Essays on Sociology

            Online communication is a tool used by terrorists on coordinating attacks, spreading propaganda, raising funds, recruitment and sharing information. Online conversations, however, are useful in developing resistance to terrorism as they create an attempt for the discovery of justification of insurgency of the threat. Technological developments provide a form...

Fake News and its Impact on Society Fake news in the 21st century is one of the major issues that have raised concern among governments, intermediaries and even end users of the information. Fake news is a series of deliberately created stories that are incorrect that are spread to promote or...

The media’s reporting is usually kept under keen scrutiny by the government in case of a sensitive matter that is of significant concern to the government. This is so, regardless of the government’s stand about the matters that relate with the society. During the Second World War, the British newspapers...

Gender and Media Representation Gender refers to both male and female people as the perspective of the media on each is different. The manner in which the media depicts women is not the same as men. Also, certain roles have been stereotyped such that people think of certain gender whenever such...

Cultural identity refers to the sense of belonging to, or identification with a specific group or region based on different cultural factors such as ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, and religion. It is initiated and sustained through collective interaction and sharing of knowledge and ideas related to aspects like language, traditions,...

Media coverage of events is essential in ensuring that society is informed of the current issues in the country or the world. Poor coverage may result in the media companies losing their credibility and rise in misinformation (Pavelka, 2014). However, despite that the media may have first-hand information on the...

The process of instructing doctors on communication resembles the training birds undergoes to fly. All doctors are taught communication skills as a fundamental part of a prelicensure doctor program and then trained again in their post-licensure programs, workshops, continuing programs of education, and meetings. A good number of medical practitioners...

The purpose of this proposal is to highlight the issues concerning the effects of nomophobia on academic performance and the benefits of unplugging for college students and society as a whole. As such, this proposed event is meant to focus on the adverse impact of technology on academic performance and...

Over the past few years since the invention of the World Wide Web (www), advances in technology have had an impact on every aspect of life in the present century. The internet enables people to share information across the globe, and emerging technologies such as the social media have redefined...

The Relationship between Performativity and Language The two readings are linked by the "keyword," performativity. They both showcase a language that affects change in different contexts in the form of social action. In totality, the language, the language comes with different applications in various fields like philosophy, gender studies, law, anthropology,...

Culture can be defined as beliefs, values, attitudes, and code of conduct that are shared among a group of people. Every group of people has a unique culture about rites of passage of life such as marriage and initiation, dressing code and even the type of meals they take; it...

Chen, G., " Sawyer, R. (2012). The Impact of Social Media on Intercultural Adaptation. The University Of Rhode Island, 21(2), 151 - 169. The authors review how advances in new media especially social media has influenced the dynamics of intercultural integration and adaptation. The first part provides an insight into the...