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By Colin Schlossman, Ph.D., Columbia College and Sofia Schlossman, Florida International University The violence of conformity Upon perusing a copy of Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman (1963), we were struck by the cognitive and…
Announcing a New Book Series Series Editor: Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research Group, USA Write a book, change the world. Solving Social Problems provides a forum for the description and measurement of social problems, with a keen…
Announcing a New Book Series Series Editor: Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research Group, USA Write a book, change the world. Solving Social Problems provides a forum for the description and measurement of social problems, with a keen…
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 authorities to monitor and surveille, Facebook is a technology born not in…
Choices, choices, choices 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 all the time – how many…
Women in Academe In recent years, women have begun to make inroads into the ranks of teaching staff in Canadian universities. Between 2002-2003, the number of full-time female faculty had risen to 30 percent, which was a substantial increase from…
Name: Avi, aka “avischroeder” Bio: Dr. Schroeder is a scientist in the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Avi holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering. Avi’s main interest is in developing innovative nano-technologies for…
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 of cyber “friends” with a dear friend of mine when he offered up…
Power, control, and secrecy in higher education Over the past few years, the Colorado State University Board of Governors has become increasingly secretive. During the spring of 2009, the BOG’s stealth maneuvers became so extreme that several Colorado legislators introduced…
A comparison of “socialized” versus private health care According to some critics, Barrack Obama’s efforts to work out a federal solution to the health care crisis implies that he is a socialist. Indeed, free market logic tends to assert that…
