvantaged areas have the highest crime rates. A disadvantaged area would be an area with crowded neighborhoods, underperforming public schools, single parent homes, and poor housing conditions. II. While some believe people put themselves in the situation and can move out of the neighborhood if they feel unsafe, others feel that they are stuck in the environment and cannot financially afford to move to a better neighborhood with lower crime rates. Due to little or no job opportunities and very little if any savings moving seems like just a fantasy to most. In the poverty stricken neighborhoods the rent tends to be very cheap so it is easy for a single parent or person with little or no income to maintain their household. III. Practical Implications Unfortunately this seems to be a viscous circle for those who grow up in this environment. It seems they turn to crime because of a lack of finances then end up in jail or in the system, which in turn then puts them...
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...POVERTY: A GLOBAL ISSUE Charles Williams Introduction to Sociology – SOC100 October 29, 2011 1. Describe how society defines poverty. Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life. Since poverty is understood in many senses, these essentials may be material resources such as food, safe drinking water, and shelter, or they may be social resources such as access to information, education, health care, social status, political power, or the opportunity to develop meaningful connections with other people in society. Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Behind the increasing interconnectedness promised by globalization are global decisions, policies, and practices. These are typically influenced, driven, or formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations, institutions, and influential people. In the face of such enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their people are often powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle. Poverty is also characterized by a chronic shortage of economic, social and political participation, relegating individuals to exclusion as social beings, preventing access to the benefits of economic and social development and thereby limiting their cultural development...
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...Online Social Networking John Smith SOC100 February 23, 2012 Abstract In today’s society social media dominates the lives of millions of computer users around the world. Social media allows users instant communication with family and friends, sharing of information and photos, and reuniting with family and friends not seen for years. There is an array of social media websites used by society; Facebook, Tweeter, MySpace, and Linked In are a few of the more popular sites. Social users take advantage of the ability to post up to the minute information of their activities, whereas companies use the sites to post their business, and collect social followers. Online Social Networking Technology has taken us by storm that can imagine life without a computer or a cell phone? Facebook is a social network building and connecting with high school classmates, family and friends from the past and they can be a miles and miles away and even make new friends. With this social network you can share ideas, get together and this is just a simply way to connect digitally in today’s technology. A privacy concern brings up an important factor in this matter. With identity theft on the rise is it wise to post personal information, such as, marital status, and current events? Companies use Facebook to investigate and get information about you before hiring potential candidates. For example, a person post pictures having a wild time and showing body parts. Would...
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...Free eChapters (FALL 2012) eChapters offer students immediate access to the first few chapters of their textbooks while they are waiting for the print book to arrive. eChapters help students to keep up with required reading and assignments until they receive their course material, without having to pay expedited shipping costs. eChapters that are available from the publisher are attainable free of charge. How do students gain access to free eChapters? Not all courses or textbooks have eChapters available. For all courses where eChapters are available, the files are located in the student’s Blackboard course shell under the Student Center. Below is a list of courses with eChapters loaded into the course shells, giving students free access as of the first day of classes. * = eChapters are forthcoming Course ID ACC100 ACC206 ACC303 ACC304 ACC305 ACC306 Text Title Accounting Principles – 9th edition Accounting Principles – 9th edition Intermediate Accounting 14e Intermediate Accounting 14e Intermediate Accounting 14e Microcomputer Applications for Accounting Excel 2010 Microsoft® Excel 2010: A Case Approach, Complete, 1st Edition, copyright 2011 SOUTH WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2012: COMPREHENSIVE, 36th ed. South-Western Federal Taxation 2013: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts, 36th Edition Cost Accounting 13th 09 ed. Advanced Accounting 4th 10th ed. Auditing & Assurance Services 13th 10 ed. Core Concepts of Government and Not for Profit Accounting 2nd ed., 2011 ed ACC...
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...2012 Catalog Volume 20 Issue 1 March 5, 2012 – December 31, 2012 This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer...
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...OFFICIAL CATALOG This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer of admission and to dismiss from the...
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