The Wal-Mart Virus

This video was brought to my attention by a current soc student.

These are always interesting, but keep in mind we always have to question the reliability and validity of the information.

How would we verify the accuracy of the video?

Thanks WL!!

Ahhhhhh.....so pretty.

Remember when this lake at Yellow Creek park had e-boli/coli or something?




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Sociology of collective behavior: Iran crisis

The following link provides an excellent early assesment into the
sociology of group formations

Iran Election Crisis: A Social Media Timeline http://bit.ly/NXSPI"

Champagne Glass Distribution of Wealth

...found from the Graphic Sociology Blog at Contexts.org

Another good visual of global distribution of income

Conley, D. (2008) You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. p.392.

Social connection and the formation of virtual identity

The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_newsocialism
Reading: interesting article on the emergence of social order online.

To reprieve or not to reprieve? To Reprieve!!!

Greetings bloggees, students, friends, and fellow humans.

Been taking a much need break, and am feeling so much better for it.

Got several items on the agenda in the coming weeks. Looking to try some new things with two summer classes which begin Jume 10th.

Also been staying in tune with national and international news and trends.

Stay tuned for more posts, likely to pick up in a couple of weeks.


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This Blog tag/word cloud

This is a word cloud created from all the words appearing in this blog. This was created at Wordle. Very cool.

Obesity and the Fastness of Food

Obesity and the Fastness of Food - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com

An interesting graph of time spent eating per day vs. the national obesity rate.

What factors might explain the vast discrepancy in time and obesity rate between the U.S. and say, France?

Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit zijn dak!

This video was sent to me by student John Dixon. This highlights items similar to contagion theory and collective behavior.

A similar phenomenon to this video here is called "flash mobs". Read a bit from wikipedia here.

A highly popular flash mob can be seen here, and here.

Interesting stuff!

When Did Your County's Jobs Disappear?

An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country. - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine

This is an awesome interactive map.  There is so much information to be discerned regarding job gain/loss over time, by county across the United States.