The Real World - Stein, Jill; Ferris, Kerry
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The Real World is the best-selling book for the introductory course because students love it. In every chapter, Ferris and Stein use examples from everyday life, the media, and pop culture to get students thinking sociologically and to show the relevance of sociology to their relationships, jobs, and the future of society. Innovative and assignable Data Workshops give students a chance to apply theoretical concepts to their own lives and get hands-on experience with the tools of social science. New Theory in Everyday Life interactives in the Norton Illumine Ebook, along with Check Your…mehr

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The Real World is the best-selling book for the introductory course because students love it. In every chapter, Ferris and Stein use examples from everyday life, the media, and pop culture to get students thinking sociologically and to show the relevance of sociology to their relationships, jobs, and the future of society. Innovative and assignable Data Workshops give students a chance to apply theoretical concepts to their own lives and get hands-on experience with the tools of social science. New Theory in Everyday Life interactives in the Norton Illumine Ebook, along with Check Your Understanding questions with answer-specific feedback and rich multimodal tools such as short video clips and Dynamic Data Figures, support students as they develop their sociological imaginations.
Autorenporträt
Kerry Ferris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University, where she teaches introduction to sociology, qualitative methods, mass media and popular culture, and sociology of food. She uses ethnographic methods and a symbolic interactionist approach to study celebrity as a system of social power. Her past studies have included analyses of fan-celebrity relations, celebrity sightings, celebrity stalking, red-carpet celebrity interviews, the work lives of professional celebrity impersonators, and the experiences of local celebrities. Her current project examines dead celebrities and their fans. Her work has been published in Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, The Journal of Popular Culture, and Text & Performance Quarterly. She is the coauthor, with Scott R. Harris, of Stargazing: Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction.