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Hyperreality and the Cocoon
by theoryforthemasses An international design collective, NAU, is developing an Immersive Cocoon that would allow users to step into 3D virtual worlds. Within the Immersive Cocoon, users would be able...
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Of Malls and Mosques
by theoryforthemasses Classical sociologists, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, all suggested that as societies modernized, religion would begin to lose its influence on individuals and become...
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Millennial Spending
by theoryforthemasses Given the vast changes that have occurred in the American economy in recent months, many families are left wondering about their financial security. Not excepted from these...
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The So-Called "Silent Minority" Speaks
by theoryforthemasses In the months leading up to the national election, the American news media has explored several demographic groups whose votes are up for grabs. The focus has largely been on...
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Politics and the Professor
by theoryforthemasses In his 2004 American Sociological Association Presidential Address, sociologist Michael Burawoy suggested that the discipline of sociology moved politically leftward in recent...
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Birth, Knowledge, and Social Class
by theoryforthemasses A recent article in The New York Times explored the burgeoning popularity of homebirth among New Yorkers. Citing the success of the documentary film, The Business of Being Born,...
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The Reality of A "Team of Rivals"
by theoryforthemasses Election fever has dissipated for most Americans since President-Elect Obama’s November 4th victory. The word “change,” which characterized Obama’s candidacy, no longer dominates...
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The Rise of the Commuter Marriage
by theoryforthemasses The nuclear family is often understood in terms of propinquity, or the physical nearness of parents and their children to one another. While it is typical for extended families to...
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A "New" Economics 101
by theoryforthemasses In a recent New York Times op-ed, columnist David Brooks questions whether the old, “rational,” Keynesian model of economics is truly useful for trying to understand the current...
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Multiple Births as Media Spectacle
by theoryforthemasses In the past week considerable debate has emerged over the birth of a set of octuplets to a California woman. Controversy has surrounded both the doctors who facilitated the...
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Race and Distrust in a Texas Town
by theoryforthemasses The killing of a young black man in Paris, Texas last September reignited racial tensions in the community, tensions which federal mediators have recently been dispatched to...
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Rethinking Childhood Gambling
by theoryforthemasses A recent article in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine suggests that children who display impulsive behavior in kindergarten are more likely to engage in...
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(Untold) Storytelling
by theoryforthemasses Immigrants’ stories of sacrifice and (re)settlement are often overshadowed by statistics about demographics like educational attainment, income, and family size; the stories...
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Is Evolutionary Psychology Just Sociology in Disguise?
by theoryforthemasses A recent book written by philosopher Dennis Dutton draws from the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology to explain the biological foundations of creativity. Dutton attempts...
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Constructing Prenatal Testing
by theoryforthemasses A recent New York Times article highlights the current debate surrounding the prenatal testing of women for thyroid problems. Doctors suggest that many women conflate the effects...
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Rethinking Sex Education
by theoryforthemasses Public debate about the content of sex education in U.S. schools has been raging for decades. On one side of the fence are proponents of programs that teach abstinence-only sex...
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