Vox’s posts tagged sociology

A Few Little Things

2008-10-10T14:38:22Z

I wish more news outlets would stop attributing personal verbage to (i.e. anthropomorphizing) the stock market. This mess is a result of human decisions and political forces in the context of power. There's nothing natural about any of this st...

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Social Network Sites as Stages of ‘Dramaturgical Performance’ - Interpretation Sketch

2008-10-06T20:34:25Z

A study of the University of Georgia describes as more likely to be narcissist those Facebook users who have a large number of friends and wallposts, narcissism in this case being defined as an emphasis on self-promotion and quantity of friends. ...

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Back in Business: Bookshelf on Board

2008-09-24T02:00:58Z

My apartment is finally pretty much furnished. Thanks to a very good friend, I did not have to buy an armoire, chest of drawers, nightstand, or dining table; I already had all my kitchen stuff, of course; but I had to buy a couch and a real books...

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The Digital Integration of Steve Mills

2008-09-11T18:51:49Z

Hi all and welcome to another bi-annual 180 degree turn of direction here on Steven-Mils.com This blog is going to slowly evolve from what it is currently ( a half arsed internet business blog that gets updated twice a month if it is lucky) to a r...

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Glimpse of Chinese vs Indian Culture

2008-09-28T08:56:01Z

I been wanting to write about this for a while. This is about the experiences i have over the years patronising the food stalls here. As this is a country with several ethnic groups living together, mainly Indians, Malays and Chinese, inevitabl...

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Maybe Next Time...

2008-09-05T04:42:48Z

You'll be nice to me? Maybe. I'm betting on no. Oh well. School is going well. I just took a take home text without the text book and answered 29 out of 50 without the book. That's no studying and only answers I KNEW were right. HOLLA! An...

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Unseen TV: Dr. Michael Wesch - Digital Ethnography (Kansas State University)

2008-08-06T05:09:24Z

Official Site YouTube Channel Dubbed "the explainer" by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on human interaction (and the impact of human interaction on new media). After two years studyin...

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Dear Dorsey,

2008-07-20T05:08:45Z

I guess if you were here then I would have been treating you pretty awfully. Does the fact that you are not make it ok? What about the fact that when we were together it was only for 2 weeks? When you study Sociology, you learn that you can not...

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I meant to do this a long time ago

2008-07-16T03:09:46Z

I haven't updated this thing in a long time, but I'm happy to report it's because I've been so busy and not because I had a lack of things to write about. I really meant to write a blog/journal entry like this after spring quarter and give everyo...

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A 5 minute sociological adventure...

2008-07-02T04:37:35Z

...which turns into a rant/analysis. It's one of those weeks already. The sad fact that by actually using a phrase like "one of those weeks," I know it sucks. It's probably the impending excitement at a three day weekend that includes the 4th of ...

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A post about Groupees & Gippees

2008-06-21T11:32:16Z

f . . . . . . . . . . ..............................Sociology . . . Grouppees & Gippees . . . . . . . . . . This essay is an introduction into the science fields of social science and sociology with an emphasis on social psychology. I have...

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more on anomie

2008-06-18T00:42:06Z

For some reason I really like Emile Durkheim and his theory of anomie and deviance. I'm learning all about deviance this summer in a sociology class I'm taking. Since I can't think of anything else to blog about today I decided, hey why not share ...

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People

2008-06-17T16:23:02Z

It's so confusing how certain people have such an impact on us whether we want them to or not. Some people make us feel happy just being in their presence. Others make us irritated or annoyed even when that is wasn't their intention. What is it th...

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