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Sociology Eye
http://sociologycompass.wordpress.com/
Sociology Eye is the associated site for Sociology Compass journal from Wiley-Blackwell. We host daily posts, video files and news items from our team of contributors. Each post gives an example of Sociology in action and a link to an academic resporce for further reading.
Recent Posts
The Presentation of Self…in Dating
Eva Illouz, in Cold Intimacies asks us to consider how technology changes notions of the body and of emotions. One of the forced rearticulations occurs in the realm of the presentation of self. As Illouz notes, when technology (specifically in th...
Editor’s Highlights: Reality Television as Small Screen Documentary?
This fall’s lineup in the United States featured fewer reality programs, but they are still a dominant part of network TV. Jelle Mast’s September 2009 article in the Communication and Media section of Sociology Compass challenges sociol...
Muslim Identity, Cultural Trauma, and the Racialized Backlash
by Nickie Wild Jeffrey Alexander writes that “cultural trauma occurs when members of a collectivity feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group consciousness, marking their memories forever and ...
Wikipedia’s ‘increasing focus on quality and referencing’
by paulabowles Many lecturers and teachers will recognise the feeling of disheartenment when confronted by an undergraduate essay containing multiple references to Wikipedia. Despite regular exhortations for students to resist its charms, its appeal ...
Portable pornography in the public sphere: Convenient, offensive or hazardous?
By Rachael Liberman It’s one thing to experience the pornification of culture through public advertising (billboards, subway adverts), among other mediated formats. But what if someone sitting next to you on the subway is watching pornography on t...
Consequences of terror trials in NY: Re-traumatization and Revenge
By Dena T. Smith The announcement that several terror suspects, including Khalid Saikh Mohammed, implicated in the 9/11 attacks, will have their day in New York City courts was released last week. This news sparked fervent debate both between and wit...

