Sociology 153. Media and the American Mind
Instructor: Jason A. Kaufman
Semester: Spring 2008
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Sociology 153. Media and the American Mind
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Drum roll please…
January 30th, 2008
Ladies and Gentleman, may I present the venerable professor of sociology at Harvard College, Prof. Jason Kaufman. The class is Sociology 153: Media and the American Mind. ***Cue more hip than hip fanfare*** [Enter Prof. Kaufman.] music continues... slide projection shows a random assortment of pics...
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Who watches the watchmen?
February 6th, 2008
The chef today, Professeur Jason Kaufman, offers a two dish prix fixe menu: what ‘sociology’ is and what ‘media’ are. Bon appetit! There are two sociological approaches to culture, says Kaufman: • (1) The ‘production of culture’ perspective: this perspective focuses on the institutional...
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Tangents can be good too…
February 20th, 2008
Today, Prof. Kaufman began his lecture by immediately diverging from his lecture notes (Lecture 5: Sociology 153). Instead he talked about materials related to what his most recent research has involved -- social networking websites, e.g., the Facebook and MySpace. Kaufman implicitly references the...
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A little close to home
February 25th, 2008
Professor Kaufman gives a lecture on the production of culture perspective, which largely focuses on the factors that determine the formation of culture from a sociological perspective. More interestingly, though, Kaufman discusses the topic of 'gate-keepers' of different fields who determine different...
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But Wait! …Is There More?
February 27th, 2008
Today Prof. Kaufman invited Ed Valenti -- the man behind Ginsu knives and pioneer of direct TV sales marketing -- to guest lecture our class. Mr. Valenti is most famous for his catch-phrase, "But wait! there's more!" He has the air of a self-made man, who is very much satisfied with his life and accomplishments...
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