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Modernization: Plug-In Hybrid Cars for a Sustainable Future

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Modernization: Plug-In Hybrid Cars for a Sustainable Future

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https://www.americanscientist.org/article/plug-in-hybrid-vehicles-for-a-sustainable-future
I chose this article because it represents modernity at its finest. The use of cars has revolutionized the world since the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless, it is thought that the use of plug-in hybrid cars will revolutionize our future. According to the book, "modernization is the process of social change begun by Industrialization" (Macionis p. 533). This relates to the chapter because hybrid cars are on the way to industrialize the future by decreasing the use of petroleum and decreasing pollution as well.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWHiC5iqBJI
I chose this video because it clearly portrays the reality of social media and social interactions in the post-modern world. This clearly connects to the chapter because it shows how it is no longer possible to separate mass media from reality. Post-modernism can be defined as the transformations caused by the Industrial Revolution (Macionis p. 546). This leads to the believe that instead of using social media for good, social interactions (which make us human) are decreasing enormously and that leads to a post-modern society.

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http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/319f1506.htm
I chose this quote from Erving Goffman, who is one of the sociologists that developed an approach regarding this symbolic-interactionist perspective to  illustrate his  emphasis on the social nature of human beings and how we are in fact influenced by the society we live in There is no one forcing us to follow moral or social rules, but we still decide to follow them in order to fit in a social world where everybody can bond or connect somehow. According to the book, "the symbolic interaction approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals (Macionis p. 491).

"Universal human nature is not a very human thing.  By acquiring it, the person becomes a kind of construct, built up not from inner psychic propensities but from moral rules that are impressed upon him from without.  These rules, when followed, determine the evaluation he will make of himself and his fellow-participants in the encounter, the distribution of his feelings, and the kinds of practices he will employ to maintain a specified and obligatory kind of ritual equilibrium.  … Instead of abiding by the rules, there may be much effort to break them safely.  But if an encounter or undertaking is to be sustained as a viable system of interaction organized on ritual principles, then these variations must be held within certain bounds and nicely counterbalanced by corresponding modification in some of the other rules and understandings.  Similarly, the human nature of a particular set of persons may be specially designed for the special kind of undertakings in which they participate, but still each of these persons must have within him something of the balance of characteristics required of a usable participant in any ritually organized system of social activity"  (Goffman, 1967).

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Social-Conflict Perspective: The Gender Pay Gap Between Males and Females

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Social-Conflict Perspective: The Gender Pay Gap Between Males and Females

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https://imgur.com/gallery/1X5knRz
I decided to use this meme to represent the gender pay gap that has always existed between males and females around the world. In the social-conflict perspective, businesses try to increase profits by greater efficiency in the capitalist world (Macionis p. 541). This reflects the idea that men are more efficient when it comes to work and thus have earned higher wages than women throughout the years. Nonetheless, this trend has been minimized and continues to be diminished because it promotes social stratification.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCj_VhLgcmY
I chose this video because it shows how McDonalds has "weakened traditional social ties and expanded its bureaucracy worldwide" (Macionis p. 539). In other words, this connects to the chapter because it portrays the mass expansion of a fast-food business as the break up of traditional family dinners at home.

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Social Change: LGBT Community in America

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Social Change: LGBT Community in America

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https://www.hrc.org/youth-report/view-and-share-statistics
I chose this inforgraphic because it represents factual information on a movement that has been of great importance to millions of people around the world. According to the book, "Social movements are about connecting people who share some political goal" (Macionis p. 531). This is true because, this movement has connected people not only here in the U.S. but all around the world because they are together for the same goal.

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https://www.animalpolitico.com/2019/03/imagenes-marcha-feminicidios-violencia-machismo-mujeres/
I chose this picture because it speaks for itself. Women are fighting machismo in Mexico as they had never done it before. This collective behavior connects to the book because it shows that when there is a common cause or purpose, the difference in social groups doesn't really matter, but the purpose and outcome of the movement does (Macionis p. 528).