Mar 15, 2014
This Week in Sociological Perspective is on hiatus for the week of Monday, March 10th. During this week we will attempt to resolve audio-video sync problems, as well as pixelation problems, that have harmed the video version. We expect to be back with a new episode of This Week in Sociological Perspective for the week...
Mar 6, 2014
Segment 1 – "Inside The 2014 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts and Figures"; Forbes
Segment 2 -- Karla Erickson on How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying
Segment 3 - "The ivory police"; Christian Science Monitor
Selected Keywords: Wealth and poverty, U.S. poverty threshold, world poverty threshold, reservation...
Feb 27, 2014
Segment 1 – "Lawmakers push to end 'scream rooms' for punishing students"; Fox News
Segment 2 -- Sara Sternberg Greene on low-income households' varying strategies for dealing with debt
Segment 3 - "Pressure mounts over Arizona bill opposed by gays"; Philly.com
Selected Keywords: Student discipline, scream rooms,...
Feb 21, 2014
Segment 1 – "Generic drug makers fight rule on health risk warnings"; Los Angeles Times
Segment 2 - "‘Abundant evidence’ of crimes against humanity in North Korea, panel says"; CNN
Selected Keywords: Generic drugs, property rights, crimes against humanity, North Korea, sovereignty
Feb 13, 2014
This Week in Sociological Perspective is on hiatus for the week of Monday, February 10th. During this week we will attempt to resolve audio-video sync problems, as well as pixelation problems, that have harmed the video version, as well as the audio drop-out problem that has harmed both versions in the previous week. We...