https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00 Sociology Final en-us 2022-01-24 06:51:09 UTC 2026-01-17 06:02:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f61d.png aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009495944 In 2022, Paris is holding an International Conference on social change. They are inviting academic leaders from around the world to share their ideas about how we can better the world in any way. Citizens can even submit a paper about our own ideas for improving the world.]]> 2022-01-24 18:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009495944 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009521066 In 2020, there were protests held to retaliate against the killing of George Floyd by a cop. Citizens believed that Floyd did not deserve to be shot and killed, but only was because he was black. They believed if he was white, a much less severe punishment would have taken place.]]> 2022-01-24 18:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009521066 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009553161 In Emile Durkheim's structural functionalism, each aspect of society works together to create the whole society. If one part of the community goes wrong, the rest of the people will work together to help fix that part. This ultimately brings steadiness and a successful society.]]> 2022-01-24 18:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009553161 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009605377 According to the social conflict theory, there are inequalities that occur in society which creates issues and changes. Society is not working together, but rather against each other for individual privilege and benefits. This is demonstrated in the quote because Marx ironically shows that people selfishly think about their business and money rather than helping others.]]> 2022-01-24 19:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009605377 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009650764 According to George Herbert Mead's symbolic interactionism, humans use symbols to attach a meaning to what we see or experience. An example of this would be how the word, "earring," is simply a series of letters that create a word. However, our interactions and experiences lead us to use that word as a symbol for a piece of jewelry that we wear on our ears.]]> 2022-01-24 19:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009650764 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009704299 Postmodernity occurs when modernity has failed, there is less progress occurring, science is proven wrong, cultural differences are happening and social establishments change. It is a result of the postindustrial economy and the Information Revolution. This cartoon demonstrates postmodernity because something that was once believed is proven to be wrong or different.]]> 2022-01-24 19:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009704299 aconway2844 https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009728686 In Max Weber's modernization, societies become current by discovering, expanding, creating and learning. The societies will grow to learn and become what they did not know before. However, in the future, the society will change to adapt to a new version of modernity. The Crash Course on modernization goes further into this explanation!]]> 2022-01-24 20:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aconway2844/a5dmfz07uth0xl00/wish/2009728686