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"Everyday Sociology Reader combines classic and contemporary readings by sociologists with posts from the Everyday Sociology blog to help students make connections between major sociological concepts, popular culture, current events, and everyday life. A wealth of suggested activities, exercises, discussion questions, and essay topics gets students actively engaging in sociological thinking, writing, and research"--
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Media Phobia: Why Blaming Pop Culture for Social Problems Is a Problem -- 2 Is Popular Culture Really Ruining Childhood? -- 3 Does Social Networking Kill? Cyberbullying, Homophobia, and Suicide -- 4 What's Dumbing Down America: Media Zombies or Educational Disparities? -- 5 From Screen to Crime Scene: Media Violence and Real Violence -- 6 Pop Culture Promiscuity: Sexualized Images and Reality -- 7 Changing Families: As Seen on TV? -- 8 Media Health Hazards? Beauty Image, Obesity, and Eating Disorders -- 9 Does Pop Culture Promote Smoking, Toking, and Drinking? -- 10 Consumption and Materialism: A New Generation of Greed? -- 11 Beyond Popular Culture: Why Inequality Is the Problem -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Why write for the public? -- Getting ready to write -- Writing for the public -- Publishing for the public -- Promoting your work to the public
ch. 1. The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- ch. 2. Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- ch. 3. Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- ch. 4. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the great depression -- ch. 5. We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- ch. 6. Suburban utopia : the postwar middle- class fantasy -- ch. 7. Is that all there is? Challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- ch. 8. Massive wealth as moral reward : the Reagan revolution and individualism -- ch. 9. Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age.
Chapter 1. Pop culture crusaders : constructing meanings of deviance and delinquency -- Chapter 2. Anti-movie crusades : fears of immigration, urbanization, and shifts in childhood -- Chapter 3. Anti-pinball crusades : fears of gambling and free time -- Chapter 4. Anti-comic book crusades : fear of youth violence -- Chapter 5. Anti-music crusades : fears of racial integration, religious participation, and freedom of expression -- Chapter 6. Conclusion : contemporary pop culture crusades.
This book focuses on early childhood to late teen issues like kidnapping and child safety, childhood obesity, school safety and zero tolerance policies, teen drivers, hazing, bullying and risk-taking behavior. Fear of and fear for youth is a rite of passage, a common lament that comes with change. Young people both represent and must deal with the consequences of these fluctuations, and are actually often better behaved than their predecessors
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 56-58
ISSN: 1537-6052
Sociologist Karen Sternheimer considers the opportunities and challenges of presenting sociological concepts in the news media, particularly when our ideas are edited or interpreted by others.
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 44-49
ISSN: 1537-6052
Today's tabloids, and their messages, are remarkably similar to the first glossies that appeared in Hollywood's "Golden Age." Even the first female film stars were caught between celebration and condemnation as they navigated traditional notions of femininity.
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 7, Issue 4, p. 44-48
ISSN: 1537-6052
In 1992, then-Vice President Dan Quayle charged that Murphy Brown, a fictional character on the CBS sitcom of the same name, glamorized single motherhood by having a child outside marriage. His comment ignited a national debate about not just single parenthood, but the influence Hollywood and celebrities have over the choices Americans make in their lives. In a speech about civil unrest in Los Angeles, Quayle charged that characters like Brown indirectly contribute to central city problems by "mocking the importance of fathers."
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 6, Issue 1, p. 13-17
ISSN: 1537-6052
When white, middle-class teens kill, the media and politicians are quick to blame video games. Are they right?