Month July 2010

February 17th, 2010 While traveling recently, I stopped at a fast food restaurant with my 6-year-old daughter.  When we sat down at the table to eat, she disappointedly pulled a pink care bear out of her cheeseburger meal.  When I…

Name: Timothy, aka “mcgett” Email: Bio: Tim McGettigan is a professor of sociology at Colorado State University – Pueblo. The Socjournal is an outstanding resource for all things sociological. Too often, the media examines social issues from a singularly economic…

The scholarly propaganda is simple, technology makes the world a better place. We are moving towards a post-industrial utopia characterized by human care and service, and away from our dark, industrial, and exploitative past. Hogwash says this student who, after…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: Brasted M. Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in Advertisements. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed July 14, 2010. APA citation: Brasted, Monica. (2010). Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: Sosteric M. Unit 2: The End of Homework. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed July 14, 2010. APA citation: Sosteric, Michael. (2010). Unit 2: The End of Homework. Retrieved July 14,…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: [no last name] [no initial]. The Abuse Syndrome – learned helplessness in the face of global oppression. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed July 14, 2010. APA citation: [no last name],…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: [no last name] [no initial]. Visitor map. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed July 14, 2010. APA citation: [no last name], [no first name]. (2010). Visitor map. Retrieved July 14, 2010,…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] I come to teaching with all of my being. My devotion to you is complete. For me, teaching is about something you are, something you embody. Thus I have no techniques, no strategies, no…

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Timothy McGettigan In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s economy. As a reward for his sterling work, on…

Canada has a well-known history of telecommunications innovation. What many Canadians don’t know  is that Ericsson does as well, with new ideas flowing from our research and development centres for over 100 years. That’s why Ericsson is funding the Centre…