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6.1 Framing Deviance

It differs through individuals or societies, or the norms that are broken. Sociologists play a critical role in differentiating deviance. The norms which determine what action is deviant are through analyzing the rules and standards. An act that may be considered deviant for one group but no the other may be suicide. Different groups have a different explanation for deviance acts, which is why there are more examples through certain rules, norms, and taboos. There are similar examples of deviance for different groups in everyday life, such as robbery, theft, rape, or assault.

6.2 The Policy Implications of Incarceration

The factors that have contributed to an increase in incarceration are damage to social networks, social relationships, family functioning, physical health, political infrastructures, etc. Alternative forms of punishments can be suggested such as community service, probation, restitution, etc. To address this issue of increasing incarceration rates, the United States can start an awareness program or particular interventions. This would affect and define criminal acts to a considerable extent and would even help solve the problem of incarceration. The policy that I have discovered in my earlier research on crime and deviance is the intervention control policy for different crimes and deviance.

7.1 Analysis of High Schools

The high school that I attended was a private sector school which was huge, almost 1000 square feet. The socioeconomic composition of the school was focused on high-income students and the curriculum taught was GCSE standard. The racial composition of the school included all the children, including black, brown, white, Hispanic, Indian, etc. The school was located in the urban sector, and the percentage of graduates from the school was almost 95 percent. There was no hidden curriculum of the school which may apply to my high school experience. Those statistics which I found on the National Center for Education Statistic was the challenges most students face in high school. I believe that education reproduces some existing inequalities.

7.2 Cultural Differences in Education

Its education system somehow reflects a country's culture. However, most countries follow a similar pattern of education, but they do slightly differ from each other. The way of conducting the education system in the UK varies majorly from the US in certain aspects. For instance, the time duration for the completion of a degree is longer in the US as compared to the UK. The courses that are being offered in the UK are generally of a short period as they tend to be more focused on the main subject while in the US they also consider other connected aspects as well. Furthermore, the educational institutions in the US start their session in August.

7.3 Discussing Peer Review

Peer review is important because it involves subjecting the author’s scholarly work to check the validity of the work. The crucial questions to ask when reviewing a peer's paper is to know which audience the paper is intended for? What is the writer's main point? Which part of the paper interests the reader? The important elements of a peer review paper are to see whether the paper is thorough, thoughtful, and timely. The main concerns there are regarding a peer review paper get identified as unreasonable rejection, mordant criticisms, and resentment and jealousy towards the author's work.

8.1 US Healthcare and You

The US spends so much money on healthcare but still, fail to provide healthy outcomes to its citizens due to multiple reasons. Initially, the habit to avoid home cooked meals and prefer to order as it doesn’t require efforts and time, and excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks is the first reason of the increasing number of deaths in America. The people over there cannot afford medications and treatments due to being highly expensive. Comparing to the system in Canada even if the people are not able to afford their medical by themselves they don't have to bother about that as the National Health Care System covers their medical. However, the health of an individual is also affected by the environment in which they are living as a polluted environment can cause serious harm.

8.2 Obesity and the Sociological Imagination

The article discusses the major causes of obesity and the sociological imagination. It also explains the influences different factors have on the person which enhance obesity. The main points of the article illustrate the significance of child factors and the prominence each activity has on the growth of the person through obesity terms. The article identifies the problem of obesity as a public issue and not personal trouble. The social and cultural factors which lead to childhood obesity are social characteristics, sex or gender, age life stage, race, employment, occupation, income, education, marital status, etc.

9.1 The Impact of Power

Initially, the political system is responsible for the prosperity and development of any country. A disturbed or unfair political system can weaken the country in term of economy, social status, education, etc. the aspect that suffers the most is the group of minorities, Africans as being the largest group of minority in the US become continuous victim of racism, bullying, and discrimination on the basis of financial status. They get discriminated on every platform educational, professional or social, and despite this fact people they try to deal with such everyday incidents very professionally and by staying under the law.

9.2 Censoring Terrorism

By keeping a logical approach, it is extremely hazardous for the citizens of the USA if the terrorist group is having access to the internet. They can psychologically influence the minds of people to do something that they are unwilling to do. However, the government should have complete access and right to share things that can make them aware of the intentions of terrorist and can prevent people from getting hurt. They should execute campaigns on the internet and reach out people, apart from that they can also make them aware of the intentions of terrorist if they get notified on time.

10.1 Stereotypes in the Media

Media plays a primary role in shaping our society. The relation between mass media and social construction is that it shows what appears to be natural and obvious to people, but they may or may not be real; they are artificial. They provide material what we want to read and watch because the majority of people are a racial stereotype. A stereotype in media have some worst impacts, mostly they show how crimes are performed, and it harms society, as our generation got strictly affected by this. Media should avoid those programs or news which have a terrible impact on a generation, like the use of drugs or guns.

10.2 Impact of Technology on Society

The United States is one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world.  American culture linked to technologies such as the internet and automobile. Drawbacks of this technology are: crime rates are high, some benefits are: people can easily communicate, easy access to information. The US strengthened its culture by showing positivity of its culture on social media. Sometimes technology is not the cause of problems; basically, they are caused by the mismanagement of cultural shortcomings. Overuse of technology leads to significant issues.

10.3 Competency Reflection

Everyday life and sociology have a very close relationship. Every day when we wake up what we do and what we speak to people is sociological. The important tools are Survey, Observation, and Experiment, the significance of social stratification is that it refers to a society’s categorization of people into ranks of socioeconomic based on wealth, income, race, education, and power. More we socialize with individuals or society more we come to know about culture. Verbal and written communication skills play an important to present sociological concepts.

A – 7.1 Analyzing Argument

The writing strategy that is mainly used by the authors in their published articles is argumentative. The authors are trying to explain the invalidity of the use of Wikipedia for multiple reasons. One of these is mainly because it is recognized as a tertiary source and is not allowed for students to cite due to its open-source editing (Waters, 2007). However, the author of this essay tries to agree with Wikipedia as he wants his students to research and prepare for a topic through using this authoritative source. Although it may be erroneous from time to time due to its multiple editors, the strategy itself is convincing enough.

A – 9.1 Argumentative Essay

References

Waters, N. L. (2007). Why you can't cite Wikipedia in my class. Communications of the ACM, 50(9), 15-17.