Blogging through Invitation to Sociology (2020)

This class looked at the whole of sociology. There were a lot of things that I already knew, but it was a class to learn more about sociology through detailed content or specific examples. Most of all, through the blog assignment, I was able to have a chance to experience not only Korean cases but also foreign cases together and compare each other. Specifically, through this class, I first came across the concept of 'social imagination'. I learned that Individual have understood through social imagination that social events and social structures have been affected by people' behavior, attitudes, and culture. I was also able to understand the various roles that sociology majors play in the company after graduation. In Korea, where the degree of connection between majors at universities and professions is not great, this information will be useful for students who major in sociology. I was also able to understand the research methods of sociology. I have learned the quantita...

1. Summary Demographics, which deals with population, studies the distribution of the population and the changes of the population over time. Demographics was initially used for political purposes, such as examining the basis of taxation. However, demography is a powerful tool for explaining various social phenomena, so sociologists need to take advantage of it. Demographics analyzes birth rates, mortality rates, and population movements to identify changes in the population. Demography provides a meaningful interpretation of social patterns.  The demographic transition, a related theory, accounts for changes in birth rate and mortality as the country's economy develops. This demographic analysis explains the causes and status of overpopulation or underpopulation. Furthermore, by explaining the impact of these situations, we spread awareness of the problem and provide solutions. On the other hand, as industrialization progressed, the urbanization phenomenon in which a large prop...

1. Summary Technology facilitates and promotes production. It also helps you achieve specific goals. The introduction of a representative modern technology called mobile phones has caused a lot of changes in society. It also brought about changes in social practices, including the creation of informal social norms. Mobile phones are a modern technology that includes other technologies, such as maps, cameras, games, and alarms, in addition to phones. As a result, people's dependence on mobile phones is growing. The development of these technologies has facilitated the formation of social networks. This flow has created many benefits and concerns. Not only that, gender inequality that exists in reality also exists in social networks. Meanwhile, with the development of technology, video games have also developed. In some cases, these video games improve your ability to flexibly and accurately control your attention. However, it also has harmful effects. 2. Interesting -It is inter...

Long ago in Korea, there were people who thought that men should not go into the kitchen. Some older people who have been affected by them still have that idea. In other words, it is thought that women should be in charge of work at home and men should work in workplace. This is definitely a wrong idea. Based on the current flow and mood, we can see that there is a contradiction in the question itself. I think it is right for people to decide their roles and act according to their aptitudes, not men and women, rather than the roles given at home and work.

Toys such as cars, airplanes, and robots are usually products targeted at boys. On the other hand, barbie dolls, cooking kitchens, or baby dolls are usually products targeted at girls. Will children prefer these different types of toys by their original needs, depending on their gender? Or, I wonder if this situation, which is natural for us, was actually manipulated by the myths of society.

1. Summary An objective classification based on distinct physical differences between humans is the race. Races are classified by skin color, morphological features of the face, and hair color. Classification by these physical differences affects the social identity of mankind. It is ethnicity that categorizes humanity not by physical differences, but by social characteristics shared by humanity. Representative social characteristics considered for classifying ethnicity are nationality, tribe, religious beliefs, shared language, shared culture, shared traditions, etc. There have been scientific attempts to classify races since the 17th century. According to them, race occurs objectively and naturally. There is also a strong link between the biological race and the social phenomena of humans. Meanwhile, there have been attempts to combine skin color and national identity as part of combining race and ethnicity. Some sociologists and biologists consider race as a social construct, Th...

1. Summary Today, religious and scientific communities use gender as a strong belief system and a classification system. Many who have been trained by them embrace this social composition and explain more of the world. Sociologists distinguish gender and sex. According to them, gender is a cultural classification concept, an interpretation of sex, and sex is a biological classification concept. In the social, historical, cultural, political and scientific context, cis accepts the existing gender concept (gender, sex) as it is, The trans, on the other hand, opposes this, and rejects the role assigned according to various contexts related with gender. Men and women actually have biological and social differences. Examples of biological differences are height and physical force. In addition, studies have shown that there are differences in the brain as well. On the other hand, due to discriminatory treatment, social differences such as women focusing on interpersonal relationships and m...

