https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b Professor Sarah Castillo Sociology 101-71 24 May 2022 en-us 2022-05-22 21:07:09 UTC 2022-05-24 06:57:09 UTC hello@padlet.com sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194824936 I decided to use this image as my contemporary example of social change, because of its controversy as well as its importance to our modern society. This image was created in order to spark conversation about the injustice women face with being constantly sexualized. "Social change has many causes. In a world linked by sophisticated communication and transportation technology, change in one place often sets off change elsewhere" (Macionis, p. 489). Women have been oppressed for the major part of history, with the new progress we have been making it only makes sense that women began to question the injustice surrounding our natural bodies. The social change movement is referred to as Free the Nipple due to women being censored and sexualized for existing in our natural bodies. This image shows mens breast and nipples over these women to question the difference created by our society. ]]> 2022-05-22 21:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194824936 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194829265 I chose this video from the New York Times to represent the collective behavior of both mob and riot. The textbook defines mob as “a highly emotional crowd that pursues a violent or destructive goal”, and riots as an “eruption that is highly emotional, violent, and undirected” (Macionis, p. 491). I believe the attack that took place on January 6th captures these two behaviors perfectly. The video documents the crowd and the violence, the destructive goal and the many high emotions. 

]]> 2022-05-22 22:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194829265 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194837187 In the song Brackets by J. Cole, he explains how while he’s paying a large sum in taxes, he doesn’t see where his money is going. He describes how his taxes go towards things that don’t truly help his community. “Better that than letting wack congressmen. I've never seen Dictate where my money goes Straight into the palms of some money-hungry company that make guns That circulate the country and then Wind up in my hood, making bloody clothes”. I chose this song because I believe it strongly relates to the form of a class society modernity takes, in the social conflict perspective. “Marx disagreed; he doubted that the state could accomplish more than minor reforms because, as he saw it, real power lies in the hands of the capitalists who control the economy” (Macionis, p. 504).

]]> 2022-05-22 22:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194837187 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194855493 This quote by French sociologist Jean Baudrillard captures the confusing and ironic definition of postmodernism. "Modern people look to the future expecting their lives to improve in significant ways...But postmodern critics argue that science has failed to solve many old problems (such as poor health) and has even created new problems (such as pollution and global warming).., the rise of postindustrial society is remaking society all over again" (Macionis, p. 508). We are moving away from modernism, left with the reality of false promises of modernity, changing social institutions, failed belief in science and the lack of confidence. Yet, throughout all of this, we are creating a new era. I chose this quote to represent postmodernism due to how simple he defines it, destruction and reconstruction. ]]> 2022-05-22 22:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194855493 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194858585 This article by the New York Times talks about Karine Jean-Pierre who is the first openly gay and black press secretary. I selected this article because she brings much needed representation and opens many doors for jobs that have been dominated by white cis males since the beginning of our counties history. "Today, the world has become one huge village because the lives of all people are increasingly interconnected. The twentieth century witnessed unprecedented human achievement" (Macionis, p. 509). She is an amazing representation of modernization in our government and our country as well as an important first step for our global future. Her success did not come without controversy and conflict, but that just adds to this victory.  “I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman, the first of all three of those to hold this position,” she said.

]]> 2022-05-22 23:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2194858585 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2197095256 I selected this comic to showcase the effect of mass media and expansion and how it has weakened traditional social bonds. This comic illustrates a man being fed by his television, essentially stating that the media is feeding us information and creating a generic national culture. This section mentions how as we grew as a society we began to lose the tight sense of community, and we began having large organizations provide us with tasks that would have normally been performed by those in your community who had a shared heritage. “The mass media give rise to a national culture that washes over the traditional differences that used to set off one region from another” (Macionis, p. 504).]]> 2022-05-24 05:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2197095256 sv1098033_2 https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2197200367 In order to connect to the chapter I selected this image to demonstrate the idea that although we are individuals living in a modern and rapidly changing society, we find ourselves adapting to trends and ultimately imitating one another. This image shows how we as individuals are able to change to fit into this promptly changing society. The textbook further explains this, stating that “They try on different “selves” almost like new clothing, seek out role models, and engage in varied performances as they move from setting to setting (Goffman, 1959). In a traditional society, such “shiftiness” marks a person as untrustworthy, but in a changing, modern society, the ability to fit in virtually anywhere like a chameleon changing its colors to match its environment is very useful” (Macionis, p. 505). The character is able to transform and modify themselves to fit in with the others. ]]> 2022-05-24 06:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sv1098033_2/fzk9hyl8ikoaxp7b/wish/2197200367