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This article advances the scandalous argument that we live in a post-social class modernity, and that the perpetual reinvention of class as the key concept for understanding social inequality is untenable. Class is not only a zombie concept but also an ideology that reflects a set of normative attitudes, beliefs and values that pervade sociology. Its starting point is that, sociology, once adept at imagining new ways to interpret the world, has become a subject field that wants to claim a radical space for itself while simultaneously relying on outworn theoretical frameworks and denying the work radicals do. The article begins by suggesting that the problem of class has its roots in the deep structure of sociology. Taking its cue from Jacques Rancière's classic study The Philosopher and His Poor it develops the argument that if class was once upon a time the fundamental issue in the study of social inequality, today sociology urgently needs an alternative cognitive framework for thinking outside this paradigm which it uses to open up a critical space for its own intellectual claims rather than reflecting society in the round. After arguing that we a living at the 'end of Class', the critique explores the limits of the work of Pierre Bourdieu, who has replaced Marx and Weber as sociology's key theoretician of class. It is argued that in Bourdieu's sociology, contentment is permanently closed to 'the working class' that thumps about like a dinosaur that survived extinction, anachronistic proof of the power and privilege of the theorist and his sociology rather than proof of the usefulness of his ideas. The key to understanding the limits of this interpretation, it is argued, is that it assumes a 'working class' that has little or no agency. It is subsequently argued that sociology and the bourgeois media are coextensive. The specific function of the bourgeois media-sociology hybrid is to provide ideological legitimation of class inequality and of integrating individuals into sociology's interpretation of social and cultural life. Focusing on the work of two self-identified 'working class' journalists who have successfully made the transition into the bourgeoisie and who seek solid validation of their new found status in the bourgeois media it is demonstrated that social inequality is neither expressed nor examined in a convincing way. Framing 'working class' worlds even more 'working class' than 'working class', the bourgeois media, at best, lay them bare for clichéd interpretation. Here the article argues vis-à-vis Quentin Skinner that words are not so much mere 'reflections' of the world, but 'engines' which actively play a role in moulding the worlds to which they refer. Drawing on Rancière's idea of the partage du sensible (distribution of the sensible) it is argued thereafter that here thinking ends up as the very thought of inequality because by posing social inequality as the primary fact that needs to be explained the bourgeois media-sociology hybrid ends up explaining its necessity. The final part of the article offers some suggestions about how to rethink social inequality after class, and it concludes with the observation that the predicament facing sociology derives not just from its theoretical limits but also from its failure to give social inequality human meaning and the people who suffer it the proper respect by acknowledging their own interpretations of their own lives.

When virtual social relations and online interactions have increased in our age media
also had a transformation. Social media is a phenomenon which came with wide usage
of internet by modern society and individuals. On the one hand it has created opportunities
for a more democratic way of communication, participation and dialogue between
members of different socio-cultural groups, communities, friends and family members,
colleagues, Etc.; on the other hand this new version of media has caused criminal risks,
security gaps and vulnerabilities to contemporary threats varied from fraud to cyber-attacks,
terrorism, identity theft, ransomwares and so on. Even "old types" of crimes in real
life can begin from social media and virtual reality. All these problems are related to several
subdisciplines of sociology: sociology of communication, sociology of crime, sociology
of security are among them. In this paper we will analyze the topic though sociology
of security's prism. Also, we will discuss what can be the functionality of OPSEC
as a measure, which has military background and widely used later on by civilian sectors
including corporate security as well.

During the 1990's and 2000's audience research departments at broadcasting companies and advertising agencies played a serious role in the development of Russian sociology of media. One such subsidiary is VGTRK's Audience Research Agency, founded by media manager and journalist A.G. Bystritsky, and which for a long time was run by sociologist A.V. Sharikov. The tasks of the Agency have repeatedly changed for 12 incomplete years of its work. They included secondary analysis of the results of TV audience measurement, expert surveys, audience qualitative studies, research expeditions to the Russian regions, etc. A special place among the Agency projects is held by the first exit poll in the history of Russian sociology (1993). Examined are the main periods and lines of activity of this subsidiary, its projects and the publications based upon them. Information is provided about the leading experts who participated in the agency's activities throughout the years of its existence.

AbstractScholarly and lay publications have highlighted increasing online misogyny. We review the dominant, cross‐disciplinary analyses and conceptualizations of cisnormative, heterosexist, misogynistic discourses. From feminist media scholarship, we highlight four terms intended to describe acts of online misogyny: online sexual harassment, gendertrolling, e‐bile, and disciplinary rhetoric. We then review the nascent sociological concept of virtual manhood acts (VMA) and situate it within the broader context of critical gender theory. VMA use the tools of technologically facilitated misogyny; they occur in online social spaces and, using textual and visual cues to signal a masculine self, enforce hegemonic gender norms, oppress women, and keep men "in the box." VMA align with the interactionist view of gender as action and emphasize that a physical body is not needed to signal manhood. The concept of virtual manhood acts acknowledges that women are the primary victims of online oppression without obscuring the problematic practices of men that are central to this subjugation.

This research is aimed to make a proper learning media using application of prezi. The application can be used in learning process and helps the students to learn sociology subject especially on the material of conflict, violence and its solution. The research method was method of Research and Development (R&D). The procedure of learning media development was based on perspective of Alessi and Trollip (2001). It consisted of 2 development attributes, namely planning, design and development. This research was conducted in SMA N 1 Sukoharjo. Planning was conducted through the procedure of planning and development which consisted of necessity analysis and media design. The steps of product designing was conducted through media and content material selection, validation, revision and testing. The criteria of success in this development research reffered to the success of expert validation and product testing. This research shows that learning media of prezi belongs to proper category if it is reviewed from: (1) material aspect, the score is 95% (very good), (2) media aspect, the score is 85% (very good). The result of properness testing to the university students on each person obtained total score of 78, 53% (good). On the testing of small group, it obtained total score of 80,82% (good).

