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The Community Pages @ thesocietypages.org are a community of blogs aiming to apply sociological knowledge and insights to the real world in an accessible way.

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Sociology Lens is the associated site for Sociology Compass, Wiley-Blackwell’s review journal on all fields sociological. On this site we host daily posts, video files and news items from our team of contributors.

seconds ago: The Conundrum of Animal Rights

Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry.

seconds ago: The Social Construction of the Continents

A multi-disciplinary blog about what makes cultures "thick": public discourse, multiculturalism, technology, and civic engagement.

21 hours ago: Facebook and Accelerated Sharing

Sociological Criminology from Chris Uggen, Michelle Inderbitzin, and Sara Wakefield.

4 days ago: why haley barbour employed and pardoned convicted murderers rather than car thieves

Monte Bute is a backstage sociologist. From his roundabout journey from Red Wing Boy's Reformatory to anti-war activist to sociology professor. Monte's full of great stories, creative insights and powerful critiques—and now he has a blog!

Jan 17: "Don't Mourn, Organize!" I'm Working for the Faculty Union

We live in a cyborg society. Technology has infiltrated the most fundamental aspects of our lives: social organization, the body, even our self-concepts. This blog chronicles our new, augmented reality.

seconds ago: On The Flow of Tweets: Private Interests and Public Speech

An easy-to-use website about teaching sociology. Posts range from sharing exemplary syllabi and readings to quick tips about grading and using technology efficiently.

20 hours ago: Social Movements Syllabus

Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic.

1 day ago: Which tweets are worth tweeting? | André, Bernstein, Luther

Sexuality & Society explores relationships between social institutions, cultural practices, sexual health, and sexual policy.

Jan 17: Resisting SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act)

A podcast with sociologically-informed discussion of the news of the day.

Jan 13: Otherwise Occupied