Posts on the Internet Can Last Forever There are many problems that can result from postings on the Internet. These range from humiliation to unfounded accusations and more. In her essay “The Flip Side of Internet Fame‚” Jessica Bennett details problems that some people have experienced as a result of postings that others have made. She describes problems that happen because some websites permit anonymous posts. She also gives examples from the past that show some of the histories of public shaming
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Nicole Fischhoff Page 1 11/19/13 Sociology MWF 1:00-1:50 p.m. Sociological Autobiography Sociology is study of the development‚ structure‚ and functioning of human society. It has a lot to do with cultures‚ and cultures are a big part of our lives. Because of this‚ sociology can be spotted and examined throughout almost all aspects of life. One area of my life that sociology is very prevalent in is my gymnastics career. I have been a gymnast my whole life and I have moved around
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The first reading for this week was “The Dark Side of Transnational Latinidad” by Hector Amaya. Going into this reading I didn’t know about Narcocorridos and the impact drugs and violence has had on this music genre. I also‚ learn about the importance branding to our identity and how branding gives us an aura of authenticity. While I never heard of narcocorridos before I have heard of the name Jenni Rivera. In this reading‚ I learned the impact Rivera made in the genre and how she shows how women
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March 1‚ 2014 Soc 1033 “Color Blind Racism” (Bonilla-Silva) Reading Response Bonilla-Silva looks to answer two questions in this literature: “How is it possible to have this tremendous level of racial inequality in a country where most people (white) claim that race is no longer a social relevant social factor and that “racists” are a species on the brink of extinction? More significantly‚ how do whites explain the contraindication between their professed color blindness and America’s color-coded
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Chauncie Fisher Block 1 In the studies of human behavior‚ nature vs. nurture plays a large role in how and why people behave the way they do. It can be argued that how a human behaves can be based on social factors and their environment. That our behavioral aspects originate only from the environmental factors of our upbringing can be supported by studies from psychologists such as John Watson and Ivan Pavlov‚ who explained classical conditioning. This type of conditioning matches an environmental
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America (West Side Story) Introduction This document is the lyrics of the song America extracts from the movie West Side Story. This movie is a musical directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1961. It sets in NY in the 50’s. It deals with a confrontation between two rival gangs : the Jets (american) and the Sharks (Portorican). It also deals with a love story between Tony and Maria. Their love story is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the two lovers belong to different groups
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The Ugly Side of Corporal Punishment Willie L. Anderson ITT Technical Institute The Ugly Side of Corporal Punishment The words corporal punishment to any parent may raise an immediate red flag and has the potential to pose both a very volatile and emotional debate between two or more parties. There are some compelling reasons behind why corporal punishment should be legalized and enacted in all schools and states around the country‚ but with anything deemed good and necessary there are
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There have been several moments in theatre that seems to whitewash the ethnic characters. West Side Story is one of those musicals. West Side Story is a loose musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The twist is that it’s set in 1950s New York‚ with the plot set around youth street gangs entangled in a racially charged conflict over their “territory” in the lower West Side of Manhattan. There is the Puerto Rican “Sharks” led by Bernardo‚ who has recently brought his family‚ including
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West Side Story is the modern take on the well-known William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette‚where Tony and Maria replaced Romeo and Juliette and are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side‚ two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with a rival’s sister.Jerome Robbins(Director and choreographer)‚ Arthur Laurents(Author) and Leonard Bernstein(Composer) came together with the idea to write a
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deviant by nature. The last sociological principle to have a better understanding to as what deviant is to understand the social norms and values that involve social power. We can see this in many forms such a protesting‚ to campaign rallies. Both have a political speech and they both disturb traffic‚ but they both get two similar drawn reactions from police. These are three sociological principles that we can agree on that can describe deviance on a more sociological perspective. Functionalism
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