Students must submit a document with the name of the newspaper article with the appropriate heading. Article/current topic reviews should include a summary of the article/chapter and critique. Find a current event that relates to a chapter in the textbook Essentials of sociology by George Ritzer edition 4 and connect it to a chapter and the sociological theory of the chapter.
Category: Sociology
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Title: “Empowering Entry-Level Staff: Implementing a Mentoring Program for Organizational Cohesion and Professional Development”
Important Note:
This final project grade is 130 point of the class, please read the rubric attached with all detials carfully.
From the rubric:
You will see the below details in the rubric. Please go with option (a) Intership student.
You will focus your
program/intervention on either option below, depending on whether or not
your are
considered an “Internship Student” or are an “Alternate Pathway” student:
a) Internship
Students:
Develop
a new program within the organization designed to resolve an internal
organizational
problem that you observed.
(Example
problem: Entry level staff feel alienated from more advanced and established
staff.
Example
Intervention: creating a mentoring program that pairs established staff with
entry level
staff.)
Link from the module:
BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER FOR HEALTH, JUSTICE, & RACIAL EQUITY
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“Race and the Double Standard in Sports: The Impact of Bias and Sociological Theories” Race and the Double Standard in Sports: The Impact of Bias and Sociological Theories Sports have always been seen as a platform for fair competition and
Write a 2 page paper on how race creates a double standard in sports. Include real life examples from the sports industry and cite them properly. Connect it to 2-3 sociological theories from the Essentials of Sociology Textbook 4th edition by George Ritzer. Include examples of double standards in sports, include the consequences of double standards in sports, include bias to show there is a double standard in sports.
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“Exploring Contemporary Social Theory: A Comparative Analysis of Functionalism and Conflict Theory, and Phenomenology and Symbolic Interaction”
I provided a few attachments that may help ( use if needed).
Exam 2 – Contemporary Social Theory
SOCY409
From the list below, choose one question from each group. Each question contains sub questions that should be answered separately as a one-page section of your paper. Please number or provide a header to distinguish parts a and b of the questions you choose. Introduction and conclusion is not necessary. Minimum 4 pages, double-spaced (Aim for 1+ page for each sub question). Use essay format do not just answer the question.
Include intext citations for the texts of the specific theorists discussed and include a reference list at the end.
Group A (pick one)
Contemporary Functionalism
Demonstrate the influence of Durkheim on contemporary functionalism. Discuss Parsons, Davis & Moore, and Merton.
How do the theories of the contemporary functionalists differ from conflict theory. (Compare Parsons, Davis & Moore, and Merton to Dahrendorf and Mills)
Conflict Theory
Demonstrate the influence of Marx on Conflict theory. Discuss Dahrendorf and Mills.
How does conflict theory differ from the theories of contemporary functionalists? (Compare Dahrendorf and Mills to Parsons, Davis & Moore, and Merton)
Group 2 (pick one)
Phenomenology, Social Construction, and Ethnomethodology
Demonstrate Schütz’s influence on Berger and Garfinkle
Describe how West and Zimmerman’s three aspects of “doing gender” are examples of Berger’s three dialectical moments.
Symbolic Interaction
Demonstrate Mead’s influence on symbolic interaction. Discuss Blumer, Goffman, and Hochschild.
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Title: “Institutionalized Inequality: Exploring the Intersection of Inequality and the Justice System”
Write a paper that will explore the intersectionality of inequality and institutions. Explore the inequality that is seen in the Justice System.
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“Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society”
please no AI ChatGPT or plagiarism to complete this assignment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOTPAxrrP4
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Title: “Empowering Youth: Implementing Mentorship Programs in Middle and High Schools for Social Justice and Academic Support”
Instructions In the PDF.
Social Justice Issue: Students in Middle School and High School need extra support such as a mentor available at school at all times. Mentors can help alleviate social problems as well as academic problems.
Advocacy Position/ Project: Have volunteers come in to work with the kids and work on what their problems are. More on this in the background pdf.
Sociology resources: https://biblio.csusm.edu/guides/sociology-research-guide
CSUSM Library Database: https://biblio.csusm.edu/databases
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Title: The Impact of Implicit Bias on Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
Throughout this course you will read scholarly work on questions of diversity, exclusion and inclusion. You will write a weekly blog reflecting upon those issues, but rather than offering an unsubstantiated opinion on these matters, you’ll be expected to offer a unique but informed opinion supported by scholarly research and empirical evidence.
You will have freedom to choose the topic and the particular angle of the issue as you wish to explore it, but there are some clear parameters you’ll need to follow.
Each blog entry must have:
Minimum 500 words (15% penalty for falling short of the word count)
1 citation from academic source materials read that week in class. This must be cited with a page number and author. Sources may not be reused week-to-week.
1 citation of an academic source (a relevant peer-reviewed article) from outside of class. Sources may not be reused week-to-week.
1 citation of a news media article relevant to the topic.
