Censorship in America: Resources

See online resources below to aide you in preparation for your censorship debate:

• http://www.slais.ubc.ca/COURSES/libr500/fall1999/WWW_presentations/C_Hogg/argue.htm
• http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Philosophical+arguments+for+censorship
• http://www.medialaw.com.sg/march2701.htm

Crime in America

Go to the following website:

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/crime.html (I realize the home page that it is housed on, and please do not read into the use of this resource as an endorsement of the organization)

Read the page. At the bottom, the author offers up 7 "ways to fight crime" .

Using your knowledge of Deviance, Socialization, Social control, conformity, etc. choose what you think are the 3 BEST ideas to combat the rise in crime in America. Explain your answers using complete sentences, sociological terms and analysis, and sound reasoning.

Were you "bad" today?

Your task for this post is to list the ways in which you were considered "deviant" by the governing cultural norms of behavior. While doing so, you must describe the context, which norms/folkway/more you violated, and how you knew you were deviant (what sanctions were expressed?)

Be specific. This post is worth 10 points.

Class Holliday / Review session party !

Please sign up here to bring something to the class Holliday party on wednesday....we'll review, eat food, etc....

You don't HAVE to bring something....this is on a volunteer basis only....

reply to the post and say what you'll bring.....

thanks,

Mr K

Great Facebook Experiment: Post Experiment Questions

Answer the following questions after you've completed the "experiment"

1. What was the hardest part about not going on facebook for 3 days?
2. After completing, or attempting to complete, the experiment, did you opinion change regarding any of the pre experiment questions? If so, please explain.

The Great Facebook experiment

I've heard facebook compared to crack. Although I have no first hand experience with the latter, I'm guessing that analogy is not too far off.

Our experiment, our goal, is to go 3 days without facebook. Don't even sign in. 36 hours. No Im'ing , no status updates, no wall posts.

Before we embark on this difficult journey, you first must comment on/answer the following questions:

1. Would you consider facebook members part of a group or subculture? What are the differences between groups and subcultures if any?

2. Does Facebook facilitate a Gesellshaft or Gemeinshaft society? Explain

3. What values does facebook disseminate? In other words, in what ways does Facebook socialize its members?

4. What role does facebook play in your social network?

5. Lastly, what will be most difficult about giving up facebook for 3 days?

Mid Term Review sheet--Get it HERE !

Actually...you can't get it here. I can't figure out how to upload a doc, if you know how, comment and let me know. You can find the Review sheet on Edline though !