Contemporary Sociology Archives – Page 8 of 11

Postmodern Methods in Louis Theroux Documentaries

Karl Thompson / October 13, 2017

Louis Theroux documentaries are a great example of ‘postmodern’ research methods. I say this for the following reasons: A brief […]

Karl Thompson / September 12, 2017

Just a quick round up of some of the evidence/ news items I’ve stumbled across which suggest that globalisation is

Karl Thompson / September 8, 2017

Meet the Natives involves five people from a tropical island visiting a ‘strange land called England’, where they find many

There have been a lot of T.V. productions which have run ‘social experiments’ in recent years. This post simply outlines

Stephen Hawking this week accused the Conservative government of damaging the NHS by slashing funding, weakening the health service though

Agenda-setting is where the media only ask a limited range of questions about a topic, thus limiting the number of

News values are criteria journalists used to decide whether an event is newsworthy.

This truly horrific, and avoidable tragedy seems to be a perfect illustration of the downsides of neoliberal policies – deregulation,

In the recent June 2017 General Election, Labour won more votes than it did in 2001, 2005, 2010 or 2015,