France’s Hollande visits library housing torched manuscripts in Timbuktu
2013/02/03
MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
Posted in !MEGAPOSTS, 2010s, 21st century, AFRICA, anthropology, books, conflict, cultural objects, CULTURE, HISTORY, meaning, MEDIA, museums, qualitative, RELIGION, RESEARCH METHODS, social construction, SOCIOLOGY, war, Western Africa | Leave a Comment »
2013/01/05
Research shows porn stars not as desperate as you think
Study published in The Journal of Sex Research
Published on Nov 30, 2012 by RTAmerica
According to a recent study, adult film actresses are happier, spiritually healthier and have higher self-esteem than other women. This is contrary to the belief that most of the women who have chosen the career path are drug attics and compelled to the industry due to a history of sexual abuse. Chanel Preston, adult film actress, joins us for more on the study.
Posted in beauty, BIAS, body image, conflict theory, CULTURE, DEVIANCE, discrimination, exchange theory, exploitation, femininity, feminist theory, GENDER, gender roles, labor, meaning, MEDIA, micro, obscenity, pornography, PSYCHOLOGY, qualitative, quantitative, RESEARCH METHODS, sex work, sexual health, sexual violence, sexuality, social construction, SOCIOLOGY, stigma, subculture, symbolic interactionism, women's issues | Leave a Comment »
2012/02/19
Researchers look to Darwin for emotional link between man and machine
Nov. 1, 2011 – Nearly 150 years ago Charles Darwin used photographs to study how humans use their expressions to show emotion. Now scientists at Cambridge University are using videos, and the power of the internet, to update his experiments. They believe the results could help them develop emotionally-aware computers capable of understanding their users’ emotions. Stuart McDill reports.
Posted in artificial intelligence, BIOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, computer science, emotions, evolution, meaning, PSYCHOLOGY, qualitative, RESEARCH METHODS, social construction, SOCIALIZATION, SOCIOLOGY, symbolic interactionism, TECHNOLOGY, THEORY | Leave a Comment »
Tags: Darwin
2012/02/06
Vatican’s secret archives turns 400 years old
Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, EUROPE, HISTORY, Italy, qualitative, RELIGION, RESEARCH METHODS | Leave a Comment »
Tags: archival research
2011/11/07
The Story of Humanity Told Through ’100 Objects’
In “A History of the World in 100 Objects,” British Museum director Neil MacGregor recounts the history of civilization, told through 100 treasures from the museum. Jeffrey Brown and MacGregor discuss his book.
Posted in anthropology, art, CULTURE, HISTORY, meaning, museums, qualitative, RESEARCH METHODS, SOCIAL CHANGE, social construction, SOCIOLOGY, symbolic interactionism, TECHNOLOGY | Leave a Comment »
Tags: prehistory
2011/10/29
Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of ‘Friendster’ Civilization
Researchers conducting the Friendster excavation say the site has been deserted since the year 2005 A.D.
Posted in anthropology, COMMUNICATION, community, Internet, networks, qualitative, RESEARCH METHODS, social construction, social media, SOCIOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY | Leave a Comment »
Tags: archaeology
2011/05/13
Louis Theroux – America’s Most Hated Family IN CRISIS
Louis Theroux’s follow-up film to his 2007 original expose of the Westboro Baptist Church; “The most hated family in America”.
Posted in American culture, BIAS, censorship, Christianity, collective action, conflict, DEVIANCE, discrimination, documentary, hate, homophobia, meaning, micro, military, norms, obscenity, propaganda, qualitative, queer, RELIGION, social movements, SOCIALIZATION, stigma, subculture | Leave a Comment »
Tags: free speech
2011/04/15
MEGAPOST: The Wire – Behind the Scenes
Season 4 – It’s All Connected
Season 5 – The Last Word
Posted in !MEGAPOSTS, 2000s, American culture, authority, capitalism, children, conflict theory, corrections, CRIMINOLOGY, CULTURE, deterrence, DEVIANCE, drugs, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ethics, homelessness, homicide, inequality, journalism, law, law enforcement, macro, meaning, MEDIA, micro, mortality, norms, POLITICAL SCIENCE, population, postmodernism, poverty, PSYCHOLOGY, public policy, qualitative, race relations, RACE-ETHNICITY, RESEARCH METHODS, schools, social class, social construction, social mobility, social welfare, sociological imagination, SOCIOLOGY, stigma, STRATIFICATION, stress, structural functionalism, subculture, symbolic interactionism, television, THEORY, United States, violence, weapons, white privilege, work | Leave a Comment »
Tags: Maryland
2011/02/28
Emotions Are Heightened on TV: This American Life
Also a justification for showing multimedia in the classroom.
Host Ira Glass reveals that he didn’t initially believe anything could be gained by bringing “This American Life” to television. It wasn’t until he started to see early location footage that he realized something: actually seeing the people interviewed added an entirely new emotional dynamic that radio couldn’t achieve on its own.
Posted in CULTURE, emotions, feminist theory, MEDIA, PSYCHOLOGY, qualitative, RESEARCH METHODS, symbolic interactionism, teaching, telecommunications, THEORY | Leave a Comment »