The paper focuses on the current understanding of institutional nature intrinsic to communicative relations in the mass media. These relations have an asymmetrical status marked by non-antagonistic confrontation with regard to a new status of privacy-agency. The latter is characterised by self-sufficiency and prosperity, which is illustrated by "participatory journalism". This confrontation takes place in professional journalism as well, whose agents (in particular, members of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine) have their own, sometimes rather divergent views on the understanding of processes occurring now in the media-communicative space. Being blocked by the owners' instructions, these subordinate media are unable to facilitate the development of democratic levers in society. As for violence against journalists, it has been driven by the opposition of the institutionalised communicator to a new status known as a "personified entity", which is not subject to any authority. The author researches into the particularities of the journalist community's perception and awareness of changes occurring in the behaviour of media audiences, position of the media themselves in today's society and the nature of prospective relationships between the institutionalised communicator and journalists. The former (despite trying to preserve asymmetry in the media-communicative space) is gradually acknowledging the presence of new personified entities and their success in building symmetrical communicative relationships and formulating relevant principles of information exchange in the present-day mass media.

Unlike previous media-analytic research, Sarah Jurkiewicz's anthropological study understands blogging as a social field and a domain of practice. This approach underlines the significance of blogging in practitioners' daily lives and for their self-understanding. In this context, the notion of publicness enables a consideration of publics not as static 'spheres' that actors merely enter, but as produced and constituted by social practices. The vibrant media landscape of Beirut serves as a selection of samples for an ethnographic exploration of blogging.

Today, Spain is an advanced country in the field of sport for people with disabilities. Thanks to social movement led by National Blind Organization (ONCE) since the mid-80s, the Paralympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, the birth of the Spanish Paralympic Committee in 1995 and the Paralympic Sport Support Plan (ADOP) by the Government, Spain is a Paralympic power and many athletes with disabilities are socially known and admired people. However, there are yet situations of social and economic discrimination. Surely the media have powerfully influenced for improve the image of these athletes with disabilities, but still they use to give the sport for people with disabilities much less coverage than they give to other sports. From a sociological point of view, the study of sport is consolidating as a scientific area and in recent decades it has highlighted the connections between sport and society in various fields. In particular, sport for people with disabilities has become one of the areas that has evolved, especially in relation to their physical, psychological and social benefits. However, the study area relating adapted sports and mass communication is poorly developed in Spain and the references are still sporadic. The aim of this article is to show the current state of studies on sport for people with disabilities from the point of view of sociology and communication sciences in Spain, as well as the relevance of deepening these studies to achieve understanding and, as far as possible, improve the situation of these people. ; Hoje, a Espanha é um país avançado no campo do esporte para pessoas com deficiência. Graças ao movimento social liderado pela Organização Nacional das Cegas (ONCE) desde meados dos anos 80, os Jogos Paraolímpicos de Barcelona em 1992, o nascimento do Comitê Paralímpico Espanhol em 1995 e o Plano Paralímpico de Apoio Esportivo (ADOP) pelo Governo, a Espanha é um poder paraolímpico e muitos atletas com deficiência são pessoas socialmente conhecidas e admiradas. No entanto, existem ainda situações de discriminação social e econômica. Certamente, a mídia influenciou poderosamente para melhorar a imagem desses atletas com deficiência, mas ainda assim eles usam para dar ao esporte para pessoas com deficiência muito menos cobertura do que dão a outros esportes. Do ponto de vista sociológico, o estudo do esporte está se consolidando como uma área científica e, nas últimas décadas, destacou as conexões entre esporte e sociedade em vários campos. Em particular, o esporte para pessoas com deficiência tornou-se uma das áreas que evoluiu, especialmente em relação aos seus benefícios físicos, psicológicos e sociais. No entanto, a área de estudo relativa aos esportes adaptados e comunicação de massa é pouco desenvolvida em Espanha e as referências ainda são esporádicas. O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar o estado atual dos estudos sobre o esporte para pessoas com deficiência do ponto de vista da sociologia e das ciências da comunicação em Espanha, bem como a relevância do aprofundamento desses estudos para alcançar a compreensão e, na medida do possível, melhorar a situação dessas pessoas.

Research on social media, networks and collective action currently lacks a strong cultural component, often focusing on network formation and characteristics from afar. At the same time, research in cultural sociology often takes social media for granted, removed from analytical or theoretical attention. We know little about the perspectives of users or the shared meanings, emotions, and codes that inform social media practices and discourses. Addressing this gap requires examining how users imagine, understand and use social media in ways that foment culturally-meaningful social networks and it would "thickly describe" the discourse that they create and share across these networks. This article uses social drama theory to understand the creation of community and collective action among a group of citizen bloggers in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Informed by their shared grievances and motives, users created a collective social drama across their blogs. This social drama was an important resource with which users developed trusting social ties, voluntary relationships, a sense of community and offline collective actions. These developments were realized in part due to the cultural affordances of the blog platform, the ability to easily, efficiently and effectively communicate and consume richly meaningful and emotive texts unhindered by data limits or media modalities. The cultural affordances of blogs were such that people were able to communicate their shared grievances in the form of social drama, over an extended period of time, and develop meaningful, emotive connections with each other through social media.

The social construction of sexuality -- The science of sexuality -- Gender and sexuality -- Sexuality, inequality, and privilege -- Lgbtq mobilization and activism -- Sexuality, media, and sport -- Sexuality in schools and the workplace -- Religion, family, and sexuality -- Sexuality and reproduction -- Sexual health -- Commodification of sex -- Sexual violence