12-2 1. Summary Social inequality is the term used when a pattern in which social resources are unevenly distributed is formed. In general, inequality can be found in social status, economic wealth, etc. The general indicator of social inequality is the Gini's coefficient. More meaningful information can be obtained by further analyzing the context of the Gini coefficient. Social inequality in an equal society, a ranking society, and a stratified society is different, This social inequality can be divided into five aspects: wealth, treatment and responsibility, political, life, and membership. In reality, there are social inequalities with different treatment depending on social status. This social status can be divided into attribution status and achievement status. Despite the comments so far, in fact, the variables that determine social inequality vary with time and place. There are various ideologies for whether this inequality is legitimate or undesirable. Various ideologies...

12-1 1. Summary Social class refers to a person's relative position in society. The status inequality of human determines the structure of this social class. It is usually based on power, wealth, income, occupation, and social status. Social stratification is interpreted and used differently according to a specific theory. For example, proponents of action theory consider social stratification as necessary to maintain social order. Conflict theory, on the other hand, points out that social stratification limits the possibility of social mobility between classes. This social stratification is a social asset and is reproduced through generations. Social stratification is a universal concept in terms of existence, but its appearance may vary depending on the time and place. Social stratification is a concept that includes both quantitative inequality and qualitative beliefs. Especially in complex societies, it is easy to find this kind of stratification. In an open society, social ...

11-2 1. Summary Dramaturgy understands society as if it were a theater. In addition, it sees all members of society as an actor who plays the role of all members of society. It has Metaphor that the world is theaters and the members of society are actors. Studying social interactions in terms of theater performances is called dramaturgy. Dramaturgy sees elements of human interaction as time, place, and audience. Dramaturgy emphasizes expressiveness as a major component of interaction. According to this paradigm, an individual interacts with others through expressiveness. In this process, personal identity is constantly re-created. Dramaturgy uses concepts stages to understand the world. Stages are the concept that can confirm individuals that they have different role and information. Stages include front stage, back stage, and external stage. Actors follow the formal customs shared with the audience and play a role at the front stage. Backstage is a space completely separate ...

1. Summary  Symbolic interaction is a sociological theory that understands a symbolic world by analyzing repetitive interactions between individuals and environments. Individuals act and share a common meaning within this social world. Various scholars have tried to interpret these symbolic interactions. For example, George Herbert Mead explains that the core of social interaction is the inner conversation(mind). According to him, individuals uses language to give meaning of the world. Also, all these interactions come together to form a society. His pupil, Harvard Blumer, who first described the symbolic interaction term, explains that people come together to form a group, and society is defined by the actions between them. According to him, the individual goes through the process of approval and re-approval through interaction with the individual and the environment to create a symbol of new meaning. In addition, behaviorism, pragmatism, and Max Weber contributed to the formati...

-The typical role conflict seen in Korea today is easily seen in working parents using maternity leave. Parents working in Korea find it difficult to combine infant care and work. So, parents who work in Korea want to use parental leave as a parent for raising their young children. At the same time, however, they are reluctant to take parental leave to maintain his position at work and to promote. In fact, in South Korea, when you return from a parental leave to work, your status is not often preserved at work. This is often reported in the news. In this case, they may be asked to leave the company implicitly. Working parents who are aware of this situation are wondering whether they should take parental leave to focus on raising their child or not to use parental leave to avoid losing their jobs as office worker. However, it is not that we do not understand the position of the company whose purpose is to pursue profit. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the government's poli...

10-2 1. Summary Various social structures come together to form a social network. Here, social networks are theoretical concepts used in social science to study relationships between individuals, groups, and the whole society. You can understand social interaction through social networks. An interdisciplinary approach is needed to analyze these social networks and their structured patterns. An eminent sociologist, Dürchem, explains that when an individual interacts with another (other group), the individual's behavior must be understood as a social activity. Scholars analyze these social networks by dividing them into micro, meso, and macro levels. First of all, microscopic analysis begins with small groups of individuals, including individual. Microscopic analysis is divided into a Triadic level and a subset level, in addition to the Dyadic level, which describes the social relationship between two individuals, and the actor level, which studies the smallest analytical unit ...

10-1 1. Summary Social structure means an institutionalized person or group that has a clear relationship within a social system and continuously interacts. Family, religious, legal, economic and social classes are examples of social structures. Through social structure, people form groups according to function and purpose in society. Individuals are treated differently depending on their structure. There are various opinions about the origin of social structure. First of all, there is an opinion that the social structure was formed naturally. On the contrary, there is an opinion that the social structure was formed by competition and conflict among groups. Historically, many scholars have proposed theories about social structure. Among them, Marx, who gave the first and most comprehensive explanation of social structure, argued that infrastructure (economy) determines the superstructure (political, social, and cultural). In contrast, Emile Durkheim, a representative of functional t...

