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- About
June 11, 2009, 10:58
Founded January 28th, 2010, the Socjournal is a new media journal intended to offer sociologists a window into the world of new media communications. Recognizin…
- How to contribute
January 28, 2010, 14:11
The Socjournal currently needs: Regular column contributors. People who will write one or two longer essays per month. (contact us with your suggestions) …
- How to Submit
May 31, 2010, 11:13
To submit a paper Read the submission guide. Register on this site by clicking this link. Contact Dr. Mike Sosteric with your username. Login and…
- Submission Guide
February 13, 2010, 22:23
The Socjourn is a new media sociology journal. We accept submissions from sociologists, graduate students, and multidisciplinary practitioners with an interest…
- How to Submit
- EJS Archives
January 28, 2010, 14:14
This is the complete archive of the Electronic Journal of Sociology. The journal went into abatement in 2008 as a result of family pressure, and the sheer…
- Visitor map
January 28, 2010, 19:18
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- Login
May 13, 2010, 15:51
To login or register, click this link. Contributors are expected to post their own materials. Contributors or potential contributors should contact Dr. Mike…
- Contact
May 31, 2010, 11:12
To contact us with questions about submission, or to open a publisher’s account, please email Dr. Mike Sosteric [email protected]. Note that Athabasca…
- Your book here
July 26, 2010, 19:52
Book/Novel/Resource advertising This is a paid advertising slot, however all books go through an editorial review prior to acceptance to assess suitability…
- Your book here
- Courses
June 17, 2010, 11:08
The following pages contain sociology courses provided by various institutions. These courses are free to view online, but links are provided to the…
- Sociology 101 – Social Movements
April 23, 2010, 12:57
The following course, Sociology 101 (currently Sociology 288) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca University’s Center for Global and…
- Unit 1: Social Movements, Social Class, and Power
June 21, 2010, 12:17
The great movements of our time against war and for global democracy are very much concerned with communication and power . . . . —(Miller & Dinan, 2008,…
- Unit 2: The End of Homework
June 23, 2010, 12:26
In a course on social movements and social issues, a critical text on homework may seem a little incongruous on a couple of levels. First, being registered at…
- Unit 4: Competition
June 29, 2010, 13:40
he higher the concentration of competition in any interaction, the less likely it is to be enjoyable and the more likely it is to be destructive to our self…
- Unit 3: Media and Ideology
June 25, 2010, 12:40
Note: Before we begin, we ask that you contact the Athabasca University Library to request that either the film Thank You for Smoking or the Matrix trilogy…
- Bibliography and References and Additional Resources
February 1, 2011, 18:06
Atton, C. (2003, April 1). Reshaping Social Movement for a New Millenium. Social Movement Studies, 2 (3-15). Retrieved January 21, 2011 from http://mediaresearc…
- Unit 6: Antiwar Movements, Internet Analysis and Final Paper
February 1, 2011, 18:09
In this unit, we conclude our introductory look at social movements by looking at current anti-war movements, and by examining the Internet and the WWW as…
- Unit 5: Global Issues
February 1, 2011, 18:12
In this unit, we jump right into an analysis of social movements by taking a whirlwind tour of some of the economic, political and social issues (and movements)…
- Ideology and Social Movements – Introduction
June 18, 2010, 11:04
Sociology 288 is designed to introduce you to the study of social movements from a sociological perspective. Typically, when sociologists talk about social…
- Unit 1: Social Movements, Social Class, and Power
- Sociology 100 – Introduction to Sociology
October 5, 2010, 13:45
The following course, Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology (currently Sociology 287) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca…
- Unit 1 – Introduction to Sociology
October 6, 2010, 10:22
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Have a basic understanding of the discipline of sociology and the sorts of questions…
- Unit 2 – Research Methods
October 6, 2010, 10:24
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand the importance of evidence and reasoned assessment to working with the…
- Unit 3 – Culture
October 6, 2010, 10:26
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define culture, counter culture, high culture, mass culture, ideal culture, real…
- Unit 4 – Socialization
October 6, 2010, 10:29
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define socialization. 2. Be able to identify agents of socialization and their…
- Unit 5 – Deviance
October 6, 2010, 10:30
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Distinguish between absolute and statistical definition of deviance. 2. Be able…
- Unit 6 – The Family
October 6, 2010, 10:33
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Identify what is meant by the phrase “diversity of the family. 2. Outline the…
- Unit 7 – Social Inequality and Stratification
October 6, 2010, 10:37
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define and provide examples of social inequality in Canada and other countries. 2. …
- Unit 8 – Race and Ethnicity
October 6, 2010, 10:39
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Describe the concept of master narratives and buried knowledge. 2. Discuss the…
- Unit 9 – Gender and Sexuality
October 6, 2010, 10:41
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: Identify gender inequalities in their work and life. Discuss the basic theoretical…
- Unit 10 – Final Essays
October 6, 2010, 10:47
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will: Understand the political and economic meaning of empire. Understand the importance of power in…
