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As I mentioned at the end of Monday’s class, the historian Kristen Ghodsee claims that women had better sex under socialism. On what grounds might she have made such an outlandish claim? We’ll start off talking about it — but see if you can guess some of her reasons without looking up her Op-Ed.

Prep

• Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘The Reign of the Corporation’; ‘Policy: The Gig Economy’; ‘Conclusion’

In Class

• Attendance
• TBA
• For Next Time

For Next Time

• Conley (2015), Ch. 15 (‘Authority and the State’): ‘Types of Legitimate Authority’; ‘Obedience to Authority’; ‘Authority, Legitimacy, and the State’

• Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘A Brief History of Capitalism’, ‘Theorizing the Transition to Capitalism’; ‘Recent Changes in Capitalism’

In Class

1. Attendance
2. Keywords: Capitalism, Consumerism (Slight Return)
3. Review: Midterm Exam
4. Review: Class Participation Self-Evaluation Essay
5. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘The Reign of the Corporation’; ‘Policy: The Gig Economy’; ‘Conclusion’

Prep

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Media’; ‘The Media Life Cycle’; ‘Media Effects’; ‘Mommy, Where Do Stereotypes Come From?’; ‘Political Economy of the Media’; ‘Policy: What’s in a Name?’; ‘Conclusion’

Yesterday we talked about definitions of culture as well as subculture. Let’s finish up the rest of the chapter tomoz; there is no new reading. Review Ch. 3 in its entirety and be prepared to discuss the keywords, esp. hegemony.

In Class

1. Attendance
2. TBA
3. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘A Brief History of Capitalism’, ‘Theorizing the Transition to Capitalism’; ‘Recent Changes in Capitalism’

Prep

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Media’; ‘The Media Life Cycle’; ‘Media Effects’; ‘Mommy, Where Do Stereotypes Come From?’; ‘Political Economy of the Media’; ‘Policy: What’s in a Name?’; ‘Conclusion’

Yesterday we didn’t really tak about the first couple of sections of this chapter as planned, so finish reading up and we’ll try to swallow the whole thing on Monday.

In Class

1. Attendance
2. TBA
3. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘A Brief History of Capitalism’, ‘Theorizing the Transition to Capitalism’; ‘Recent Changes in Capitalism’

Prep

• • Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Definitions of Culture’ and ‘Material versus non-Material Culture’

In Class

1. Attendance
2. TBA
3. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Media’; ‘The Media Life Cycle’; ‘Media Effects’; ‘Mommy, Where Do Stereotypes Come From?’; ‘Political Economy of the Media’; ‘Policy: What’s in a Name?’; ‘Conclusion’

Prep

• • Review Conley (2015), Ch. 2 (‘Methods’). In particular we’ll look closely at how we can use the scientific method to establish cause and effect in social life (Example: Does having more sex increase happiness? Or does happiness lead to more sex?)

In Class

1. Attendance
2. TBA
3. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Definitions of Culture’ and ‘Material versus non-Material Culture’

Prep

• Conley (2015), Ch. 2 (‘Methods’). Please review the section we were supposed to have discussed Monday, then read the rest of the chapter.

In Class

1. Attendance
2. Keywords: Social Facts
3. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Definitions of Culture’ and ‘Material versus non-Material Culture’

Prep

• Dalton Conley, You May Ask Yourself, Ch. 1 (‘Classical Sociological Theory’, ‘American Sociology’, ‘Modern Sociological Theory’)
• Dalton Conley, You May Ask Yourself, Ch. 2 (‘Research 101’)

In Class

1. Attendance
2. #oscarssowhite?
3. Discussion: Sociological Theories
4. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Dalton Conley, You May Ask Yourself, Ch. 2 — please review the section you read for today and read the rest of the chapter.

Prep

• C. Wright Mills, ‘The Promise’ (Mills 2000)

In Class

1. Attendance
2. Discussion: The Sociological Imagination
3. For Next Time: Review of the Syllabus

For Next Time

• Michael A. Caulfield, Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (2017), Part I (‘Four Strategies and a Habit’); Part II (‘Look for Previous Work’), Sections 1 (‘How to Use Previous Work’), 2 (‘Fact-Checking Sites’), 3 (‘Wikipedia’); Part III, Section 1 (‘Going Upstream to Find the Source’); Part IV (‘Reading Laterally’), Sections 1 (‘What Reading Laterally Means’), 18 (‘Basic Techniques: Web Domains, WHOIS’); 20 (‘Stupid Journal Tricks’); 21 (‘Finding a Journal’s Impact Factor’); 22 (‘Using Google Scholar to Evaluate Author Expertise’), 23 (‘How to Think About Research’), 25 (‘Choosing Your Experts First’), 26 (‘Evaluating News Sources’), 27 (‘National Newspapers of Record’)

Prep

• Caroline Hodges Persell, Kathryn M. Pfeiffer, and Ali Syed, ‘What Should Students Learn After Taking Intro Sociology?’, Teaching Sociology 35 (October 2007)

In Class

1. Ten  Things You Should Understand (Better) After This Course
2. Review for the Final
3. Review of the Syllabus
4. For Next Time

For Next Time

• HW due: Semester Goals
• C. Wright Mills, ‘The Promise’ (Mills 2000)