Sociology

Failing to Understand the Social Sciences

Jamil Zaki | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Anthropology, Social Science, New York Times, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Nyt, Media News

Gutting succumbs to an old stereotype: believing that there is a bright line between "hard" natural sciences -- which produce real information -- and "soft" social sciences, which do not.

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Smile At Strangers? Study Shows Why That May Be Smart

Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Social Relationships, People, Psychological Science, Psychology, Video, Ostracism, Strangers, Sociology, Smile at Strangers, Science News

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 25 May 2012 Time: 08:05 AM ET CHICAGO — Next time you're out walking about, you may want ...

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What You Should Always Bring Up On A First Date

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Marriage, Politics, Political Parties, 2012 Presidential Election, Relationship Advice, Love and Relationships, Romance, Dating Advice, Sociology, Dating, Social Science, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Etiquette, Democrats, Love, Republicans, Women and Politics, Women News

Politics is one of the four topics -- alongside money, sex and religion -- Emily Post says young ladies must never, ever broach on a first date. Here's why women should ignore that advice.

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What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Education, Aging, Youth, Teenager, Middle School Students, Sociology, High School Students, Youth Culture, High School, Middle School, Students, Social Psychology, Social Research, Teenagers, Culture, Education News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By James Wang, Quora user I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like. It's awesome and I love it....

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Do Kids Need to Snack? What the French Know That We Don't

Dina R. Rose | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Youth, Sociology, Nutrition, Fighting Childhood Obesity, Toddlers, Childhood Nutrition, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Childhood Obesity, Parents News

Americans try to prevent hunger. The French cultivate it.

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Good Bosses Share Key Personality Trait, Study Shows

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Leadership, Video, Guilt, Boss, Work, Companies, Sociology, New Research, Employment, Jobs, Psychology, Business, Science News

By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor Published: 05/01/2012 06:14 AM EDT on BusinessNewsDaily People who tend to feel guilty make some ...

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Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Howard Winant, African, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Du Bois, WEB Du Bois, Lewis Gordon, Robert Vitalis, Speech, Quincy Stewart, Elijah Anderson, Musical Tribute, Africa Sociology, Aldon Morris, Tukufu Zuberi, Reiland Rabaka, Harvard, Documentary, Video, Afro American, Pan Africanism, History, Africa, Installation, Stephanie Evans, Educational, Lawrence Bobo, Kenneth Shropshire, Vivian Gadsden, Gwendolyn Du Bois Shaw, Clark Atlanta, Film, Conference, Temple, Yale, Freedom of Speech, February 17 2012, University of California, Mary Pattillo, Camille Charles, University of Pennsylvania, Terry Adkins, Public Intellectual, Northwestern, Scholar, Sociology, Poetic Tribute, Black History, Africana, Honorary, Black Voices News

The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.

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The History of Intoxication

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Intoxication, Sociology, Alcohol Addiction, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Addiction and Recovery, Drinking, Healthy Living News

Is there something valuable -- essentially human -- in becoming intoxicated?

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13 Reasons Why Non-Believers Don't Exist

Matthew Hutson | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book News, Magical Thinking, Humans Believers, Humans Spiritual, Sociology Book, Believers, Sociology, Spirtuality, Books News

Whether you think you do or not, you believe in magic. I don't mean the magic of love or romance. I mean stuff that, as far as scientific consensus is concerned, is not possible, and is a little spooky, and would get you burned at the stake if you claimed mastery of in another era.

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Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Chimps And Toddlers

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Animal Psychology, Social Strategy, Chimpanzee, Biology, Children, Babies Kids, Sociology, Orangutans, Toddlers, Psychology, Animals, Social Experiments, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/12/2012 12:26 PM EDT on LiveScience Chimps and toddlers rely on the "wisdom of t...

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Study Shows Skepticism Of Wives Who Shun Hubby's Name

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Marriage, Wife, Video, Relationship, Divorce, Midwest, Bride, Sociology, Trends, Conservative, Liberal, Husband, Commitment, Love, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/24/2012 07:23 AM EST on LiveScience Attitudes regarding whether women should take ...

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Are Criminals Born That Way? What Study Says

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Criminal, Environment, Criminal Justice, Video, Genes, Heredity, Sociology, Science News

Genes, Criminal Behavior Linked In University Of Texas Study

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Gusmano Cesaretti Captures East LA's Heart And Soul

Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Roberts and Tilton, East LA, Photography, Art in the Streets, Los Angeles Photography, Sociology, Periphery, Hispanic Art, Los Angeles Art, Roberts & Tilton, Gusmano Cesaretti, Culver City, East Los Angeles, Arts News

When photographer Gusmano Cesaretti emigrated to East LA from Italy in the 1970s he was captivated by the cultural differences. Among the first to doc...