- Unit 1 – Introduction to Sociology
- Sociology 101 – Social Movements
- Site Map
October 18, 2010, 14:21
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- Ask a Sociologist
November 29, 2010, 19:09
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- Writing Tips
February 8, 2011, 12:33
The following articles contain tips for being a better writer. They are designed to help sociologists and social science students learn to communicate…
- How to Write Badly
August 30, 2010, 14:28
1. Start with a simple statement: We quit because nobody knew how to program the computer. 2. Put it in the passive voice, to dilute the responsibility:…
- How to Write Badly
- Advertising Options
April 27, 2011, 14:56
Sidebar Rotating Strip (295 by 16px) – Twenty Dollars per month. Approximately 25,000 impressions per month. CPM = .22%. Advertising limited to three banners…
- Our Readers
May 2, 2011, 13:23
Here is a basic demographic breakdown of you, our reader. As you can see, you are about equally male and female. You are also highly educated and (since the…
- What is Sociology?
January 29, 2010, 15:17
So here you are, a student with a sociology textbook in one hand and this “primer” in the other, ready to study sociology. Congratulations! It’s a…
- Category: Announcements (13)
CFPs, disciplinary announcements, and other news relevant to Sociologists and their students
- Got what it takes? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
- Solving Social Problems by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 30, 2010, 20:33
Announcing a New Book Series Series Editor: Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research Group, USA Solving Social Problems provides a…
- SPRINGTIME: The New Student Rebellions by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 22, 2011, 13:51
Ah springtime. The gentle feel of the breeze, the light touch of government cutting, the horrible pain and suffering that results. There’s lots of money out…
- Take the reader survey by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 6, 2010, 10:15
From a monthly unique hit rate of just under 6,000, the Socjourn has grown, in less than a year, to over 30,000 unique hits a month, a quarter of a million…
- Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science by Craig Calhoun by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 7, 2010, 15:38
Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science, edited by Craig…
- Book Release – Feminism is Queer by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 15, 2010, 13:38
Feminism is Queer is an introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory. Whilst guiding the reader through complex theory, the…
- HEY YOU!!! by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 18, 2010, 12:31
Think you got what it takes to be a writer? Wanna put that expensive social science education to good use? Wanna rev up that creative right brain? Wanna…
- Ask a Sociologist by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 25, 2010, 13:34
So you got some questions? Want to know why things are? Need to have answers? Don’t know where to turn? Well then why don’t you ask a sociologist (reverb…
- Rebel Rank and File by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 6, 2010, 12:47
Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden of the 1970s labour movement with thirteen cogent essays from labor historians, activists and writers. Topics range…
- R.I.P. David Noble by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 2, 2011, 10:58
David Franklin Noble died of a sudden illness in Toronto on December 27, 2010. Noble was an internationally acclaimed scholar and courageous activist,…
- R.I.P. Daniel Bell by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 15, 2011, 19:21
Sociology mourns the passing of one of its own. Daniel Bell died in January after a long life of passionate engagement with many of the most important…
- Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 23, 2011, 19:28
“In stunning readings of culture, politics, identity, gender and ethnicity, Bannerji exposes the grave dangers lurking in demographic politics of blood, soil…
- The State of the Art: A Comprehensive Review of Textbooks in Social Problems by: lutzkaelber
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
- Got what it takes? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Ask a Sociologist (2)
- Category: Book Reviews (8)
- Competition is as competition does by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
- Summer Snow by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
July 30, 2010, 12:22
In an era of constant war and aggression, William T. Hathaway provides a peaceful breathe of air. An awesome book for any social science educator wanting to…
- Rocket Scientists Guide to Money and the Economy by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 9, 2010, 17:51
I very much enjoyed the money book. Your explanation of economics is refreshingly clear. The concepts you present are particularly important now, since the…
- Only 18,000 Jobs by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
- Democracy’s Dirty Little Secret by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 6, 2010, 12:11
A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power . There are now a range of academic disciplines which have been…
- The cure for alchoholism by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 19, 2010, 12:38
Two books that I have recently read deserve attention today. One is My Way Out and the other is The Cure for Alcoholism. Both are great books and both detail a…
- May the Fittest Survive: The National Academy of Sciences vs. Creationism by: Timothy McGettigan
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
- The State of the Art: A Comprehensive Review of Textbooks in Social Problems by: lutzkaelber
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
- Competition is as competition does by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Classroom Controversy (14)
- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
- The Morphing of Obama by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
- Wealth and Inequality in America by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 8, 2011, 11:01
Sociology looks at income and wealth and one of the repetitive insights of sociology is that wealth in unequally distributed, more so today than perhaps ever…
- Facebook is a Spy Machine by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
- May the Fittest Survive: The National Academy of Sciences vs. Creationism by: Timothy McGettigan
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- The Tenor Of Our Times by: William Hathaway
July 29, 2010, 16:55
In this article William Hathaway, renowned peace author and activist, discusses the tenor of our times, revanchism, which refers to a global attempt by the…
- The Real War Heroes by: William Hathaway
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
- SAMs for Uncle Sam by: William Hathaway
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
- Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness by: William Hathaway
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
- Athletes and the ‘Club’: Nothing Good Ever Happens After Midnight by: Earl Smith
September 14, 2010, 17:42
So what’s with professional athletes and violent behaviour? Are these individual just “thugs” or is something else going on. In this short article Earl Smith…
- Why it is Impossible to be “A Good Person” by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
- Survival of the Nice Guys by: Avi Schroeder
January 30, 2011, 19:33
As a sociologist I often get heartburn listening to others talk about evolution. As every sociology student knows, from the time Herbert Spencer first coined…
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
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- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
- What’s on your mind? Facebook, voluntary surveillance, and the global panopticon by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
- Better writing through intent by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
- The Morphing of Obama by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
- The Business of Higher Education by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
- Colorado Stealth University by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
- Capitalism 101: The Money Tree by: Timothy McGettigan
June 23, 2010, 12:53
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…
- The Free Market That Never Was by: Timothy McGettigan
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
- May the Fittest Survive: The National Academy of Sciences vs. Creationism by: Timothy McGettigan
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
- Miracles in the Making: Information Technology and Middle East Populism by: Timothy McGettigan
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: The Final Days of the Gadhafi Regime in Libya by: Timothy McGettigan
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
- Coming to (Digital) Terms: The Work of Art in the Age of Non-Mechanical Reproduction by: Timothy McGettigan
August 16, 2011, 17:43
Despite this author’s reliance on EPMO, the work represented here is quite interesting. The author is basically issuing a challenge to our academic notions of…
- The Real War Heroes by: William Hathaway
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
- SAMs for Uncle Sam by: William Hathaway
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
- Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness by: William Hathaway
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
- Cultural Elite or Imperialist Justifications by: Anna Brix Thomsen
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
- Why it is Impossible to be “A Good Person” by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
- How consumerism has enslaved us by: Rachel Suet Kay Chan
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
- Mall Culture and Identity in Malaysia by: Rachel Suet Kay Chan
January 7, 2011, 12:26
Shopping mall culture in Malaysia is ever growing, so much that one could hypothesise about the emergence of a subculture centered on the shopping mall. More…
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
- Category: Anna Brix Thomsen (6)
- Cultural Elite or Imperialist Justifications by: Anna Brix Thomsen
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
- Corporations, Governments and Consumers – The Unholy Trinity of Inequality by: Anna Brix Thomsen
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
- Academic Education – A Waste of Space, Mind, Money and Time? by: Anna Brix Thomsen
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
- The Game of Survival – Inequality Equations and Miss-Calculations by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 17, 2011, 16:00
Iisms and Schisms and postmodern standpoints. We live in spineless world were we all “go along” just to get along and where “playing the game” (i.e. complying…
- Why it is Impossible to be “A Good Person” by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
- More God in America – Or More Money in God? by: Anna Brix Thomsen
March 30, 2011, 04:32
This article discusses the relationship between God and Money with America as an example of how Money and God influences our daily lives. From…
- Cultural Elite or Imperialist Justifications by: Anna Brix Thomsen
- Category: External Authors (1)
- Category: Michael Sosteric (14)
- The Abuse Syndrome – learned helplessness in the face of global oppression by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 22, 2010, 11:36
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…
- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
- Calling a rose a rose by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
January 21, 2011, 13:04
