I experienced sociology when I was watching E! news the other night. It was showing the attacks on Prince Charles and Camilla because of the tripled tuition costs. The mobs and riots were very intense. Someone put a stick through the window of the limo they were in! Those were some uphappy college-bound students in the UK this weekend.
When I was watching E! news, I realized that Smelser's 6 factors related to this situation. For one, there was inadequate social control. There was not enough police force to stop these young adults from vandalizing and attacking. There was a precipitating factor, which was the rise is tution costs. There was also growth and spread of a generalized beliefe, which was the unhappiness in the tripled education costs. Heck, I would be angry too!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
When It Goes Off
This article was about crazy soccer fans in London, and how intense team rivalries can get. One man was killed in a fight right before a soccer game because of the team he supported.
Smelser's 6 factors can definitley be related to this incident. There was social strain between the two teams. There was a precipitating factor, which was the amout of alchohol that was consumed and the growing tension between the fans of both teams. There was inadequate social control because there was no police force at the fight to stop this man from getting murdered. There also was growth and spread of a generalized belief between the fans on one team- that soccer was so important that having a violent fight that ends up killing someone is perfectly acceptable!
Smelser's 6 factors can definitley be related to this incident. There was social strain between the two teams. There was a precipitating factor, which was the amout of alchohol that was consumed and the growing tension between the fans of both teams. There was inadequate social control because there was no police force at the fight to stop this man from getting murdered. There also was growth and spread of a generalized belief between the fans on one team- that soccer was so important that having a violent fight that ends up killing someone is perfectly acceptable!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Blog post for 12/6
All of a sudden, I experienced sociology during Thanksgiving. Our family just had a quiet holiday, as it was just my mom, my brothers, and me. I began to think about my family. I am super close with my immediate family, but not with my extended family. We are pretty much only related by blood.
I now realize that my extended family is really only a kinship group. My immediate family is a kinship group and a primary group. I feel very close to them and we spend most of our time together. My status as a daughter and a sister with my immediate family is an ascribed status. I was born into it. My family dynamic is very relatable to our Groups unit.
I now realize that my extended family is really only a kinship group. My immediate family is a kinship group and a primary group. I feel very close to them and we spend most of our time together. My status as a daughter and a sister with my immediate family is an ascribed status. I was born into it. My family dynamic is very relatable to our Groups unit.
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