Blogging through Invitation to Sociology (2020)

What did I learn from this class? I fell in love with sociology through this lecture. Origin all y, sociology was just one of the disciplines to me, and I had never thought about what sociology deals with. By the way, I learned about sociology this time and learned how close sociology is to my life. There are some parts about sociology that I learned in high school, but the study of social problems that I encounter in daily life and news, such as gender discrimination and racism, was also sociology. It was also questionable why I finally realized such a natural fact. Through this class, I was able to approach sociology properly and develop a great interest and interest in sociology. The most interesting part of this lecture is: First, I liked the part where the story about politics came out. (about the government, the country, etc.) In fact, there were many ignorant aspects of the political and current affairs, rather than reading news and newspapers a lot. However, as I g...

1. Summary Race is the physical difference of the human population that is thought to be distinct in some way from one person to another, either real or imagined. Racial classification is attributed to the idea of human biological classification, depending on the morphological features of the skin's color or face. Individuals are generally classified into external groups, not individuals who choose to belong as part of their identity. From the seventeenth century, the first scientific attempt to classify races was made, and these early attempts developed with European imperialism and colonization around the world. Race continues to discuss academic areas about how to understand learning. Some sociologists and biologists believe that race is a social construct. In other words, there is no foundation in the natural world, but it is simply a man-made artificial distinction. However, some sociologists (and other researchers) still believe that race is a valid and useful measure when...

1. Summary Sociologists make a distinction between gender and sex. "Gender" refers to a person's perceived or projected social location within culturally established designations between masculine and feminine behaviors (e.g., gender refers to a person's attempt to signify a masculine or feminine self as well as a person's attempt to categorize someone else in terms of their presentation (intentional or otherwise) of masculine or feminine selfhood). Sex, however, refers to a person's assignment, usually by medical, religious, familial, and / or governmental authorities, into categories socially constructed on the basis of perceived genetic and biological factors (e.g., social elites place people into sex categories by interpreting genetic and biological components of said people). Women and men are biologically, socially and psychologically different. In particular, social and psychological differences are divided into occupations and education to explain...

Is rising inequality something to be worried about? I think it is a matter of course to worry about. Of course I don't think inequality can be eliminated at all. But I think we should try to minimize and reduce the inevitable inequality. To do so, one must realize that inequality is a factor that can cause problems. That's why I think we have to worry about increasing inequality. I think it is irresponsible not to worry to say "Inequality must exist," about anything and not to seek ways to eliminate inequality.

Are WE prejudiced? I think we are all prejudiced. Everybody says, "I don't discriminate, I respect." So did I. So I thought I was arrogant and unbiased. But we live with far more prejudice than we feel ourselves. To tell you one thing about my experience, I thought I myself was not prejudiced against the disabled. But by volunteering to help the disabled, I realized that I had a prejudice against the disabled. And when we think of prejudice, we think of discrimination and prejudice against disability, race, gender, etc. However, humans live with prejudice even in small parts. Because a person lives with his or her own beliefs or values and treats and understands others based on them.

How many foreigners live in Korea? Where are they from? I know that many foreigners live in Korea. Especially in Ansan, where I live now, there are many foreign workers living. I can easily see Chinese, Russians, etc. just by walking in front of the school. Since foreigners in our country are often foreign workers or people who have married internationally, there seem to be many people from Southeast Asia or China. And when I think of foreign workers, I usually think of Southeast Asians. But when I came to Ansan, I found out that many Russians also existed as foreign workers.

1. Summary Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are generally distributed unevenly through allocation norms, causing specific patterns along the lines of people in socially defined categories. Social inequality generally means a lack of equality of results, but it can be conceptualized in terms of a lack of equal access to opportunities. Social inequality is formed by various structural factors, such as geographical location or civil rights status, and is often supported by cultural discourse and identity that define whether the poor are 'qualified' or 'unreasonable'. Social inequality can be classified as an equal society, a ranking society, and a stratified society. The five systems or types of social inequality are wealth inequality, treatment and responsibility inequality, political inequality, life inequality, and membership inequality. The main examples of social inequality include income disparity, gender inequality, health care and socia...

