Social research

The theme about the social networks is very intrigue and full of fascinating facts. Social networks are everywhere around us, we use them in everything- meeting new friends, reading news and even for work. Thanks to the development of the technology the communication between people from all around the world nowadays is easier and cheaper. Social networks are a great invention of 21 century. Social networks are used from people from all around the world because they are popular, people learn…

Social pressure is defined as the direct influence on people by peers, or the effect on an individual who gets encouraged to follow their peers by changing their attitudes, values, or opinions to conform to those influencing the group or individual. When faced with a situation involving outside pressure to complete a task, a person has two choices; to resist the coercion or to succumb to it. Most people have experienced and succumbed to social pressure because of many influencing factors, but…

Critical Constructionism is the combination of two theories in sociology, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Social constructionism means that our realities are shaped by our experiences and our interactions with others. This lesson explains social constructionism and its connection to symbolic interactionism.Conflict theory is the work of Karl Marx; the focus of this Theory is the troubles and struggle between employers and employees, but also the rich and poor, men and women, and…

Social inequality is the lifestyle of unequal opportunities for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. Social inequality contains repeated traits of unequal distributions of goods, wealth, and punishments that are most likely tied to race, gender, and class. The most important dimensions consist of income, wealth, power, occupational prestige, schooling, ancestry, and race or ethnicity. Some contributions to social inequality include : structural inequalities of…

males are commonly wealthier and of higher class than a hispanic woman, despite her job. Social class is a concept that is ascribed and achieved. It can be determined by a person’s family background, their community, education in grade school, and the new community of college. A person’s family background is most commonly…

Social institutions are a key element to the structure of societies. They consist of people who came together for a common purpose, and are part of the social order of society. They set an example of what the behavior and expectations are for individuals in society. Having these institutions help decrease chaos and increase structure. Each institution involves different things, but is important part of our daily life. Education is a major social institution that impacts the lives of many people…

income, and wealth all have a huge affect on social class. Occupation coincides with income and your educational level. Combining education and occupation can help decide upon someone’s social class. Wealth is defined through the assets that you contain; money, land, cars, etc. Income is the amount of money earned by working and investments. Having a higher education, a more sought after occupation, more wealth and more income would be what decides your social class. The economy has a big role…

On what networks do you already have social profiles? Do you have a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook? My current social media presence consists of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Overall, I do not have an active presence on Twitter and Facebook. My primary focus, for about the last year, has been enhancing my LinkedIn profile. This decision is heavily motivated by the approach of my graduation and current job searching. How are you using them? In regard to my activity on Facebook, I…

Many people use social material goods and the demining factor for one’s social class. This is usually done due to the fact that we use a person’s appearance, material possessions and clothing to determine their class. This is highly ineffective because class is dependent on an persons wealth not what they wear, for someone who rents and apartment may wear clothes that are far more expensive than someone who owns a main home and a vacation home in a foreign nation. For a time being profession was…

Comparison of Social Stratification between Blacks and Whites Social stratification refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the United States, it is indefinitely visible that there is a difference between groups in terms of status, power, and wealth. Some of the most significant differences can be seen between blacks and whites. Blacks do live life at a disadvantage in comparison to whites. Campbell and Kaufman (2006) found that black families living…