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The Social Scientist's Soapbox

Adventures in Writing Public Sociology

By: Karen Sternheimer

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The Social Scientist's Soapbox

Adventures in Writing Public Sociology

By: Karen Sternheimer

Whether your goal is to share little-known or misunderstood information, work to create policy changes, or raise awareness about a pressing social issue, this book will help you start communicating with the public and share your research with a broader audience. Using examples from social scientists who have successfully navigated the public sphere, as well as firsthand accounts of the ups and downs of the writing, publishing, and promoting process, The Social Scientist’s Soapbox: Adventures in Writing Public Sociology presents readers with a step-by-step guide to get started, stay motivated, and complete both large and small writing projects for public audiences. Now, more than ever, social scientists need to share our ideas with the public, as misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies have filtered into the public discourse and policymaking.

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Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Stardom and Social Mobility

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Stardom and Social Mobility

By: Karen Sternheimer

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today, retaining the first edition’s examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today’s celebrity culture. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society, to the changing nature of the American Dream, and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to courses on inequalities, celebrity culture, media, and cultural studies.

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Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Stardom and Social Mobility

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture

Why Media is Not the Answer

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture

Why Media is Not the Answer

By: Karen Sternheimer

Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Does cyber-bullying lead to an increase in suicide rates? Are teens promiscuous because of Teen Mom? As Karen Sternheimer clearly demonstrates, popular culture is an easy scapegoat for many of society's problems, but it is almost always the wrong answer. Now in its second edition, Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture goes beyond the news-grabbing headlines claiming that popular culture is public enemy number one to consider what really causes the social problems we are most concerned about. The sobering fact is that a "media made them do it" explanation fails to illuminate the roots of social problems like poverty, violence, and environmental degradation. Sternheimer's analysis deftly illustrates how welfare "reform," a two-tiered health care system, and other difficult systemic issues have far more to do with our contemporary social problems than Grand Theft Auto or Facebook. The fully-revised new edition features recent moral panics (think sexting and cyberbullying) and an entirely new chapter exploring social media. Expanded discussion of how we understand society's problems as social constructions without disregarding empirical evidence, as well as the cultural and structural issues underlying those ills, allows students to stretch their sociological imaginations.

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The Social Scientist's Soapbox

Adventures in Writing Public Sociology

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Pop Culture Panics

How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency

By: Karen Sternheimer

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How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency

By: Karen Sternheimer

Moral panics reveal much about a society’s social structure and the sociology embedded in everyday life. This short text examines extreme reactions to American popular culture over the past century, including crusades against comic books, music, and pinball machines, to help convey the "sociological imagination" to undergraduates. Sternheimer creates a critical lens through which to view current and future attempts of modern-day moral crusaders, who try to convince us that simple solutions—like regulating popular culture—are the answer to complex social problems. Pop Culture Panics is ideal for use in undergraduate social problems, social deviance, and popular culture courses.

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Kids These Days

Facts and Fictions about Today's Youth

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Kids These Days

Facts and Fictions about Today's Youth

By: Karen Sternheimer

Kids These Days critically examines the hottest news stories of the past few years to assess whether the news is really as bad as it sounds. Is kidnapping by strangers really a bigger threat now than in the past? Are disputes at school now settled with guns instead of fists? And are kids, especially girls, becoming bigger bullies than ever before? This book dissects the stories that made headlines and explores overall trends and statistics to compare the hype to the reality. The truth is that kids today do face unique obstacles and challenges, but their situation isn't nearly as dire as the compelling news accounts would have us believe. Rather, the author proposes that our nation's youth have been targeted as a problem population to absolve adult responsibility for creating the often dangerous and difficult conditions many young people must deal with.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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Facts and Fictions about Today's Youth

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Pop Culture Panics

How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency

By: Karen Sternheimer

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How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency

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Moral Panics reveal much about a society's social structure and the sociology embedded in everyday life. This short text, ideal for use in undergraduate social problems or social deviance courses, uses fascinating stories from American popular culture, to help convey the "sociological imagination" to undergraduates. An effective text also for undergraduate popular culture courses.

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Childhood in American Society

A Reader

By: Karen Sternheimer

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Childhood in American Society

A Reader

By: Karen Sternheimer

This anthology from scholarly literature about children explores the ways society makes meaning of the period called childhood, the social forces that shape children, and the strategies children use to influence each other, their familes, and the larger adult world. The anthology includes 34 readings in 7 topic areas: I. Meanings of Childhood II. Theorizing Childhood III. Studying Children IV. Relationships V. Constructing Race, Ethnicity and Gender VI. Popular Culture, Consumption and Play VII. Social Problems and Inequality

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0205617131

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The Social Scientist's Soapbox

The Social Scientist's Soapbox

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture

Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture

The Social Scientist's Soapbox

The Social Scientist's Soapbox

Pop Culture Panics

Pop Culture Panics

Kids These Days

Kids These Days

Kids These Days

Kids These Days

Pop Culture Panics

Pop Culture Panics

Childhood in American Society

Childhood in American Society

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