1. Summary Social stratification means the classification of a society that groups people based on socio-economic factors such as wealth, income, race, education, gender, occupation and social status, or derived power (social and political). Thus stratification is the relative social position of a person within a social group, category, geographic area, or social unit. The classification of people by social class occurs most clearly in a complex state-based, multipolar or feudal society, and the latter is based on the socioeconomic relationship between the aristocracy and the peasant class. The concept of social stratification is often used and interpreted differently within a particular theory. In sociology, proponents of behavioral theory are commonly found in societies with advanced social stratification, where the ruling class may be necessary to maintain social order and provide a stable social structure. Conflict theory, such as Marxism, points out that resources found in stra...

1. Summary Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective commonly used in micro-social explanations of social interactions in everyday life. The term was first adopted as sociology in theaters in 1956 by Erving Goffman, who developed most of the relevant terms and ideas in his book, 'Expression of His Life.' In drama sociology, it is argued that the elements of human interaction depend on time, place, and audience. In other words, for Goffman, ego is a sense of who he is, a dramatic effect from an instant scene. The dramatic view is one of several sociological paradigms separated from other sociological theories because it analyzes context rather than investigating the cause of human behavior. In the dramatic model, social interactions are analyzed in the way people live their lives like actors who act on stage. This analysis looks at the concept of status and role. 2. Interesting With regard to performance, the seven important factors that Goffman identified were intere...

1. Summary Symbolic interaction is a sociological theory that implies people's use of certain dialects to develop from practical considerations and produce images and normal meanings for connection and communication with others. The analytical process that occurs between interactions helps to generate and regenerate meaning. Influencing the interaction between individuals is a common understanding and interpretation of meaning. Individuals act on the premise of a common understanding of meaning within the social context. Thus, interaction and behavior are organized through the common meaning that objects and concepts are attached to them. The symbolic interaction was designed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley. Most of the symbolic interaction theorists believe that physical reality actually exists by individual social justice and that social justice develops in relation to "real" something. Therefore, people do not respond directly to reality, but to soc...

What is more important: the actions of individuals or the environment that influences them? Both are important, but I think individual behavior is more important. In fact, it was very difficult to choose between the two because I thought which was more important. Because the two factors have a great influence on each other. But I chose individual behavior. Of course, depending on the environment that affects them, individual behavior is severely constrained, and individual thinking is also heavily constrained. But if an individual recognizes a problem and acts up, his or her behavior does not have a significant impact, but eventually he or she can improve it. And I thought it was more important for an individual behavior because it required courage and he had to take a lot of responsibility.

1. Summary Social network refers to a social structure consisting of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), a collection of diode bonds, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for analyzing the structure of the entire social subject as well as various theories describing the patterns observed in these structures. In the late 1890s, Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tonnies foreshadowed the concept of social networks, and the concept of social networks appeared in the world. The major developments in this field can be seen by several groups operating independently in the fields of psychology, anthropology, and mathematics in the 1930s. Since the late 1990s, social network analysis has experienced the work of sociologists, political scientists and physicists such as Duncan J. Watts, Albert Laszlo Barabashi, Peter Behman and Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler and others are developing and applying new model...

1. Summary This article explains the structure of society. A social structure refers to a lasting relationship or bond between individuals or groups of individuals. Since the 1930s, the term has been commonly used in social sciences, especially in relation to other sociological variables, as variables that require identifying subcomponents. Social structure means the concept that society is divided into different classes according to social classification. Within various social structures, people's social treatment can be understood to be related to their background. A social structure may appear to affect important social systems, including economic systems, legal systems, political systems, cultural systems, and so on. Family, religion, law, economy and social class are all social structures. "Social systems" are the parent systems of the various systems included. Early research into social structure has helped research into institutions, cultures and institutions, s...

Where do we learn more: in schools or outside? I think there are more things to learn outside of school. I think school is a microcosm of society, so I mainly learn the most basic things that can be learned in society. Now I also felt that reality is very different from what I thought and learned at school. In school, if you learn the basic theory, it seems to be a concept that you apply it outside of school and apply it directly. But I think what you can learn at school and what you can learn outside is different. Although school is a microcosm of society, it is true that there are things that can only be learned in school and only outside of school. And as mentioned above, I think it is also important to learn in school even if you can learn more outside of school because you can apply it in society based on what you can learn in school.

1. Summary Deviation is an act that violates cultural norms. Deviation is divided into two types. The first refers to crimes that violate officially enacted laws, and are called official deviation. The second refers to the violation of informal social norms, norms not classified by law, and is called informal deviation. Deviation can vary considerably from culture to culture. Deviation is also relative because cultural norms are relative. In socialist typology, the deviant type was proposed based on two criteria. The first is the individual's motivation or compliance with cultural goals, and the second is the individual's belief in how to achieve the goal. Therefore, deviation may be the result of accepting one norm but breaking another one in pursuit of a false one. Structural functionalism argues that heterogeneity plays an important role in society for many reasons. First, deviance helps distinguish acceptable behavior from non-acceptance behavior. Second, it can promote soc...

1. Summary This article is a basic sociological concept consisting of several elements in socialization. Arnett presented three goals for sociology. The first is the development of impulse control and conscience, the second is the preparation and performance of roles, including career roles, gender roles and roles in institutions such as marriage and parents, and the third is the cultivation of meaningful sources, or important and valuable things, and that can live with enemies. To put it simply, socialization is the process of preparing humans to function in social life. However, it should be remembered that socialization is culturally relative. It is also an important sociological process in developing individuals who can function in a social human society, but it does not learn all aspects of human behavior. Socialization is generally divided into two parts.Primary socialization takes place in early childhood and adolescence. Secondary socialization refers to socialization that take...

1. Summary This article is talking about the government. A government is a system that controls a state or community, usually consisting of a legislature, an administration and a judiciary. Government is a very important factor in maintaining and developing society. In the form of government, dictatorship, aristocracy, democracy, republic and federalism are presented. A dictatorship is a government system in which supreme power is concentrated in one person's hands, and its decisions are not affected by the regularized mechanism of external legal restraint or popular control. And aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of the minority privileged class. Democracy is a government system in which citizens exercise power by voting. In direct democracy, citizens as a whole form a governing body and vote directly on each issue. In representative democracy, citizens elect representatives from among them. A republic is a form of government that is regarded as ...

1. Summary This article is talking about politics. Politics is the process in which groups of people make social and economic decisions. First, talk about power, authority, and violence in politics. Political power is the type of power held by one group in society, defined as the ability to influence the behavior of others. And authority is used interchangeably with the term power, meaning different. Authority means the claim of legitimacy, justification and the right to exercise power. Violence is used as a way for governments to force individuals to comply when they are forced to act in a certain way on the basis of authority if they do not follow the government's instructions. The types of government are divided into monarchy, democracy, totalitarianism, oligarchy, communism, and the new. It also talks about political parties. A political party is a political organization that generally seeks to gain and maintain political power within the government by participating in elect...

1. Summary This article talks about demographics and demographics. Demographics is a study of human demographic dynamics. Demographic analysis may involve small groups defined by criteria such as whole society or education, religion, or ethnicity. Before proposing a complex theory to explain social phenomena at a macro or social level, sociologists should first use demographic indicators for possible explanations. Demographic statistical analysis is a powerful tool for explaining many sociological phenomena. Census statistics rely primarily on large data sets derived from census and registration statistics. Developing trends in demographic indicators, such as birth and mortality, requires a large set of data over a long period of time. Because demographics are interested in changing populations, demographers focus on specific indicators of change. Two of the most important indicators are birth and death rates, and demographers are interested in migration trends or the movement of pe...

1. Summary This article talks about what has become possible due to the development of technology. Technology is a collection of technologies, methods, or processes used to achieve goals, such as the production of goods or services or scientific research. One of the best known examples of technology is cell phones. If you use a mobile phone, you can make a phone call even if you don't have a phone line. Now that the technology is well known, most people in developed countries use it. These mobile phones have changed social customs. For example, informal social norms have been developed regarding the use of cell phones in public situations. Also, the use of cell phones has changed social life, which means that people have become more dependent on these phones and technologies. With the development of such mobile phones and computers, social networks have also developed. While social networks have many advantages, such as developing business networks or keeping in touch with fr...