-I think the reason people cooperate with others is because of the benefits. Human beings are rational beings. People will try to cooperate with others because your utility is greater than when you work alone. However, if cooperation with others results in a decrease in their satisfaction, people will gradually decrease the frequency of cooperation. It's because people think that if they cooperate with others a lot, it will benefit them less than they would not. I personally prefer to collaborate with others in the stage of exchanging different ideas through brainstorming at the beginning of my project. This is a work that helps me who has the ability to organize various ideas systematically to complete a project, because I can get a variety of ideas in a short time. As such, people will try to cooperate with others at a stage that helps themselves.

-When you actually walk down the street, you see a woman in pink and a man in blue. Indeed, as of this writing, I have seen some couples dressed in these colors. Compared to women, men are often more reluctant to wear pink clothes (of course, I admit people are different). I think pink is often associated with women because women use pink more than men. I think that women usually use pink because they don't feel much rejected.(but, it is different by people) It can be found in socialization from an early age. Often, when we present clothes to baby of acquaintances, we present blue clothes for boys. On the other hand, if the baby is a girl, we present pink clothes. As an implicit promise, we naturally accept pink as a woman's since childhood. Since pink is a better color for women, did people think of pink as a woman? Or is it that pink has become more intimate with women because people have previously associated it with women? People's opinions will diverge. In the latter ...

1. Summary Deviation is a violation of social and cultural norms that humans expect to function properly in society. Deviations can be divided into formal and informal deviations based on whether they are illegal. Different cultures have different norms, so there are differences in behavior that are stated as deviations. So far, many theories about deviation have been raised. First, Psychological and Biological Explanations assert that the cause of deviation is a biological cause, and presents the differences in brain structure as the basis. Second, Merton's Social-Strain Typology is the theory that deviations occur due to the separation of purpose and means. The theory is that deviations can be experienced by using relatively unlawful means to achieve legitimate goals. Third, Structural-Functionalism is the theory that deviations play an important role in society. According to this theory, deviance helps to clarify the moral boundaries of society, and sometimes acts as a catalyst...

1. Summary According to the text, socialization is the process of preparing humans to adapt to society. Socialization is different according to the culture. Among them, the primary socialization takes place as members of society grow and acquire culture and norms from their society. On the other hand, we learns more specific and clear norms than primary socialization in secondary socialization. This is usually done in job groups. Formal socialization agencies are those that aim for this socialization. On the other hand, informal socialization institutions are not operated for the purpose of socialization. However, in this institution, socialization is also achieved through people's interaction. People who are not socialized for reasons such as neglect or abuse do not have the basic skills to adapt in society. If you miss an important time for language learning, you will have to struggle with learning human language. Based on this, proper socialization at the right time is a neces...

-Presumably, because the United States is indirect election system, not direct election system, I think, the voter turnout is lower than that of Korea, which is a direct election system. The turnout of voters in USA is low because the people of the United States may think that power of their vote are small and they think that the members of the National Assembly who voted can not choose the president they want. It is also possible that the individualistic tendencies of the people in United States have affected to low turnout. On the other hand, Korea is a country with strong communism, although individualism is emphasized these days. So, korean have a strong idea that their vote can affect the whole country. Also, Korea, which is still divided, is more sensitive to ideological issues and policies than other countries. Accordingly, the results of the election are used as a means of judging the government and the policy of the government. The people of the Republic of Korea judge the f...

-Electronic voting system has several advantages and disadvantages. First of all, transcending spatial constraints is the biggest advantage of electronic voting. It saves locals from having to gather in one place at a given time. This means that the Korean people don't have to take risks to vote during the last election that covid-19 virus break out. It also has the advantage of reducing the time and administration costs for voting. There is no need to check the ballots individually, so the cost for the election will be reduced. The turnout of voters is likely to increase because the time and economic costs of an individual for elections will also decrease. There is also the potential for advances in electronic voting related technologies. However, electronic voting also has its drawbacks. Basically, there is a risk that the election results will be manipulated due to risks such as hacking. In addition, there is a concern that voting will be paralyzed overall by hacking, such as ...