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Jay-Z In The Ivory Tower?

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Jay-Z, Georgetown, Michael Eric Dyson Jay-Z, Sociology of Jay-Z, Jay-Z Georgetown Class, Sociology, Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University, Black Voices News

WASHINGTON — Michael Eric Dyson parses Jay-Z's lyrics as if analyzing fine literature. The rapper's riffs on luxury cars and tailored clothes an...

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5 Ways That Newspapers Tackled Twitter's Unsurprising Scientific Data

Danny Groner | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Science, Social Media, Twitter, Technology, Research, Sociology, Twitter Study, Cornell Twitter Study, Twitter Study Cornell, Tweeting, Media News

Cornell University researchers studied 500 million Tweets sent over the span of two years. The study did get attention for its use of social media to help us understand ourselves better. Here is how five different national publications chose to cover this study in their pages.

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The Color of Colombiana

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Colombiana, Stereotypes, Race, Film, Afro-Colombians, Colombia, Sociology, Black Voices News

There is a certain ignorance about Colombians that is very prominent in the United States in which an entire people are once again seen as violent, crime prone members of drug cartels.

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Kjerstin Gruys: Woman Behind The Mirror

HuffingtonPost.com | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Year Without Mirrors, Mirror Mirror Off the Wall Blog, Kjerstin Gruys, Sociology, Mirror Mirror Off the Wall, Women News

When Kjerstin Gruys got engaged to her longtime boyfriend, the former fashion merchandiser turned sociologist feared she would relapse into an eating ...

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Confidence, Career Certainty Are Keys To Helping Young Adults Find And Keep Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Workers, Graduates, Career, Jeylan Mortimer, Unemployed Young People, College, Sociology, Mike Vuolo, Youth Development Study, Jobs, Jeremy Staff, Confidence, College News

NEW YORK -- After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May, Emma Goldstein moved back in with her parents and quickly learned to adj...

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My Intellectual Break Up With Malcolm Gladwell

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell, Twitter, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Sociology, Technology News

I have to wonder how the scholar who once described so aptly the spread of ideas can ignore the broadcast power of modern tools, and the undeniable value these tools bring to growing cultural empathy and geopolitical awareness.

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Why Lady Gaga Class Is Not Sexy

Malia Griggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame, Garnet and Black, Lady Gaga Class, Sociology-of-Culture, Gaga Course, Sociology, College News, Lady GaGa, Gaga Class, University of South Carolina, Gaga Sexy, Sexy, College News

I'm four classes into "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame," and what keeps me coming back is the expectation. I don't know where this semester is going and just how Gaga we're going to get. I know something's coming, but what?

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Why I Enrolled in "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame"

Malia Griggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Garnet and Black, Lady Gaga Class, Sociology-of-Culture, Lady GaGa, College News, Sociology, Gaga Class, University of South Carolina, Gaga Course, Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame, College News

I first read about my university's "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame" class in The New York Times. Not how I usually find out about my possible electives.

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Top 10 Reactions to My Trashwhispering

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sociology, Trash, Clean-Up, Hollywood, Litter, Service, Impact News

The ten most interesting reactions I get in response to my little hobby of picking up litter while walking my dog every morning.

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China's Ghost Cities: Satellite Images Of Vacant Chinese Regions

businessinsider.com | Chandni Rathod and Gus Lubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Ghost Cities, Chinese Ghost Cities, Chinese Real Estate, China Real Estate, Sociology, China, Anthropology, China Real Estate Market, Empty Real Estate, World News

The hottest market in the hottest economy in the world is Chinese real estate. The big question is how vulnerable is this market to a crash. One red ...

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Married, More and Less: Marriage Age At All-Time High

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Black Women, Census, New York Times, Marriage, Census Bureau, Race, Sociology, Demography, Healthy Living News

We complete the lines for another decade. It's that time again, when the Census Bureau announces the release of data on family and marriage from the ...

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Going Gaga

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lady GaGa, College, Tenure, Lady Gaga College, Lady Gaga Course, University of South Carolina, Sociology, College News

The tenure system is founded in academic freedom, allowing instructors to teach subjects without constraint. This begs the question, is Lady Gaga an appropriate topic for a college course?

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