What makes us put up with violence? Why, when we see abuse around us do we pretend it’s not abuse. This is a question that as a sociologist and parent of two…
- Better writing through intent by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
- What’s on your mind? Facebook, voluntary surveillance, and the global panopticon by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
- If Society is the Disease, is Cannabis the Cure? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
April 27, 2011, 15:26
Cannabis gets a lot of bad press, but perhaps it is undeserved. While alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and even tobacco are known to be highly addictive and damaging…
- Only 18,000 Jobs by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
- The Big Lie – Selfishness and Greed by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 22, 2011, 15:47
Do so-called authorities know more about us than we know about ourselves? “The Big Lie” asserts that authorities, in the form of theologians and academics,…
- Embracing Change: Working Together to end the Cycle of Violence by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 30, 2010, 19:22
One of the first things the sociology initiate learns is about the “sociological imagination.” This concept is used to illustrate, the power of sociology.…
- Child Labour by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
- The University, Accountability, and Market Discipline in the Late 1990s by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
- Democracy’s Dirty Little Secret by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 6, 2010, 12:11
A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power . There are now a range of academic disciplines which have been…
- The cure for alchoholism by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 19, 2010, 12:38
Two books that I have recently read deserve attention today. One is My Way Out and the other is The Cure for Alcoholism. Both are great books and both detail a…
- Gendered Activities, gender difference, gender exclusion by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 26, 2010, 13:41
As sociologists, one of our (my wife and I) biggest pet peaves is gendered activities. These are activities where an individual is excluded from participation…
- The Abuse Syndrome – learned helplessness in the face of global oppression by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Rachel Suet Kay Chan (2)
- Category: Ralp Perrino (1)
- Socialization by: rperrino
June 1, 2011, 10:07
We, especially those of us who live in North America, like to think we are stout individuals. We set our own course, navigate the waves, and actualize our…
- Socialization by: rperrino
- Category: Robert S. Dornsife (1)
- Category: Tim Hutchcraft (2)
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
- He Said, She Said (At the Speed of Light!) by: Tim Hutchcraft
May 31, 2011, 23:32
The first article I wrote for the SocJournal set the tone for my general opinion in regards to social media and online “friends.” I discussed the concept…
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
- Category: Timothy McGettigan (16)
Serious
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- Capitalism 101: The Money Tree by: Timothy McGettigan
June 23, 2010, 12:53
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…
- May the Fittest Survive: The National Academy of Sciences vs. Creationism by: Timothy McGettigan
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
- The Business of Higher Education by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
- Colorado Stealth University by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
- The Free Market That Never Was by: Timothy McGettigan
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
- Miracles in the Making: Information Technology and Middle East Populism by: Timothy McGettigan
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
- It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: The Final Days of the Gadhafi Regime in Libya by: Timothy McGettigan
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
- Pouring Gas on the Fire: Chavez Reaches out to Qaddafi by: Timothy McGettigan
March 4, 2011, 13:04
Libya is being torn apart by an intransigent tyrant who can’t see the writing on the wall. If Qaddafi can no longer remain in power, then he has decided to…
- Where No One Has Gone Before: Renewable Energy Frontiers and Obama’s Sputnik Moment by: Timothy McGettigan
April 6, 2011, 20:44
A sociologist looks at energy. Not oil, not nuclear, but renewable. Solar panels, wind, geothermal, these are all part of a decentralization of power generation…
- Nuclear Nightmares: Damned Lies about the World’s “Safest” Energy Source by: Timothy McGettigan
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
- iPad Delusions: The Curious Appeal of Workaround Computing by: Timothy McGettigan
May 11, 2011, 18:09
When I was a kid I was always disappointed by the toys I got. They never lived up to the crazy expectations generated by dissembling advertisers as they…
- Conquering the Beast Within by: Timothy McGettigan
June 17, 2011, 11:26
Are humans basically good, or basically bad? Some people, like Freud, Hobbes, and Foucault, say bad. We’ve got a beast within and the only way to control that…
- Osama is Dead, but What Have We Learned? by: Timothy McGettigan
May 10, 2011, 22:59
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years of watching the U.S. is that government always precedes some big, mind numbing global intervention (war,…
- There Be Dragons: Science as the Realization of Fantasy by: Timothy McGettigan
June 26, 2011, 11:29
It’s not often you get a honest account of the foundation of modern science. To be honest, accounts of science, especially those given to second year initiates”…
- AI and IQ: The Right Answer to the Wrong Question by: Timothy McGettigan
July 14, 2011, 11:22
So what is intelligence? What is IQ? What makes one person smarter, and thus more deserving of reward, then another. Well, as Tim points out, and according to…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
