Category: Sociology

African apartheid and discrimination that some many people had to face has become the basis for a number of books and films. “A Walk in the Night” and “A Dry White Season” are two movies that describe the oppression people of African descent had to face. The discrimination and unequal treatment had no real basis,…

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most well established show hosts in the world and her show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, is one of the most successful talk shows. She uses a number of techniques to get the attention of her audience. To get the audience’s attention at the beginning of the show is asking…

Society plays significant role in socialization of young generation by influencing their values and attitudes. Traditionally, socialization process took place under well structured units such as family, religion and schools. However, due to shift towards modern and technologically oriented society, news media is largely controlling socialization process. Over the years, media usage by teenagers between…

In the article called Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe, Melvin Oliver focuses on the side effects of the sub-prime mortgage system for African-Americans, including other minority groups and low-income populations. Specifically, this target population has received the highest ratio of loans due to their low social status, which also signified the problem of the wealth…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Works Cited Introduction Advocacy according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) context is defined as the use of efforts that affect the political climate, plan and programme verdicts, as well as public opinions or social beliefs. This context also defines advocacy as financial determinations, community aid and involvement in…

Table of Contents Introduction Strategies Public Relations and Communications theory Relationships with Theories of Public Relations Research Needs Ethical and Legal Considerations Bibliography Footnotes Introduction Tobacco is one of the plants relied upon by a majority of farmers in making their livelihoods. Its proceeds are channeled into other investments that aim at improving the standards…

According to Collier (2008), there are several reasons why international support has not been of great help to poor countries. This is the reason why the author is quite categorical that impoverished countries will continue to languish in poverty if a different approach is not devised. In addition, the Bottom Billion issue is of great…

Table of Contents Levels of Discrimination Meaning of Robert E. Park’s statement Edna Bonacich’s Split-Labor-Market Theory References Stereotyping refers to when people have a collective perception towards some people in a group. In intergroup relations stereotyping causes people to be misguided about each other. This is because the individuals in one group judge the other…

Table of Contents An explanation of his ideas in panoptical principles An analysis of his theories Works Cited Michel Foucault was a famous and influential French philosopher. He was the leading individual who changed the idea of human body being a biological or physiological figure to a concept of sociology. He managed to change people’s…

Sociology is the study that helps us in understanding the structures and dynamism of the society, how they relate to the patterns of human behavior and the dynamism of human being. The study helps individuals to appreciate how various forms of social structures such as communities, organizations, social categories like race, age sex and other…