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    Katz-Fishman touches on an issue that everyone can see‚ yet nothing is being done about. This is the fact that the relationship between having a career and having a college education isn’t compatible anymore in this day and age. Both social-conflict theory as well as social construction theory play a major role in this relationship and can help us better understand our reality. Since

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    1)Another way of describing sociological imagination is the understanding that social outcomes are shaped by social context‚ actors‚ and social actions. To expand on that definition‚ it is understanding that some things in society may lead to a certain outcome. The actors mentioned in the definition are things like norms and motives‚ the social context are like country and time period and the social action is the stuff we do that affects other people. The things we do are shaped by: the situation

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    The “Social Construction of Reality” is a work of hypothetical reasoning to the redefine the task and to broaden its range to understand the redefining of sociological knowledge. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann both argue that reality is socially constructed by the knowledge of the people for social reality is produced and communicated amongst others. They emphasize on the fact that human is a part of a product of society and vice versa: society is a product of human. Berger and Luckmann follow

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    Paper 1) In the movie The Matrix‚ Keanu reeve stars as a character whose world is based on a futuristic reality. This fact plays the role to why this movie demonstrates social imagination. The basis is that the individuals in the movie have to be aware of their enemies‚ the machines and artificial intelligence. Social imagination is also expressed through the virtual reality the humans go into where they have certain advantages that they wouldn’t have in the real world. The environment determines

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    The Social Construction of Drugs Marijuana arrived in the United States in 1912 with the migration of Mexicans looking for work. Mexicans used marijuana to help them relax after a long day. Middle class individuals did not like the workers. In response a rumor began that this plant gave the Mexicans super human strength‚ and caused them to become murderers. This was the beginning of the many “truths” about Marijuana and its effects on people. The initial purpose for the illegalization of marijuana

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    The Sociological Imagination of Forrest Gump OR The Sociological Imagination Concept As Illustrated by the Movie‚ Forrest Gump What is sociological imagination? Our textbook describes sociological imagination as the ability to see our private experiences‚ personal difficulties‚ and achievements as‚ in part‚ a reflection of the structural arrangements of society and the times in which we live. The movie entitled Forrest Gump is a great example of sociological imagination. In this paper‚ I will

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    acceptance due to our social construct. Science has the ability to prove the existence of these disorders through logical processes which are defined and experimented upon. Our social construct does‚ however‚ shape what we believe is correct thinking and behavior. In a way social construct attempts to set a standard for behavior and thinking to compare others to‚ in order to determine whether or not one has a disorder. Also‚ the cure for these disorders are equally debatable‚ where social construct is

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    Facebook can effect our self-concept as we see beautiful people all over Facebook‚ perfect smiles‚ perfect bodies‚ perfect hair. It’s hard not to judge ourselves and ruin our self esteem if we aren’t one of those perfect people. It’s a source of social comparison‚ we see everyone else’s pictures online‚ and are constantly making judgements about their pictures‚ and comparing ourselves to those one would consider “perfect0.” It can also be a source of self-verification‚ as that as people “like”

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    Gender and Society Advertisements are not the only medium that should be blamed for how the media effects people today. Books‚ movies‚ TV commercials‚ and television shows all show how much we as a people have changed our views of sexuality and beauty since the modest times of before. Sex has become more openly accepted as more half naked men and women appear on media devices all around us. People made a huge scene when Elvis was seen “shaking his hips” on public television and he had to be censored

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    Language and the Social Construction of Reality: Spinning Social Reality with Euphemisms Steve Eliason Montana State University‚ Billings ABSTRACT This paper describes an exercise I use in my introductory sociology classes that introduces students to language and the social construction of reality process. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is widely taught in introductory sociology classes and suggests that we perceive the world in terms of our own language‚ and that individual languages produce different

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