Vox’s posts tagged sociology

Nepal child Goddess

nobody@vox.com(Marturo) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:27:10 +0000

Check out this link to understand this post: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/nepal.living.godess.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest This past Tuesday, Hindu and Buddhist priests in Nepal named a 3-year-old girl as a living goddess. Bu...

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A Few Little Things

nobody@vox.com(Meghan) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:38:22 +0000

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

nobody@vox.com(Liliana) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:25 +0000

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

nobody@vox.com(mallorynyc) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:00:58 +0000

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

nobody@vox.com(Steve Mills) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:51:49 +0000

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

nobody@vox.com(Redrider) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:56:01 +0000

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...

nobody@vox.com(Blame41) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:42:48 +0000

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)

nobody@vox.com(reechard) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:09:24 +0000

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,

nobody@vox.com(Blame41) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:08:45 +0000

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

nobody@vox.com(Mandalion) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:09:46 +0000

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...

nobody@vox.com(Jandro) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:37:35 +0000

...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

nobody@vox.com(Raymont) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:32:16 +0000

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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