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17 oct. 2024

Observations of Fisher Library: An Exploration of the Ordinary

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In examining everyday life within the confines of Fisher Library, I adopted a framework inspired by Ben Highmore's reflection on every day: "How does everyday life feel to you? Do the habits and routines of the day-to-day press down on you like a dull weight? Do they comfort you with their...

17 oct. 2024

Status of Dramatic Serials in India and South Korea

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Television dramas can provide a wealth of information about different nations' cultures and social dynamics. This comparative analysis explores the dramatic serials produced in India and South Korea. In this comparative study, we examine the dramatic serials in India and South Korea, which...

12 oct. 2024

Student Veteran Retention at PWIs and Discrimination in Higher Education

Case study - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Student veterans have particular difficulties to overcome during college transition, including adjusting to civilian life, handling disabilities, and finding a balance between work, studies, and family. Students who have served in the armed forces may encounter particular difficulties in college...

12 oct. 2024

Rights of Students with Disabilities Who Are Homeless

Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The experience of homeless students with disabilities serves as a poignant reminder that the educational system must confront the intersection of different forms of vulnerabilities. The story revolves strategically around the inception of disability rights law and ends with the adoption of laws...

12 oct. 2024

Refugee Mental Health and Social Justice - Research Study

Dissertation - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The plight of refugees is often characterized by harrowing tales of displacement, fleeing conflict, persecution, and other traumatic experiences that leave lasting scars on their mental well-being. With the huge pandemonium of mass migration, refugees deal with many tasks both physically and...

12 oct. 2024

Progress Report: Changing Conceptions of Romance Due To Technological Advancement

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This progress report details the research conducted thus far for my final presentation on the topic of "Changing Conceptions of Romance Due To Technological Advancement." This exploration will observe the sizable effect technology has on how we meet, join, and build romantic relationships inside...

11 oct. 2024

Policy Evaluation Briefing - Social Engineering

Presentation - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This briefing will evaluate the current policies available to tackle social engineering. Social engineering has become a menace in the world of technology today and affects almost everyone who uses technology. Technology has evolved rapidly over the past couple of decades, causing cybercrimes to...

11 oct. 2024

Playlist Paper - Intimate relationships

Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The study of human intimate relationships holds significant importance, as these relationships profoundly impact our overall wellbeing and satisfaction in life. This paper explores three crucial concepts: matching, the mere-exposure effect, symmetry, and their relevance in understanding and...

11 oct. 2024

Is there a relationship between social interaction and cognitive function among college students?

Dissertation - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The study takes into account the links between social interaction and the cognitive performance of college students. The hypothesis could be formulated as a positive link interaction with the frequency of socialisation and cognitive abilities. A minimum of 20 students will take part in the study...

11 oct. 2024

Investigating the Cybercrimes Related with IOT Based Home Appliances

Dissertation - 16 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This paper covers four areas: introduction, literature review, results and recommendations, and conclusion. In the introduction, the paper delineates its research objective: to identify cyber threats of IoT-based home appliances and to propose actions for their reduction. The literature review...

11 oct. 2024

Inclusive Architecture for College Students With Autism: Enhancing Academic Success and Social Inclusion

Dissertation - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The research explores the invaluable role of inclusive architecture in enhancing academic performance and community among autistic college students. With a focus on investigating the role of inclusive design in the learning environments of children with autism, this paper will present the...

11 oct. 2024

Harvesting Hope: Strategies For the Revitalization of Rural Churches Amidst the Ongoing Impact of Covid-19

Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This research paper contributes to churches' immediate and ever-changing situations post-COVID-19. A tremendous experience of over thirty years working as a preacher and a pastor is significant to me. I am motivated by this journey because of the rural church community of which I am a part....

11 oct. 2024

Growing Body Dysmorphia Issues Among Females and accepting body image in children

Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

There is no corner that social media has not pervaded in our lives, making it an inexorable place of scrutiny for beauty and lifestyle choices. I am a young woman and, thus, am already considerably aware of the pressure to look and live in a specific way, a lot of which many claim the carefully...

11 oct. 2024

CSWE Core Competencies

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The CSWE Core Competencies outlined in CSWE EPAS 2015 guidelines offer a detailed framework for social education. These competencies are vital in preparing students for professional practice. One of the core competencies is to identify as a professional social worker. This competency requires...

11 oct. 2024

The Impact of Mobile Phones on Social Relationships

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The impact of mobile phones on social relationships, especially among adolescents, has been a topic of much discussion and debate. While some argue that mobile phones facilitate wider social connections and access to information, others contend that excessive mobile phone use negatively affects...

