Question: Social Change: Please choose one of the following questions:
1. The reading discusses the efforts to revitalize city areas that have historically been less affluent, the process of gentrification. What are the potential effects of gentrification on the economy and current residents of the neighborhood? NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) protests occur when concerned citizens band together to speak up against something that will impact them negatively. Who is more likely to be involved in NIMBY protests and where do they occur? Give an example of a NIMBY protest and whether you support it or not.
2. Consider what you have learned about collective behavior, social movements, and social change this week. How is the global expansion of social media likely to affect how people pursue social change? How has it done so already? Use specific examples as you analyze social movements, social change, technology, and the media.
The Week 8 Forum meets the following course objectives:
- Apply a sociological perspective to the social world.
- Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.
- Explain collective behavior, social movements, and social change.reply 100 words to student reed:
Just an afterthought. If you are familiar with TED talks I would suggest listening to one. I thought it was very insightful and interesting. Tristan Harris talks about manipulation and how large internet companies, he used to work for google, are more interested in grabbing and keeping our attention than they are in solving problems or making anything better. It's all about the $. (Harris, 2017) I listened to it via NPR so there is a link for the TED talk as well. 17 minutes well worth your attention IMHO.
Video: How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day (by Tristan Harris at TED2017)