- Category: William Hathaway (5)
- The Morphing of Obama by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
- Comrades in Arms – Rape and Abuse in the U.S. Army by: William Hathaway
October 4, 2010, 12:40
Ever wonder what happens to people who don’t go along in the army? They don’t get along. In this heart wrenching first person account one female soldier…
- The Real War Heroes by: William Hathaway
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
- SAMs for Uncle Sam by: William Hathaway
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
- Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness by: William Hathaway
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
- The Morphing of Obama by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Editor’s Desk (3)
From the Editor’s Desk
- Better writing through intent by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
- Calling a rose a rose by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
January 21, 2011, 13:04
What makes us put up with violence? Why, when we see abuse around us do we pretend it’s not abuse. This is a question that as a sociologist and parent of two…
- Ding dong the Alpha Male is Dead by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
- Better writing through intent by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Featured Articles (23)
- Competition is as competition does by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
- Got what it takes? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
- Are you a publisher? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 15, 2010, 14:31
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…
- Human Intelligence by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 18, 2010, 11:56
So what determines human intelligence? Is it nature (i.e. genetics), nurture (i.e. socialization and education), or some combination of the two. This is not…
- Only 18,000 Jobs by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
- The cure for alchoholism by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 19, 2010, 12:38
Two books that I have recently read deserve attention today. One is My Way Out and the other is The Cure for Alcoholism. Both are great books and both detail a…
- The University, Accountability, and Market Discipline in the Late 1990s by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
- The Business of Higher Education by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
- The Free Market That Never Was by: Timothy McGettigan
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
- Capitalism 101: The Money Tree by: Timothy McGettigan
June 23, 2010, 12:53
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…
- May the Fittest Survive: The National Academy of Sciences vs. Creationism by: Timothy McGettigan
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- Where No One Has Gone Before: Renewable Energy Frontiers and Obama’s Sputnik Moment by: Timothy McGettigan
April 6, 2011, 20:44
A sociologist looks at energy. Not oil, not nuclear, but renewable. Solar panels, wind, geothermal, these are all part of a decentralization of power generation…
- It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: The Final Days of the Gadhafi Regime in Libya by: Timothy McGettigan
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
- iPad Delusions: The Curious Appeal of Workaround Computing by: Timothy McGettigan
May 11, 2011, 18:09
When I was a kid I was always disappointed by the toys I got. They never lived up to the crazy expectations generated by dissembling advertisers as they…
- Searching For Paulo Freire: Classnotes For My Students by: Amardo Rodriguez
June 24, 2010, 23:49
An educator speaks about pedagogy, critical thinking, and connecting with students. Education is about creating a safe place for exploration, for confronting…
- The Real War Heroes by: William Hathaway
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
- SAMs for Uncle Sam by: William Hathaway
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
- Why it is Impossible to be “A Good Person” by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
- More God in America – Or More Money in God? by: Anna Brix Thomsen
March 30, 2011, 04:32
This article discusses the relationship between God and Money with America as an example of how Money and God influences our daily lives. From…
- The Problem of Child Labor in US Agriculture by: execatl
December 8, 2010, 13:33
Ever wonder how those grocery shelves at your Publix get filled with all the wonderful and lovely produce you and your family enjoy? Think it is the result of…
- Survival of the Nice Guys by: Avi Schroeder
January 30, 2011, 19:33
As a sociologist I often get heartburn listening to others talk about evolution. As every sociology student knows, from the time Herbert Spencer first coined…
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
- Competition is as competition does by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Feminism (1)
- Category: Gender (3)
- Gendered Activities, gender difference, gender exclusion by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 26, 2010, 13:41
As sociologists, one of our (my wife and I) biggest pet peaves is gendered activities. These are activities where an individual is excluded from participation…
- Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in Advertisements by: Dr. Monica Brasted
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
- Where Are All the Women? How Traditional Structures of Academia Hinder Female University Professors. by: Rachel Demerling
July 9, 2010, 14:13
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…
- Gendered Activities, gender difference, gender exclusion by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: General (2)
- Category: Global Studies (8)
- The Abuse Syndrome – learned helplessness in the face of global oppression by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 22, 2010, 11:36
