Employers typically examine a job applicant’s social media to learn more about the applicant before they interview him or her. What they see can affect whether or not they will interview that job applicant. How do you feel about that? Please explain what you and your classmates can do to reduce the odds that social media will limit career opportunities. Employers also monitor how often employees go to social media while they are on the clock at work. People have lost their jobs over this. Does this activity endanger the employer’s private info and their network?
Sociology, Analytical Paper using Marxist theories about Beanie Babies
Declare your thesis statement for the final analytical paper. Be sure that it contains a clear statement of what you will argue that delineates the main points to be addressed.
This paper is a critical analysis of your topic in popular culture. The goal is to demonstrate what you have learned from studying popular culture by not simply “consuming” it but by interpreting it.
First, define your topic in pop culture clearly for your reader. Your topic: Beanie Babies. Your opening paragraph or two can be a direct thesis or they can have a creative “hook” to bring in your reader and introduce the subject. But the opening should explain the importance of the topic; and it should conclude with a clear thesis statement that tells the reader what the main point of your analysis will be.
Second, begin your analysis of the topic by doing the following:
Apply a theory or concept from your readings that helps you to interpret your subject. These theories and concepts include: Marxist theories of false consciousness, commodity fetishism, and alienation.
Demonstrate the larger cultural lessons we can learn from your pop cultural artifact or phenomenon by looking at its message, form, and context. In particular, please explain how it promotes, reinforces, or challenges certain dominant values in the United States or how it is a subject of debate in public discourse.
Be sure to use examples. Evidence is everything!
You need to employ at least 3 academic sources (articles from peer-reviewed journals; books; Course Reader). Focus on the course material. This assignment demonstrates what you’ve learned from SOC 325. Please stay away from Wikipedia, online dictionaries, blogs, news media, etc.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper related to trends in the management of courts. Explain how the following issues impact the way courts complete their function:
The impact of court consolidation and restructuring of victim rights laws
The changes the court agencies have made (at the local, state, and federal level) in response to the issues above and an analysis of the effectiveness of these changes
The textbook states that when reviewing a statute, to not limit our focus to a specific section. It also tells us that when we find a statute that appears to apply, to not stop our research.
