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- Purpose: To analyze a current sociologically relevant issue, in light of the information covered in chapters 1, 3, and 4.
Instructions: Select a news article or news video
from within the last two weeks on a story that has sociological
relevance. Reviewing the Table of Contents found in the front of your
textbook should be helpful in helping you determine if the news item has
something to do with sociology.
Think of the issue discussed in the article in terms of how the various
sociological approaches (i.e., structural-functional,
structural-conflict, symbolic interactionism, and blended) that you
learned about this week apply to the issue.
Summary and Analysis: Give a brief description of the
issue, summarize the article, and discuss it generally. Explain how one
of the three sociological perspectives (chapter 1) described in this
week’s reading applies to the issue. Explain how one concept from
chapter 3 and one concept from chapter 4 applies to the issue.
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