SOCY 122 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Gutenberg Galaxy, Manuel Castells, The Sociological Imagination

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Beloit mindset talks about what type of people each generation is. Gen x - conflicted (1960"s-1981) shadow of boomers - mcjobs (low pay, low prestige, low benefit, first to be influenced by internet, well educated (43% ba), employed (85%), work hard in rewarding jobs. Gen y (millennials) - watched over (1982-1995) small families (close) trust/respect authority. Unfettered pleasure, layers of protection and unjustified feedback (qote. Thrive on instant gratification & frequent rewards (prensky 2001:2) Nowadays men often feel that their private lives are a series of traps (mills, Success and failure is attributed to personal action (or inaction) Egocentric perspective of the natural attitude is restricted and misleading. History, biography, and the relations between the two in society. This is a sociologists promise and task. How we can understand our own biology. Solutions lies within individual, immediate milieu and wilful activity. A trouble = private matter/eg. adjusting to university pace.