11 oct. 2024

Asian Americans

Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

To start the study of Asians in the United States who are not as feared as immigrants from other origins, we could use the traditional approaches of Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism to the statistical and descriptive information from López et al. (2017).

28 sept. 2024

Reasons and Consequences of Child Abuse

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Child abuse is a deeply troubling issue that affects millions of children worldwide, leaving long-lasting emotional, psychological, and physical scars. It refers to any act or series of acts that harm or potentially harm a child's well-being. While the causes of child abuse are complex, they...

02 sept. 2024

Virtual/visual ethnography: methodological crossroads at the intersection of visual and internet research - E. Ardévol (2012)

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The text by E. Ardévol (2012) sets out to show the interest of a so-called modern method for conducting ethnographic fieldwork, namely the use of the internet and new digital technologies. From an epistemological perspective, the author's aim is to question the innovative field of visual...

07 juin 2024

The Guardian, Six myths about sleep: if you got up early to read this, you're in trouble - Paul Kelley (2015) - How does the lack of sleep affect our society?

Text commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

It's generally acknowledged that sleep represents a major part of our lives, however, we tend to underestimate the importance of quality sleep. The article "Six myths about sleep" was adapted from the Guardian in October 2015 and tackles the issue of sleep. This issue is linked with social...

21 mai 2024

Comparative Research Project - Ethics of Vaccination

Summary - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Vaccination gives humans and living beings immunity against some viruses, allowing humans and animals to live longer, as they can now be protected. Vaccination is a very important procedure in several countries, as it can provide people with general immunity. However, some vaccination campaigns...

05 mars 2024

French civilization, description and analysis of a publicity for Banania

Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This is a visual analysis of an image with a lot of reading of secondary source texts.

01 févr. 2024

Cyberbullying

Presentation - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences

As the name suggests, cyberbullying is bullying in a digital place such as phones, computers, tablets and many more, in différents areas like messaging, social media, online gaming or forums. The cyber bully sends negative message increasingly.

29 janv. 2024

David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (1850); The Rev. and Mrs. Palmer-Lovell with their two daughters - Augustus Leopold Egg (19th century); Billy Elliot - Stephen Daldry (2000) - To what extent does gender have an impact on education?

Text commentary - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This document tackles 3 documents : - Document 1 is an extract from the novel entitled David Copperfield written by Charles Dickens and published in 1850. It is a coming-of-age novel. - Document 2 is a painting by Augustus Leopold Egg realized in the 19th century. It pictures The Rev. and Mrs....

09 janv. 2024

Land grabbing in post-Soviet Eurasia: the world's largest agricultural land reserves at stake - Oane Visser & Max Spoor (2011)

Book review - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The redaction takes place during the beginning of a project led by Visser about land investment strategies and their effects, concerning food security and sovereignty, labour issues and rural development. Visser and Spoor being specialists of post-Soviet countries in their own discipline, they...

29 déc. 2023

What key policy and socioeconomic factors contribute to healthcare disparities in the United States and the United Kingdom? - Comparative study

Dissertation - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The health care system in the United States appears as a complex and multi-layered system that includes a mix of public and private entities. Unlike many other developed countries that have adopted universal health care systems, the United States relies primarily on a privately owned system ,...

23 déc. 2023

Guns in America Cover - Time Magazine (November 5, 2018) - What 245 Americans Think About the Issue

Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Facing the debate on individual weapons ownership and gun violence in the United States, artists try to alert and provoke public opinion through their works, being biased or not at all. The work I will show you dates back to 5 years; this is TIME's November 5 cover, made in collaboration with...

19 déc. 2023

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach - Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig (1995) - AI fundamentals and intelligent agents

Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a broad and interdisciplinary field that aims to create machines or systems that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. A machine's intelligence can be tested by comparing it to a human's intelligence. The Turing test is one way to do...

20 nov. 2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills in the US

Presentation - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Today, I am going to talk about the surge of anti-LGBTQ laws in the US. To do so I will start by taking the example of the expansion of the Don't Say Gay bill in Florida, on April 19, 2023. The original Don't Say Gay law, adopted in 2022, banned lessons relating to sexual orientation and...

17 nov. 2023

The emergence of gated communities in the United States

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The gated communities are special areas, or closeted residency where a certain group (part of the same club, people from the same social class, same beliefs, etc.) of people who choose to live together, sharing some private area (like parks, swimming pools, etc.). It's been a few years since...

14 nov. 2023

To Court Workers, Japanese Firms Try Being More Gay-Friendly - Jonathan Soble (2017) - Cultural Differences

Book review - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This document provides a reading guide for the article "To Court Workers, Japanese Firms Try Being More Gay-Friendly" published by The New York Times in 2017 about cultural differences.