Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Saldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding” (pp. 1–42)

Chapter 2, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 43–65)

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 7, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 215–236)

Chapter 8, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis” (pp. 237–270)

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211)

The following articles are examples of literature reviews on the aspects of social change. Choose one of the articles for this week’s Discussion 2.

Thomas, E. F., McGarty, C., & Mavor, K. I. (2009). Transforming “apathy into movement”: The role of prosocial emotions in motivation action for social change. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 13(4), 310–333.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Kezar, A. (2014). Higher education change and social networks: A review of the research. Journal of Higher Education, 85(1), 91–125.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Aguinis, H., & Glavas, A. (2012). What we know and don’t know about corporate social responsibility: A review and research agenda. Journal of Management, 38(4), 932–968.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Walden University. (2015). Social change. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change

As you review this website, think about Walden’s meaning of social change and how this website will guide you as you consider positive social change for your Major Assignment 2.

Document: Excel Video Coding Document Template (Excel spreadsheet)

Review this Excel template as you view this week’s media programs. Also, you will use this template for organizing your transcripts and preparing them for coding.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Choose one of the three social change literature review articles found in this week’s Learning Resources and review the article in detail.

Explore the Walden Social Change website and locate an additional document, video, or webpage that will inform your understanding of the meaning of positive social change. Reflect on any additional sources you find.

Next, write field notes based on the information you gathered from the Walden social change website and any other documents or websites that might inform your changing impressions about the meaning of positive social change.

Finally, review the media programs related to coding and consider how you will use this information to support this Discussion. Note: In your Excel Video Coding template there is a tab for your website data. Use this tab to place your content and codes for the website.

Prepare a brief explanation of your understanding of the meaning of positive social change thus far. Refer to the additional sources you have reviewed this week, and comment on how they are shaping your experience. Use the data you gathered from your analytic memo to support your explanation.

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

       

For this discussion, you must read Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 of the text, Sociology: Beyond Common Sense, the article The ‘Pink vs Blue’ Gender Myth (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and watch the three videos, Social Construction (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,[Transcript]  RACE: Are We So Different? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and A Girl Like Me (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Transcript]. [Note that A Girl Like Me uses words or language that are considered profane, vulgar or offensive by some viewers. Ashford University does not condone such content that may be objectionable; however, the video is being used due to its impact and education value in understanding social construction.] After reviewing these resources on varied perspectives of social construction, consider the following questions:

• What is social construction?
• Which example from the resources provided did you find most compelling in building your knowledge of social construction? Describe it and explain why you found it most useful.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. 

Article file and Possible concepts (List of suggestion) file are below. 

Course Description: It incorporates various perspectives of the social sciences: anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, and economics. It applies these perspectives to shed light on how racism has developed and impacted U.S. society. It emphasizes how the negative forces of nativism and racism in U.S. society have been sustained and institutionalized.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. By the end if the quarter, students should be able to understand and be able to apply the basic concepts associated with race, racism and ethnicity in U.S. society.

2. By the end if the quarter, students should be able to understand and analyze the role of racism in the U.S. through pertinent literature.

3. By the end if the quarter, students should be able to question and examine their values and assumptions with respect to race and ethnicity.

4. By the end if the quarter, students should be able to compare and integrate insights of the various social science disciplines to the topic of racism in the United States.

5. By the end if the quarter, students should be able to have a social science understanding of diverse groups in the U.S.; including, but not limited to Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Ethno-Europeans. When appropriate the impact of culture and religion will be included.

Paper requirements:

After reading the article, students will consider 2 concepts from this course that can be applied to the article. These concepts will be defined according to the definitions in this class. No dictionary, encyclopedia or other source definitions are acceptable.

This paper is not a formal essay or term paper. This paper is not a summary, an opinion or a simple response. The objective of this paper is to allow students to show they have an understanding of course concepts and can apply them to current social conditions. 

It will include the following conditions:

1. Paper must include 3 quotes from the article.

2. Papers will NOT have: 

— introduction

— opinion

— citations

— references

Format of the paper:

– Paragraph 1: Identify and define the first of the two concepts you will be applying.

