ublic sociology, no less thanpolicy sociology, can be held hostage to outsideforces. In pursuit of popularity public sociolo-gy is tempted to pander to and flatter its publics,and thereby compromising professional andcritical commitments.
I am not sure I agree with this. it think it feeds off what is going on with the publics but I dont think it panders to it.
public sociology is indeedof an organic kind—sociologists
is it the job of sociologist to practice public sociology?
few years later, campuses—espe-cially those where sociology was strong—wereignited by political protest for free speech, civilrights, and peace, indicting consensus sociolo-gy and its uncritical embrace of science. T
did the meaning and purpose of sociology change in America? More focus on creating change not just focusing on problems
american sociologist.
Her refugee students, she said, have had coffee or other objects thrown at them from windows
real life consequence of anti refugee online behavior.
algorithm
The more I read and learn about algorithm, I want to learn how I can a few steps ahead of them so that I can see more of what I want to see in my feeds. Is it like essential training an animal to do what you want it to do? Are we training our personal internet to do what we want it to do with us knowing?
How do we out smart these algorithms!!!
Superposters tend to be “more opinionated, more extreme, more engaged, more everything,”
I can believe this statement, even in my own social networks people with the longer post are very passionate about their subject and often post about it more than once.
that the platform makes communities more prone to racial violence.
When we are online we tend to gravitate toward communities we are already a part of.
n Facebook, it’s possible to reach people who are not highly political, to bring information to them,” he said. “You can build peoples’ political views on Facebook.”Image
I think what makes Facebook an interesting case is that you can pick and choose who want to be "friends" with and view each others thoughts strengthen and validating your ideas. Where on twitter/ instagram you can follow certain people and they can choose not to follow back.
Facebook use and anti-refugee violence rates are both unusually high. Could that hint at more than a few isolated vigilantes?
To ponder Dr. Cottom's question, I think this is more of a causation. People have these thoughts offline but when they are in their online communities with people with shared opinions and ideals it strengthens in turn having real world consequences.
Facebook page to organize food drives and volunteer events, it filled with anti-refugee vitriol of a sort she hadn’t encountered offline.
People are more likely to be to do and say things they would not in an offline setting. Choyko describes how our offline news influences our online content. I think this may be a good example of that. (65)
solated himself
I am TA for an undergraduate theory class. We are currently discussing Durkheim suicide study which has many causes due to not being properly integrated and or regulated into society. I know this is not suicide, but it is I think a link can be drawn to the lack of integration (isolation) has caused him to become violent.
Mr. Denkhaus had isolated himself in an online world of fear and anger that helped lead him to violence.
This reminds of how in chapter 3 of Superconnected there is discussion how we are always connected through our phones and that its portability allows for us to always be in contact with other or always in the know of current events. pg 39