Everyday Sociology Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393934292 ISBN 13: 9780393934298

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Synopsis

A lively mix of traditional readings, blog posts, and activities to help students connect sociology to their own lives.

Everyday Sociology Reader combines classic and contemporary readings by sociologists and seeks to meet students where they are, offering observations on popular culture, family life, news events, and other aspects of everyday life. Posts from the Everyday Sociology Blog and traditional readings have been chosen for their relevance and readability; all are written in an engaging manner in order to engage students new to sociology and sociological thinking.

Each section of the book features three blog posts and two traditional readings, as well as discussion questions, activities, research ideas, and essay suggestions so that students become not just active in the learning process, but creators of sociological thinking as well.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Sternheimer is a distinguished fellow at USC's Center for Excellence in Teaching and is the director of undergraduate studies for the sociology department. She teaches a number of courses touching on issues of inequality, public policy, social exclusion, and childhood. Her research focuses on issues related to popular culture and youth, particularly fears surrounding both. Specific topics of inquiry have included concerns about youth violence, kidnapping, substance use, child obesity, teen driving, and fears about the effects of media on children. She has also studied the construction of celebrity culture, examining how celebrity has been manufactured from the early twentieth century to the present. She is the author of Celebrity Culture and the American Dream: Stardom and Social Mobility (Routledge, 2011), Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture: Why Media Is Not the Answer (Westview Press, August 2009), Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today’s Youth (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) and It’s Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture’s Influence on Children (Westview Press, 2003).

Review:

“I’ve been following [the Everyday Sociology Blog] now since the 11th of September 2007 and [am] just overwhelmed when looking back at all the posts (over 250!). The range of subjects taken up and the quality of each of the posts are just amazing! So I just want to take a moment and thank all the contributors to the blog, you’re doing something unique and I think very [valuable] to the field of sociology (i.e., presenting highly readable connections between everyday life and sociology). THANK YOU!”
- Johan Nordgren, undergraduate sociology student Lund University, Sweden

“I really enjoy [the Everyday Sociology Blog]. It discuss[es] current events and real life issues. It helps me to understand the situations that [occur] when I’m watching what’s in the media. Individual’s can learn from the various topics of discussions in regards to situations at home or in their communities .... This is something I can continue to use after graduation.”
- Mishelle Calvert, undergraduate sociology student

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393934292
• ISBN 13: 9780393934298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Sternheimer Karen