— note: The definitions MUST come from either our textbook or class notes. Papers using dictionary, Wikipedia, etc definitions will not be read.

– Paragraph 2: Identify and define the second of the two concepts you will be applying.

— note: The definitions MUST come from either our textbook or class notes. Papers using dictionary, Wikipedia, etc definitions will not be read.

-Paragraphs 3 and 4: Show how each of these concepts can be applied to the article you’ve read.

Do NOT show references as Professor has already very familiar with the course concepts and articles. Do not follow APA, MLA or another academic format.

Technical expectations:

-300 – 350 words

-double spaced

-in a 12 point non serif font (Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Candara, Verdana are some examples)

  

RESPOND TO THE BELOW (minimum 100 WORDS) – 

Use this reference also: Appelrouth, S., & Edles, L. D. (2010). Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era: Text and Readings (2 ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

in response to the below do at least ONE of these:  offering advice or strategy; posing a question and providing an alternative point-of-view, 

Forum to reply to: 

Michel Foucault’s disciplinary society is relatable to the Panopticon that induced the threat of surveillance in jails, and suggests that “the intimidation created by possible surveillance tends to normalize human activity and create a self-induced complicity with the rules” (Appelrouth & Edles, 2010, p.394). Basically, the fear of punishment leads to obedience regardless if there is someone watching or not, though that does not stop some people for committing frowned upon or illegal acts even when they know for a fact they are being surveilled. The increased capabilities of our technological age have increased surveillance and therefore increased the likelihood of obedience of the rules, norms, values, and laws of society.

On a larger scale, this is relatable to the police doing their job. There is often not a time in which someone is not recording their interaction with the public from their cellular devices. This can be useful in determining what the officer said happened, but can be detrimental to the officer if their conduct is not by the book or they use excessive force. This known that they are constantly being watched makes them more cautious of their actions. On a more personal level, Foucault’s disciplinary society theory relates to my own life, and millions of others, when I am driving. I know there are police and civilians watching my driving, and I drive safely and according to the law to refrain from punishment. That could be from someone honking their horn and bringing attention to my vehicle, speeding and getting a ticket that I have to pay, and even possibly causing an accident and a death that I could go to jail for. I am never 100% sure of who is watching or their purpose in doing so, but I know it is heavily prevalent and adjust my actions accordingly to avoid any wrongdoing. 

  

RESPOND TO THE BELOW (minimum 100 WORDS) – 

Use this reference also: Appelrouth, S., & Edles, L. D. (2010). Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era: Text and Readings (2 ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

in response to the below do at least ONE of these:  offering advice or strategy; posing a question and providing an alternative point-of-view, 

Forum to reply to: 

Anna;

Ethnomethodology was developed by Harold Garfinkel, and it literally means the study of the methods people use to accomplish their everyday lives (Appelrouth, p. 297).  Ethnomethodologists are concerned with the methods people use to tackle their everyday lives instead of the why, in other words, how people accomplish getting through the day, what they do, what may work for one, may not work for another.  Ethnomethodology is a sociological study.  

Some of the main concerns are they reject fundamental sociological superiority, that the actors’ view of their social world is somehow flawed.  They disapprove of predictable approaches for simply taking for granted the same skills, practices and ideas as the “unenlightened” members of those they are studying.  They pursue to suspend belief in a rule-governed order to study different parts of social life and how it brings order to itself (Appelrouth & Edles, 2011).  They also try to understand how people view and act to different situations in life.

The breaching experiment was doing experiments in everyday life, but tossing in a road block to see how others will react.  Garfinkel modified the object structure of a familiar scenario by switching up one factor.  In his one experiment, he had students go home and act as borders instead of children to the parents.  They treated the parent as an acquaintance instead a close family member.  The parents were caught off guard and tried to turn the situation around.  This is a sociological study of the reaction to the parent when a factor in their life is changed.

Reference:

Appelrouth, S., & Edles, L. D. (2011). Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era: Text and Readings. (2nd Ed). Thousands Oaks, California: Sage Publications.