Month November 2010

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: Sosteric M. Unit 3: Media and Ideology. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed November 29, 2010. APA citation: Sosteric, Michael. (2010). Unit 3: Media and Ideology. Retrieved November 29, 2010, from…

[view academic citations] [hide academic citations] AMA citation: Sosteric M. Unit 2: The End of Homework. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed November 29, 2010. APA citation: Sosteric, Michael. (2010). Unit 2: The End of Homework. Retrieved November 29,…

We live in a violent world, but it is not just physical violence we endure. We also endure psychological violence and nowhere is that more obvious then when we consider the very real suffering that many adolescents endure. As the…

Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Michael Sosteric You think we live in a functioning democracy? You think you’re a powerful actor in a sea of democratic choice? Think again. According to this psychologist we are nations of people broken by…

Jul 9th, 2010 | By Rachel Demerling The penetration of women into academe is growing, but at what cost? Babies get in the way and require valuable time away from a job that otherwise requires intense attachment and commitment, and…

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. As Timothy McGettigan points out, the ideal of free market capitalism being good for the economy, and good for the world, is largely a myth. Nowhere is this clearer than in the…

Oct 15th, 2010 | By Michael Sosteric As a publisher or writer or publisher of Sociology and Social sciences, you’ve probably never thought of a mass market for your goods. The critical study of sociology remains conveniently obscured behind a…

Jul 9th, 2010 | By Rachel Demerling The penetration of women into academe is growing, but at what cost? Babies get in the way and require valuable time away from a job that otherwise requires intense attachment and commitment, and…

Name: Steven Email: Bio: Professor of Sociology New York City College of Technology CUNY June 7th, 2010 Functionalism is an American sociological concept created by an American-Talcott Parsons. As a young Ph.D Parsons joined the Sociology faculty at Harvard University. …

March 1st, 2010 The film Groundhog Day (1993) puts the protagonist, Phil Connors, in a time warp. Nothing that he does matters because he is stuck in February 2, Groundhog Day, in a small rural town. For most of the…