February 2010
129 posts
Editor’s Highlights: Immigrant youths negotiating... →
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Macintosh.
Living in and between two normative contexts, second generation immigrant youths experience normative conflict. In the February 2010 edition of
Vancouver Olympic Inclusiveness, Except for Asians →
Many of you probably watched the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Much has been made of the ethnic and cultural inclusiveness of these…
Public Sociology vs the Anger Industry (or Why... →
by pj.rey
Cast deep in recession and with unprecedented political polarization inside the halls government, it’s no shock that the American public is angry. Perhaps, this frustration is…
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Infographic: ChatRoulette, "Nexting" by the... →
It’s interesting that Fast Company would have a tongue-in-cheek article about ChatRoulette just when it was the subject of class discussion.
BY Cliff Kuang Today
Ladies really do have all the luck, and the perverts are a sizable minority, according to Casey Neistat’s video study of Chatroulette.
A month ago, we brought you an early look at ChatRoulette, and since then it’s...
Italy’s cosmetic breast augmentation bill:... →
By Rachael Liberman
According to an article in Italian news agency ANSA, the Italian government sent a bill to Parliament on Monday that would ban cosmetic breast surgery for women…
politicizing parenthood →
BBC News recently reported on the concept of “parental determinism,” as discussed by Kent University (England) sociology professor Frank Furedi:
There was a pervading prejudice that…
Stigma and the Associations between Mental Illness... →
On February 12th, Amy Bishop walked into a meeting of the Biology department at The University of Alabama, where she had recently been denied tenure, and murdered three colleagues. On…
struggling Americans blame those with less →
The Philadelphia Inquirer recently examined Americans’ tendency to turn on the poorest members of their society during hard economic times:
Last month, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer of South Carolina…
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Can You Own a Beat? :: Intellectual Property &... →
A few years back, I taught entertainment marketing courses with the sly Walter Benjamin subtitle of “The Work of Art in the Age of Infinite Reproduction,” which always brings up the tensions between…
The Social Construction of Drinking and Drunkeness →
While Sociologists of Culture and feminist theorists among others, have long emphasized the culturally contingent aspects of the construction of reality. A recent article about alcohol…
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How Robbers Did Their Dirty Deeds Before... →
In view of our classroom conversations about, for lack of a better term, “internet exceptionalism,” the notion that the internet is completely new, unique and different, I thought this post from Mashable would be interesting to consider.
There’s a very easy way to find out if someone is home or not: you phone their fixed phone number. If no one answers, chances are the house is...
true crime numbers? →
A recent survey of retired police commanders in New York City has been causing a stir in the news media and the blogsphere this week, including this article in the New York Times:
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New Poll Shows Support for Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask,... →
This is yet another example of how survey results may vary because of question wording.
February 11, 2010, 1:58 pm
By DALIA SUSSMAN
As the Obama administration proposes repealing the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a new New York Times/CBS News poll finds that a majority of the public support allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military.
There’s less support,...
Mediascapes & the 2010 Olympics →
Vancouver Olympics Freestyle Skiing Gold Medal Winner, Alexandre Bilodeau
I’ve been immersed in Canadianess on several fronts this week. There’s the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, of course,…
disaster does not a crime wave make →
Despite rumors and media reports at the time, new research claims that Hurricane Katrina did not spawn waves of crime in other cities. As USA Today reports:
In the current Journal…
looking for love, cyberspace-style →
The Herald-Sun picked up on forthcoming research about the popularity of internet dating:
“We estimate that about 18 percent — almost 1 in 5 — of those who are single and have…
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Chatroulette! →
I first heard about Facebook from my students. Today, while discussing Facebook in two different classes, I heard about Chat Roulette. The premised is that one joins random webchats of anyone who might be logged into the system. Webcams make it even more interesting.
What is the attraction of this, such that it overcomes any reservations people might have about exposing themselves to strangers...
Connecting Toyota and Asian Americans →
As I’m sure almost everybody has heard about, these past few months have not been good for Toyota. Due to a variety of quality control issues, accident reports, and several fatalities involving many…
