Who Makes You Happier? Friends of Family?
Changes in the social structures in society over the past century have prompted researchers to investigate the relationship between the quality of friendships with health as well as the links...
Is Marriage Good For You?
According to research, being married as compared to being single provides health benefits such as lower stress levels and can lower risk of cardiovascular disorders.
Brexit Brain Drain
One of the consequences of the Brexit result is a brain drain from certain sectors in Britain it is reported. The term brain drain refers to the movement of highly trained people out of a country,...
Election Fever
With the UK General Election only a month away, some of the focus for MPs and the British press is how to ensure young voters actually get themselves registered (voting registration has in fact...
Just the Facts
It could be easy to take the information presented to us by the media and government at face value, but in this world of 'fake news', should you believe everything you read or hear?
Your Health: Who's Responsibility Is It?
One of Donald Trump's key presidential pledges was to remove Obamacare, a system that helped provide health care to some of the poorest people in the USA. Trump asserted that Obamacare (otherwise...
Identity Crisis? How To Be a Man
According to some sociologists, some men are experiencing a crisis of identity where they are struggling with the professional and personal demands placed on them in society.
Marxism and Mario
What could be better than putting Marxism and Super Mario together? Or even better, having a Mario style animation of some of Marx’s ideas?
Issues for the Election: Crime Rates
Traditionally one of the biggest political issues during election campaigns is the discussion of crime rates. Governments are keen to highlight successes in the reduction of crime across the...
Top Tips for Revision: Part Two
In the previous post, there were some general tips for planning your revision for exams and how to deal with some of the anxiety associated with them. In this post, there will be some suggestions...
Top Tips for Revision: Part One
For many students preparing to take their A-Level Sociology exams (or any exams for that matter!) in a few months’ time, the prospect of revision may seem overwhelming. Government reforms in...
Using Trump to Help Explore Postmodernism
It is not just the New Right perspective that can help explain some of the reasons for Donald Trump’s rise to power, postmodernism can too.
Using Trump to Help Explore the New Right
The New Right is considered more of a political than a sociological perspective but its influence has been considerable in society, particularly in the USA and the UK since the 1950s.
The Effects of Brexit
With the effects of the EU referendum result still reverberating in the UK and globally, some Brits have decided to seek citizenship elsewhere to provide them with some protection once the UK...
Patterns of victimisation vary by gender, class and ethnicity but a recent murder case highlights the relationship between a female victim and a male perpetrator. Females are more likely to be...
Battling Discrimination as a Single Parent
Functionalists and the New Right believe that the nuclear family is the ideal family type in which to raise children. This is because the family has a vital role in society and, for functionalists...
Can Sociology Make Any Sense of Such a Senseless Tragedy?
Teachers may feel that the young people in their care would benefit from an opportunity to discuss this tragic event. The following notes are offered as a reminder of the many sociological theories...
Video Resource: Crash Course
Crash Course have been producing entertaining and free educational videos for a few years now but they have recently expanded their catalogue to include Sociology!
Want to Live Longer? Have Kids!
Research conducted by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that parenthood can help increase your life expectancy.
What's Truth Got To Do With It?
Following such events as the UK Brexit vote and the US presidential election, Oxford Dictionaries have identified the word of the year for 2016 as 'Post-Truth'. Although it’s not necessary a new...