Blogging through Invitation to Sociology (2020)

Originally, I was not interested in the social phenomena around me even though I was studying sociology. So I didn't look at the TV news or the Internet articles and I didn't think deeply about why it happened or what the significance of this phenomenon was. So I decided to take this class to think deeper about sociology. So I could learn some new things. First, I could learn about sociology. I was able to increase my sociological knowledge by studying the contents of social studies, from the perspective of sociology and research methods to culture, politics, ideology, economy, etc. and it was good to think about it and strengthen my skills. Second, I can use Wikipedia more skillfully. Usually, even if I had to find the data, I would Google it roughly.  So it was not easy to get quality data. But Wikipedia has many good materials, so it was easy to find the data I wanted. I think I will use Wikipedia when I look for data in the future. Finally, my English has improved a l...

Summary Demographics is the study of population dynamics. This study also includes studies of population changes over time. Demographic analysis is a powerful tool for explaining many sociological phenomena. Demographics rely primarily on large-scale data derived from census. The most important indicators of population statistics are birth and death rates. The demographic change is a model and theory that explains the change from high birth rate and death rate to low birth and death rate that occurs as part of a country's economic development. In pre-industrial societies, both birth and death rates are high, so population growth is relatively slow. In industrialization, population development is faster because birth rates are relatively higher than death rates, and in post-industrial societies, both birth rates and mortality rates are lower. Overpopulation refers to a scenario in which the population of a species exceeds the capacity of an ecological niche market. Simply put, the...

Summary Technology refers to the whole of what is used to achieve a goal, such as the production of goods or services or scientific research. The most famous example of technology is cell phones. Cell phones allow you to make calls without directly connecting your phone lines, a technology that prioritizes your mobile phone. The introduction of this technology has brought many changes to society. For example, it was very common to look for pay phones before cell phones became widespread, but not now. interesting There were many interesting parts of the research on social networks and video games. It was also surprising that there were gender inequality issues on social networks and conflicting research on video games. discussion Examples of technologies include cell phones, social networks, and video games.

Summary Race is a group of humans considered to be in some way distinct from other humans on the basis of actual or imagined physical differences. The concepts of race are often controversial because of their influence on social identity and how such identity affects someone's position in the social hierarchy. Nationality, not race-related, refers to the social characteristics shared by humans. These characteristics include nationality, tribe, religious belief, official language, sharing, culture, and shared traditions. The concept of race is presumed to have been around since ancient Egypt and was much addressed by scientists in the 19th century. Racism is perceived by many as an insult to basic human dignity and a violation of human rights. Racism is opposed by almost all mainstream forces in the United States. Many international treaties have been working to end racial discrimination. The United Nations uses the definition of racial discrimination as presented in the Internati...

Summary Sociologists distinguish gender from sex.Gender refers to a recognized or assumed social position within the designation between culturally established male and female behavior. Cis sex/gender people are those who follow existing concepts of gender and sex within a given social, historical, cultural, political, and scientific context. Transsexuals are those who do not follow the existing concepts of gender and sex within a given social, historical, cultural, political, and scientific context. The scientific community has classified many species of creatures into two complementary categories based on dominant interpretations of genetic material, reproductive ability, and the composition of the genitals. Typically, this classification system has promoted the concept of two genders. These socially constructed typology is so well established that most people interpret and recognize gender as a dichotomy of men and women. Gender is a socially constructed interpretation of patterns o...

Summary Social inequality occurs when the resources of a given society are distributed unevenly through the norms of allocation, typically resulting in specific patterns along the lines of people in socially defined categories. It is a differentiated preference for access to social goods brought about by power, religion, kinship, prestige, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, class. Social inequality is found in almost every society. Social inequality is shaped by a variety of structural factors, such as geographical location or citizenship status, and is often backed up by cultural disputes and identities that define whether the poor are "receivable" or "unqualified." Social inequality can be classified as an egalitarian society, a class society and a stratified society. An egalitarian society is a society that advocates social equality through equal opportunities and rights. Therefore, there is little discrimination. In a class society, people are gat...

Summary Social stratification refers to the classification of people into groups based on socio-economic factors such as wealth, income, race, education, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political). Determining the structure of social stratification stems from the inequality of status among people. Therefore, the degree of social inequality determines the social class of an individual. Four principles were laid out to support social stratification. First, social stratification is defined as the property of society, not the individual in society. Second, reproduce social stratification from generation to generation. Third, social stratification is universal, but it depends on time and place. Fourth, social stratification includes not only quantitative inequality but also qualitative beliefs and attitudes to social status. All anthropologists argue about the" universal" character of social class painting, arguing that this is not a standard in all...

Summary dramarturgy are the sociological views commonly used in micro-social explanations of social interactions in everyday life. In dramatic sociology, it is argued that the elements of human interaction depend on time, place, and hearing. The dramatic view is one of several sociological paradigms separated from other sociological theories because it analyzes context rather than investigating the causes of human behavior. But this is socially controversial. In a dramatic model, social interactions are analyzed from the perspective of how people live their lives, just like actors who act on stage. This theory divides society into three stages. On the front stage, individuals perform actions consciously or unconsciously that fit their roles. On the backstage, we know that people are free to perform unacceptable actions on the front stage. That is, backstage is where people relax and act.  Outside or offstage is a place where an individual is not involved in the performance. These...

