Category: Research

  • Corpus Analysis Essay: Investigation of the Corpus of Violence in Video Games

    Corpus Analysis is a semantic approach to analyzing a corpus – a set of methodically or arbitrary collected and electronically stored ‘real-life’ language samples such as speeches, magazine articles, and texting messages – with a goal to discern certain rules of language use, grammatical or lexical patterns, for instance, that are pertinent to a particular…

  • Types, Stages And Psychological Effects Of Sleep

    Sleep is defined as unconsciousness from which the person can be aroused by sensory or other stimuli. It is to be distinguished from coma, which is unconsciousness from which the person cannot be aroused. There are multiple stages of sleep, from very light sleep to very deep sleep; sleep researchers also divide sleep into two…

  • Concept of the Sociological Imagination in the Context of Social Issues

    We all have imagination. Let us be reactive and envision life in a new way. There is something called sociological imagination. In sociology to understand one’s own self, we must understand the relationship between self and society. The concept of the sociological imagination was presented in 1959 by C.Wright Mills in his famous book of…

  • Understanding Reading C. Wright Mills ‘The Sociological Imagination’

    My understanding of the reading is that the sociological imagination is a person’s ability to imagine and allows them to grasp history and biography which he states can be viewed as if two roads were both leading to a roundabout, with the roundabout being the sociological imagination. The sociological imagination are the connections between a…

  • Critical Analysis of Sporting Mega-Events Through Sociological Imagination

    The aim of this essay is to critically analyze the impact of sports mega-events on the societies that host them, whether it was positive, negative or beneficial in the short term and long term for their society. It will be focusing on the South Africa 2010 World Cup. It will also concentrate on critical sensitivity…

  • The Essence of ‘Thinking Sociologically’

    “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society” – C. Wright Mills, ‘The Sociological Imagination’. C. Wright Mills defined the sociological imagination as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society”. When he published his book in 1959, his attempt…

  • Reflections on the Importance of the Sociological Imagination

    The sociological imagination is the ability to see how social factors and structures influence our lives socially and individually when we live in a society. It is basically the connection between an individual and society on a whole. Our social relationships are divided between micro and macro level, and sociological imagination helps us to understand…

  • Pros and Cons of Zoos Essay

    Every big city has a zoo where all the wild animals are kept in naturally simulated environment. People flock to the place to see the beasts and the heroes of the forest wilderness. It is a wonderful experience for the kids and adult alike nevertheless there are drawbacks too. Therefore, let’s find out the pros…

  • The Issues and Importance of Clean Water Access

    Clean water is imperative to live. From our drinking water to sanitization, to modern technology such as fracking it is vital. Humans and animals alike require water daily for survival and comfort. Just three days without water and we would all suffer greatly. Clean water should be equally accessible to all humans. Water legislations are…

  • The Anti-vaccine Movement Infecting Modern Medicine

    Vaccines save lives; fear endangers lives. While opposition to vaccines is as old as the vaccines themselves, vaccines work. They have kept children healthy and most importantly, alive. Most vaccines given in childhood years are around 90-99% effective in preventing disease. So why would you keep such an advantage away from your child? The anti-vaccination…