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…
- Miracles in the Making: Information Technology and Middle East Populism by: Timothy McGettigan
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
- It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: The Final Days of the Gadhafi Regime in Libya by: Timothy McGettigan
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
- Sweatshops and Post-Industrial Society: Conflicting Contemporary Phenomena by: Emily Jill Hodgson
June 18, 2010, 11:46
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…
- SAMs for Uncle Sam by: William Hathaway
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
- Cultural Elite or Imperialist Justifications by: Anna Brix Thomsen
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
- Corporations, Governments and Consumers – The Unholy Trinity of Inequality by: Anna Brix Thomsen
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
- Academic Education – A Waste of Space, Mind, Money and Time? by: Anna Brix Thomsen
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
- The Abuse Syndrome – learned helplessness in the face of global oppression by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Health (1)
- Category: Labour Studies (1)
- Category: Lead (31)
- Ask a Sociologist by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 25, 2010, 13:34
So you got some questions? Want to know why things are? Need to have answers? Don’t know where to turn? Well then why don’t you ask a sociologist (reverb…
- The Morphing of Obama by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
- Wealth and Inequality in America by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 8, 2011, 11:01
Sociology looks at income and wealth and one of the repetitive insights of sociology is that wealth in unequally distributed, more so today than perhaps ever…
- What’s on your mind? Facebook, voluntary surveillance, and the global panopticon by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
- If Society is the Disease, is Cannabis the Cure? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
April 27, 2011, 15:26
Cannabis gets a lot of bad press, but perhaps it is undeserved. While alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and even tobacco are known to be highly addictive and damaging…
- Facebook is a Spy Machine by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
- Only 18,000 Jobs by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
- The Big Lie – Selfishness and Greed by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 22, 2011, 15:47
Do so-called authorities know more about us than we know about ourselves? “The Big Lie” asserts that authorities, in the form of theologians and academics,…
- Child Labour by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
- Embracing Change: Working Together to end the Cycle of Violence by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 30, 2010, 19:22
One of the first things the sociology initiate learns is about the “sociological imagination.” This concept is used to illustrate, the power of sociology.…
- Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in Advertisements by: Dr. Monica Brasted
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
- Miracles in the Making: Information Technology and Middle East Populism by: Timothy McGettigan
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
- Conquering the Beast Within by: Timothy McGettigan
June 17, 2011, 11:26
Are humans basically good, or basically bad? Some people, like Freud, Hobbes, and Foucault, say bad. We’ve got a beast within and the only way to control that…
- Osama is Dead, but What Have We Learned? by: Timothy McGettigan
May 10, 2011, 22:59
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years of watching the U.S. is that government always precedes some big, mind numbing global intervention (war,…
- There Be Dragons: Science as the Realization of Fantasy by: Timothy McGettigan
June 26, 2011, 11:29
It’s not often you get a honest account of the foundation of modern science. To be honest, accounts of science, especially those given to second year initiates”…
- AI and IQ: The Right Answer to the Wrong Question by: Timothy McGettigan
July 14, 2011, 11:22
So what is intelligence? What is IQ? What makes one person smarter, and thus more deserving of reward, then another. Well, as Tim points out, and according to…
- Coming to (Digital) Terms: The Work of Art in the Age of Non-Mechanical Reproduction by: Timothy McGettigan
August 16, 2011, 17:43
Despite this author’s reliance on EPMO, the work represented here is quite interesting. The author is basically issuing a challenge to our academic notions of…
- Functionalism 2.0 – Rethinking an America Tradition of Conservative Thought by: SGerardi
June 7, 2010, 12:14
Functionalism has long had a bad name in sociology as the handmaiden of elite interests, justifying all manner of inequality and power abuse by implying (and…
- Comrades in Arms – Rape and Abuse in the U.S. Army by: William Hathaway
October 4, 2010, 12:40
Ever wonder what happens to people who don’t go along in the army? They don’t get along. In this heart wrenching first person account one female soldier…
- The Tenor Of Our Times by: William Hathaway
July 29, 2010, 16:55
In this article William Hathaway, renowned peace author and activist, discusses the tenor of our times, revanchism, which refers to a global attempt by the…
- The Real War Heroes by: William Hathaway
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
- Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness by: William Hathaway
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
- A technological utopia? by: KathleenSchwab
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
- The Performance of Adolescent Stigma by: Colin and Sofia Schlossman
October 12, 2010, 11:00
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…
- Athletes and the ‘Club’: Nothing Good Ever Happens After Midnight by: Earl Smith
