Category: AS & A Level Sociology

  • An Interview with Dr. Noel Packard – Karl Marx and Max Weber on Machines Dominating Labour

    In this interview, we speak with Dr. Noel Packard, independent researcher and session organizer of “Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour,” a call for papers featured on the Sociology Group website. Dr. Packard discusses how Karl Marx’s idea of the self-reproducing machine and Max Weber’s notion of the “Machine…

  • Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction by Paul Robbins (Study Notes)

    Ecology refers to the relationship between the human beings and their physical world or surroundings. Robbins inscribes about political ecology through an instance of East Africa. The ecology of East Africa is beautiful and on the same hand important. The flora and fauna (lions, hyenas, baboons etc.) gives the natives as well as the other…

  • Methods of Research – AS and A Level Sociology Notes

    Synopsis: This article covers associated sub-topics with respect to sociological research and its types. This includes the stages involved during the research process, various methods and tools related to the research topic and numerous ethical issues that the researcher might encounter. It also explores the difference between the sources of data collection that may suit…

  • Socialisation and the Creation of Social identity: As & A Level Notes

    The article defines Socialisation while covering the relation between an individual and the society, exploring the dimensions of social order and explaining the concepts of social identity and change. The fundamental idea of sociology is society. Therefore, understanding society is essential for a thorough grasp of sociology. In addition, society’s survival is entwined with that…

  • Deviance, Disability, and Anomie – Essay in 4000 Words

    It is a fact universally acknowledged that the world is burdened with extensive and pervasive social inequalities, most of which serve to target the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of society. As a result, persons in minority groups have been the recipients of countless forms of maltreatment and have been required to endure nearly constant…

  • Media Representation and Effects – AS & A level Sociology Notes

    This article deals with the understanding of the concept of media representation and the effect it has upon the society. The article proceeds with observing how the axes of social division like class, ethnicity, gender, age are represented by media. The models of media effects are also discussed in the article  along with understanding how…

  • Media: Ownership and control of media – AS and A Level Notes

    Media is a universal channel of sending and receiving information since time immemorial. There are a lot of aspects related to media that has kept it relevant so far by exposing it to the fruit  of technology. This paper will deal with media to understand its journey from traditional media to new media, theories of…