Sociological Perspective Paper
Sociological Perspective Paper Jeremiah Jarman SOC/100 6 August 2010 Dr. Anne McDaniel
The World has produced a great deal of thinkers. Socialologists have a keen understanding and insight into human nature and the world around them. They have developed many theories on the human thoughts and actions. Herbert Blumer was a profound sociologist who had a deep impact on social theory. He was an interactionist who coined the term “symbolic interactionism” and formulated the most prominent version of the theory. An interactionsist focuses on the aspects so social life instead of the social system. They view humans as active creatures who fully participate in creating their own social world instead of conforming to socialization. In society today, people live in a world in which television is an active part of their lives. It has a vast variety of selections people can watch on tv. From comedies to world news, televison has the ability to influence every generation in different ways. If Herbert Blumer were to watch the show Two and a Half Men, he would have a great insight to the series. Two and a Half Men is a comedy about two brothers. The two brothers, Charlie and Alan Harper, are complete opposites except for the fact that they both have a strong dislike for their mother and love for Alan’s son Jake. Charlie is a free spirited bachelor who drinks excessively, smokes cigars, gambles, and womanizes. He lives an easy lifestyle as a jingle writer and lives life on his own terms. Alan is the neat, responsible and well-behaved younger brother. He is an uptight chiropractor who lives with his older brother after separation from his wife. The show is about all aspects of social living from, sex and dating, love, marriage and divorce, single parenthood, and mother and sibling relations. In Charlie’s
The World has produced a great deal of thinkers. Socialologists have a keen understanding and insight into human nature and the world around them. They have developed many theories on the human thoughts and actions. Herbert Blumer was a profound sociologist who had a deep impact on social theory. He was an interactionist who coined the term “symbolic interactionism” and formulated the most prominent version of the theory. An interactionsist focuses on the aspects so social life instead of the social system. They view humans as active creatures who fully participate in creating their own social world instead of conforming to socialization. In society today, people live in a world in which television is an active part of their lives. It has a vast variety of selections people can watch on tv. From comedies to world news, televison has the ability to influence every generation in different ways. If Herbert Blumer were to watch the show Two and a Half Men, he would have a great insight to the series. Two and a Half Men is a comedy about two brothers. The two brothers, Charlie and Alan Harper, are complete opposites except for the fact that they both have a strong dislike for their mother and love for Alan’s son Jake. Charlie is a free spirited bachelor who drinks excessively, smokes cigars, gambles, and womanizes. He lives an easy lifestyle as a jingle writer and lives life on his own terms. Alan is the neat, responsible and well-behaved younger brother. He is an uptight chiropractor who lives with his older brother after separation from his wife. The show is about all aspects of social living from, sex and dating, love, marriage and divorce, single parenthood, and mother and sibling relations. In Charlie’s