100960 Contemporary Society Questions Spring 2019
You must only use the textbook (Sociologic edited by James Arvanitakis) which must be correctly referenced using MLA or Chicago. You must use and explain a minimum of two key terms for each question response. Do not use any Internet sources, except direct quotations from the TED Talks specifically mentioned for each question, if needed, to support your argument and when correctly referenced. Do not use any other scholarly texts or other texts of any kind and do not simply summarise each talk.
QUESTION 3
Using the key terms in the textbook, discuss the following quotation from the textbook in relation to the TED Talk Laura Lane:
When You Shouldn’t Follow the Rules.
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_lane_when_you_shouldn_t_follow_the_rules
“If you do think these events are strange, ask yourself: ‘Why?’ Did anyone ever tell you that people should not write recipes in the middle of a supermarket or dress like a pirate? The answer is probably ‘no’. We learn that there are rules in society that we should follow; they are never explained to us or written down, but we learn them.” (P.5)
Key Terms: Cultural studies, Culture, Epistemology, Ontology, Socialisation, Society, and Sociology.
