Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era. Pine Forge Press. E-book.

Questions (choose one from the below):

1. After reading the section on the Commodification of Feelings on page 249, describe the basic premises of the idea of the commodification of feelings and then present two different scenarios that clearly demonstrate this concept.

Your scenarios may be drawn from news articles, Internet articles, movies, television, or your own personal experience.

2. In the field of ethnomethodology there is an emphasis on "accounting practices" (page 297).

Describe what accounting practices are and how they can be both beneficial as well as harmful. How do accounting practices fit within the larger realm of ethnomethodological theory (in other words: describe the general framework of ethnomethodological theory and its main premises)?

Next, find a news article in which different people give accounts of one event, such as an account from two different people of the chaos in the streets of New York directly following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers.

Are the accounting practices of the two subjects similar or different? How are they similar and/or how are they different? What does this say about ethnomethodological theory?

Minimum 6 pages - plus a reference page

Please NO cover page

Times new roman - 12 pt font - double spaced

MUST use this book as one of the sources (page numbers referenced below are from this book: Appelrouth, S., &Edles, L.D. (2011)