September 14, 2010, 17:42
So what’s with professional athletes and violent behaviour? Are these individual just “thugs” or is something else going on. In this short article Earl Smith…
- Academic Education – A Waste of Space, Mind, Money and Time? by: Anna Brix Thomsen
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
- The Game of Survival – Inequality Equations and Miss-Calculations by: Anna Brix Thomsen
January 17, 2011, 16:00
Iisms and Schisms and postmodern standpoints. We live in spineless world were we all “go along” just to get along and where “playing the game” (i.e. complying…
- HIV/AIDS: Silent Victims or Silenced Victims: The Media Constructs the Message by: BSilversides
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
- How consumerism has enslaved us by: Rachel Suet Kay Chan
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
- Mall Culture and Identity in Malaysia by: Rachel Suet Kay Chan
January 7, 2011, 12:26
Shopping mall culture in Malaysia is ever growing, so much that one could hypothesise about the emergence of a subculture centered on the shopping mall. More…
- Socialization by: rperrino
June 1, 2011, 10:07
We, especially those of us who live in North America, like to think we are stout individuals. We set our own course, navigate the waves, and actualize our…
- Ask a Sociologist by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Media Studies (5)
- Democracy’s Dirty Little Secret by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 6, 2010, 12:11
A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power . There are now a range of academic disciplines which have been…
- Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in Advertisements by: Dr. Monica Brasted
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
- Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful by: Gerald Grow
August 16, 2010, 18:22
First published in 1994 by Gerald Grow, this article takes a critical look at advertising, exploring the meaning behind the images. Commercials work not…
- HIV/AIDS: Silent Victims or Silenced Victims: The Media Constructs the Message by: BSilversides
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
- How consumerism has enslaved us by: Rachel Suet Kay Chan
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
- Democracy’s Dirty Little Secret by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: New (1)
- Category: Pedagogy (4)
- Giving up the grade by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 17, 2010, 22:26
This article was printed in the spring 2007 issue of “Our Schools / Our Selves,” published quarterly by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives www.policyal…
- Competition is as competition does by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- Searching For Paulo Freire: Classnotes For My Students by: Amardo Rodriguez
June 24, 2010, 23:49
An educator speaks about pedagogy, critical thinking, and connecting with students. Education is about creating a safe place for exploration, for confronting…
- Giving up the grade by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Photolog (1)
- Child Labour by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
- Child Labour by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Political Economy (8)
- Colorado Stealth University by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- The Free Market That Never Was by: Timothy McGettigan
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
- Capitalism 101: The Money Tree by: Timothy McGettigan
June 23, 2010, 12:53
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…
- Corporations, Governments and Consumers – The Unholy Trinity of Inequality by: Anna Brix Thomsen
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
- Category: Political Economy of Higher Ed (5)
- The University, Accountability, and Market Discipline in the Late 1990s by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
- The Business of Higher Education by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
- Colorado Stealth University by: Timothy McGettigan
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
- Bill Gates is an Idiot: A Recipe for Educational Failure by: Timothy McGettigan
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
- Where Are All the Women? How Traditional Structures of Academia Hinder Female University Professors. by: Rachel Demerling
July 9, 2010, 14:13
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…
- The University, Accountability, and Market Discipline in the Late 1990s by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Colorado Stealth University by: Timothy McGettigan
- Category: Queer Theory (1)
- Category: Social Psychology (2)
- Category: Sociologists at Work (1)
- Sociologists in Iraq by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
September 27, 2010, 12:27
Here is an article submitted by CPT Tanya Rosa of the Human Terrain Analysis Team-South, a US Army group tasked with interviewing Iraqi’s and gathering…
- Sociologists in Iraq by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Sociology of Science (2)
- Category: Student Essays (3)
- Sweatshops and Post-Industrial Society: Conflicting Contemporary Phenomena by: Emily Jill Hodgson
June 18, 2010, 11:46
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…
- A technological utopia? by: KathleenSchwab
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
- HIV/AIDS: Silent Victims or Silenced Victims: The Media Constructs the Message by: BSilversides
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
- Sweatshops and Post-Industrial Society: Conflicting Contemporary Phenomena by: Emily Jill Hodgson
- Category: Surveys (1)
- Human Intelligence by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 18, 2010, 11:56
So what determines human intelligence? Is it nature (i.e. genetics), nurture (i.e. socialization and education), or some combination of the two. This is not…
