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Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals in the developing world, health, terrorism, and technology. The book is unique in its in-depth coverage of these pressing social concerns and its use of extensive media resources through a companion website. An introductory section reviews basic sociological concepts and theories, including the sociological imagination and class, gender, and race stratification all of which are revisited in each chapter. The book helps students appreciate the magnitude of the problems of the twenty-first century as they develop the intellectual tools to understand them sociologically and personally.Features of the text: \"
Editions of Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media
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Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals in the developing world, health, terrorism, and technology. The book is unique in its in-depth coverage of these pressing social concerns and its use of extensive media resources through a companion website. An introductory section reviews basic sociological concepts and theories, including the sociological imagination and class, gender, and race stratification all of which are revisited in each chapter. The book helps students appreciate the magnitude of the problems of the twenty-first century as they develop the intellectual tools to understand them sociologically and personally.Features of the text: \"
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What is Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media about?
Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals in the developing world, health, terrorism, and technology. The book is unique in its in-depth coverage of these pressing social concerns and its use of extensive media resources through a companion website. An introductory section reviews basic sociological concepts and theories, including the sociological imagination and class, gender, and race stratification all of which are revisited in each chapter. The book helps students appreciate the magnitude of the problems of the twenty-first century as they develop the intellectual tools to understand them sociologically and personally.Features of the text: \"
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social and ethical issues
Where can I read a sample of Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317249924
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media?
Roberta Goldberg
Who is the Publisher of the book Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317249924) and pdf(ISBN 9781317249931)