Summary Symbolic interaction is a sociological theory that develops from practical considerations and implies people's use of certain dialects, creating images and creating general meanings for inference and communication with others. The symbolic interaction originates from the sociological perspective developed in the mid-20th century, and the symbolic interaction affects social psychology and microsocialism. The symbolic interaction was designed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Coolie. And Herbert Blummer coined the term and came up with an influential summary. Most symbolic interaction scholars believe that physical reality actually exists by individual social justice, and that social justice is partly or partly related to" real". This is called an assumption. If some of the basic assumptions about symbolic interaction have been defined, it is necessary to address the premise supported by each assumption. 1) Humans act according to the meaning of things 2) Th...

Summary A social network is a social structure composed of social interactions between a series of social actors. An analysis of social networks is an academic study from social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory. In the late 1890s, Emil Durkheim and Ferdinand Tonnies exemplified social network ideas in theories and studies of their social groups. Then the study developed and in the 1930s, several groups of psychology, anthropology, and mathematics began to employ the structure. In general, social networks are self-organizing, new and complex. So from the local interaction of the components that make up the system, consistent patterns emerge around the world.This pattern becomes clearer as network size increases, but network analysis for all interpersonal relationships is practically impossible. There are micro-levels, mezzo-levels, macro-levels at the analytical level of social networks. In micro-levels, social network research generally begins with individuals, and...

Summary Social structure means grouping by function or purpose. Race, class, disability, gender, etc. can be seen as a measure of social structure division. Social structure was studied from the beginning by scholars such as Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Max Webber, Ferdinand Tunis, and Emil Durkhem, and then developed extensively in the 20th century by the research of Claude Levi Strauss, feminist, Marxist views, and Talcott Parsons de. Some people believe that the social structure has developed naturally. This is because there has been a demand for a larger system due to the development of society and competition among political parties. The concept of social structure can conceal systematic prejudice. For example, men and women with the same qualifications may claim that they are treated differently at work because of their gender. However, there may be other variables hidden in this, such as working hours. interㄷsting The hypothesis that the social structure could have occurred...

Summary Deviation is a violation of cultural norms. Here cultural norms represent social expectations. Deviation is divided into official and unofficial deviations. Official deviation refers to crime, and informal deviation refers to actions that can offend others. In the structural-functional approach, deviant behavior plays an important role. First, deviation helps to distinguish acceptable behavior from non-acceptable behavior. Second, it can promote social integration. But this could reject deviant people from society. Third, deviant behavior can be the driving force of social change. In other words, deviation can be seen as a social function in the theory of structure and function. Conflict theory says deviant behavior shows a power imbalance. For example, the failure of the white collar class to report crimes is attributed to a power imbalance. Labeling theory sees more and more so because of the stigma attached to deviant people. interesting It was amazing that he could set a st...

Summary Socialization is a basic sociological concept consisting of many factors. arnnet aims of socialization: impulse control and development of conscience, preparation and performance of duties, source of meaning or cultivation of what is important, valuable and worth living. explained by In short, socialization is what makes human social life possible. So socialization tends to emphasize different things in different cultures. Socialization is divided into primary socialization and secondary socialization. Primary socialization is a stage that occurs mainly in children and adolescents, and secondary socialization is a stage of socialization that occurs in new groups that require additional socialization. Socialization also varies depending on social class. Low-income parents tend to put more emphasis on their children's suitability, while middle-income parents tend to put more emphasis on creativity and self-reliance. interesting It was amazing that children who did not go thro...

summary A government is a system that governs a country or community. In the early days of human civilization, the government had a group of tribal chiefs and senior tribal members who helped him in the form of a committee. Since the end of the 17th century, the spread of republican forms of government has increased due to the British Honorary Revolution, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution. In the 19th and 20th centuries, there has been considerable progress in the scale of government at the national level. The forms of government include dictatorship, Aristocrisy, democracy, and federalism. Dictatorship is a form of government in which the highest power is concentrated in one person's hands and is not affected by legal restraints or public control. Aristocrisy is a form of government that grants power to the small privileged. Democracy is a government system in which citizens exercise power through voting. Democracy includes direct democracy, representative democra...

summary Politics is about people in a group making decisions that affect their society. This is not just in the state, but in the interactions of all human groups, including businesses, academic and religious institutions. Governments have various forms of government, such as monarchy, democracy, totalitarianism, communism, oligarchy and neo-government politics. A monarchy is what a monarch has power. But even though monarchy is now in place in Britain and Thailand, their power is very limited. Democracy is a form of government in which the right to have sovereignty is owned by a majority of citizens within a country or country. In the form of democracy, members of the state can have equal power and freedom. totalitarianism is a state-controlled government that controls almost every part of the country's interests. They maintain their power through propaganda. The oligarchy is a form of government in which power is effectively placed in small elite groups. The communist state is ...