- Human Intelligence by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Technology (4)
- Facebook is a Spy Machine by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
- A technological utopia? by: KathleenSchwab
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
- Are you my “friend?” by: Tim Hutchcraft
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
- He Said, She Said (At the Speed of Light!) by: Tim Hutchcraft
May 31, 2011, 23:32
The first article I wrote for the SocJournal set the tone for my general opinion in regards to social media and online “friends.” I discussed the concept…
- Facebook is a Spy Machine by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: The Lightning Strike (18)
- Got what it takes? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
- Sociologists in Iraq by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
September 27, 2010, 12:27
Here is an article submitted by CPT Tanya Rosa of the Human Terrain Analysis Team-South, a US Army group tasked with interviewing Iraqi’s and gathering…
- Take the reader survey by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 6, 2010, 10:15
From a monthly unique hit rate of just under 6,000, the Socjourn has grown, in less than a year, to over 30,000 unique hits a month, a quarter of a million…
- Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science by Craig Calhoun by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 7, 2010, 15:38
Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science, edited by Craig…
- Book Release – Feminism is Queer by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
October 15, 2010, 13:38
Feminism is Queer is an introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory. Whilst guiding the reader through complex theory, the…
- HEY YOU!!! by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
November 18, 2010, 12:31
Think you got what it takes to be a writer? Wanna put that expensive social science education to good use? Wanna rev up that creative right brain? Wanna…
- Rebel Rank and File by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
December 6, 2010, 12:47
Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden of the 1970s labour movement with thirteen cogent essays from labor historians, activists and writers. Topics range…
- Better writing through intent by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
- R.I.P. David Noble by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 2, 2011, 10:58
David Franklin Noble died of a sudden illness in Toronto on December 27, 2010. Noble was an internationally acclaimed scholar and courageous activist,…
- R.I.P. Daniel Bell by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 15, 2011, 19:21
Sociology mourns the passing of one of its own. Daniel Bell died in January after a long life of passionate engagement with many of the most important…
- Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
February 23, 2011, 19:28
“In stunning readings of culture, politics, identity, gender and ethnicity, Bannerji exposes the grave dangers lurking in demographic politics of blood, soil…
- Opening your eyes to the new Surveillance Networks by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
April 5, 2011, 13:13
Now here’s a kick in the head. They know where you are. And by “they” I mean everybody. Anybody with even a minimum online presence in today’s surveillance/soci…
- Our Readers by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
May 2, 2011, 13:30
Who is interested in Sociology? Why, everybody! We’ve got men, women, undecideds, elementary school students, university students, professors and professionals.…
- SPRINGTIME: The New Student Rebellions by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
August 22, 2011, 13:51
Ah springtime. The gentle feel of the breeze, the light touch of government cutting, the horrible pain and suffering that results. There’s lots of money out…
- Nuclear Nightmares: Damned Lies about the World’s “Safest” Energy Source by: Timothy McGettigan
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
- Cultural Elite or Imperialist Justifications by: Anna Brix Thomsen
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
- Corporations, Governments and Consumers – The Unholy Trinity of Inequality by: Anna Brix Thomsen
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
- The State of the Art: A Comprehensive Review of Textbooks in Social Problems by: lutzkaelber
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
- Got what it takes? by: Dr. Michael Sosteric
- Category: Theory (2)
- Functionalism 2.0 – Rethinking an America Tradition of Conservative Thought by: SGerardi
June 7, 2010, 12:14
Functionalism has long had a bad name in sociology as the handmaiden of elite interests, justifying all manner of inequality and power abuse by implying (and…
- The Performance of Adolescent Stigma by: Colin and Sofia Schlossman
October 12, 2010, 11:00
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…
- Category: Symbolic Interactionism (1)
- Functionalism 2.0 – Rethinking an America Tradition of Conservative Thought by: SGerardi
- Category: Uncategorized (3)
- Nuclear Nightmares: Damned Lies about the World’s “Safest” Energy Source by: Timothy McGettigan
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
- Pouring Gas on the Fire: Chavez Reaches out to Qaddafi by: Timothy McGettigan
March 4, 2011, 13:04
Libya is being torn apart by an intransigent tyrant who can’t see the writing on the wall. If Qaddafi can no longer remain in power, then he has decided to…
- Civil Society in times of crisis by: Alex Afouxenidis
April 19, 2011, 04:44
21st century global society is undergoing a period of profound economic crisis and transition. During the past twenty years or so, especially after the fall of…
- Nuclear Nightmares: Damned Lies about the World’s “Safest” Energy Source by: Timothy McGettigan
- Category: Violence in Society (1)
Exploring emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual violence
- Category: Writing tips (1)