At least 1 audio or visual element that adds substantial content to support your argument. This could be a link to a video, pictures, etc. -
“Exploring Contradictory Normative Conclusions on Controversial Topics” Title: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning in Arguments
Directions
Step 1: Choose a Topic
Choose one topic from the following list:
Should people eat meat?
Should marijuana be legal?
Should pet cats be kept indoors?
Should zoos exist?
Should customers leave a tip in a coffee shop?
Should seat belt wearing be mandatory?
Should children be required to take gym/physical education?
Should public roads be used for private car parking?
Step 2. Develop Logically Contradictory Normative Conclusions
Develop two logically contradictory normative conclusions on this topic. You do not need to agree with both (or either!) conclusions, but you should be able to logically support both of them.
The conclusions need not be phrased exactly the same as they are phrased in the topic list, but they do need to be logically contradictory to one another.
EXAMPLE
If you selected the topic “Should people eat meat?”, your conclusions might be:
People should not eat meat.
People should eat meat.
But it would also be acceptable to choose:
People should reduce their meat consumption.
People need not reduce their meat consumption.
Another option could be:
It is morally permissible to eat fish.
It is not morally permissible to eat fish.
Note that you need not indicate which conclusion you actually agree with. An omnivore might write an excellent logical argument for veganism, or vice versa!
Step 3: Write Normative Argument for First Conclusion
Choose your first conclusion and write a normative argument in standard form to reach that conclusion. This requires knowledge of the standard form of logical arguments, which you can find in 2.1.1 What Is an Argument?, and understanding of normative arguments, which you can find in 2.1.2 Identifying Arguments and Statements. Because normative arguments rely on standards of human behavior, you should also review 4.3.3 Moral Frameworks. The directions in the template will give you further instructions.
Step 4: Write Normative Argument for Second Conclusion
Repeat Step 3 for your second conclusion.
Here is an example of two arguments with normative conclusions taking contrary points of view. The normative premises are marked with an asterisk. This serves as an example of what arguments look like in standard form. This topic may not be used for your own Touchstone.
Americans are granted the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as a foundational principle of its founding documents.
Among these rights are bodily autonomy and personal decisions about family planning.*
Forcing a parent to go through an unwanted pregnancy and childbirth violates these principles by taking away their basic right to liberty and long-term pursuit of happiness.*
Forcing a parent to go through an unwanted pregnancy and childbirth also frequently presents a threat to the life of the birth parent.
There is no constitutional or scientific reason to confer personhood on a fetus.
Any opinion on the personhood of fetuses is thus not based on law or science, but a personal moral or religious choice.
The Constitution (Amendment 1) establishes the freedom of religion.
Therefore, any law derived from a religious stance is unconstitutional (from 5-7).
Therefore, pregnant people have the right to terminate a pregnancy for any reason (from 1-4, 8).
It is wrong to kill a human being without justification such as self-defense.*
An unplanned pregnancy may be inconvenient, but only in rare cases does it present a threat to a person’s life.
In no other cases besides abortion do we make it legal to murder people who inconvenience us.
Born children are also inconvenient, but it is not legal for parents to kill them.
In no other cases besides abortion do we make it legal to murder the born children of rape or incest.
A fetus is a viable human being at 24 weeks.
Therefore, except in cases where the pregnancy presents a threat to the birth parent’s life, abortion should be illegal after 24 weeks.
Step 5: Reflection
Answer the reflection questions about your reasoning behind the arguments you wrote. One question asks to identify a deductive rule of inference or an inductive practice used in your arguments. You can find these in 3.3.2 Valid Rules of Inference From Conditional Statements, 3.3.3 Valid Rules of Inference From Conjunction and Disjunction, and the 4.1.4 Inference to the Best Explanation, or other inductive practices discussed throughout unit 4.
Refer to the checklist below throughout the Touchstone process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.
1. Argument Preparation
❒ Is each argument in standard form, not paragraph form?
❒ Do your two arguments have logically contradictory conclusions?
❒ Is each argument at least five declarative sentences, ending in a conclusion?
❒ Does each argument have a normative conclusion (saying what people ought to do)?
❒ Is there at least one normative premise that supports each conclusion?
2. Annotating Your Argument
❒ Did you place an asterisk (*) on the normative premise(s) that support your conclusion?
❒ Did you underline any subconclusions in your argument?
❒ Are there sources for any assertions that are fact-based and not well known/accepted?
3. Reflection Questions
❒ Did you answer all five of the reflection questions satisfactorily?
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“Transcript Analysis: Exploring Identity and Accomplishments through Personal Transcripts and a Published Book”
I will be including instructions, for transcripts including my own, my transcript analysis and a link to all of the chapters in my book including login information to access said book. My transcript is the final one submitted and it is the only one without the author name in the title. Please decide whatever structure is best and follow the examples and instructions and analysis provided. I am also providing a document that provides a link and login information to access the book And any other resources needed to cite.