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Hello again everyone!\u00a0This week we\u00a0have a roundup of both classic older pieces and some great new ones. See below for sociological insights into everything from lottery tickets, to MLK day, to racial diversity on TV.<\/p>\n
“Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a>” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm<\/a>. On Monday, Americans will celebrate the life of MLK, Jr., but this classic Clipping explains how\u00a0the ways MLK is remembered and celebrated are often contested.<\/p>\n “Talking Trash: High-Status Explanations for Watching Low-Brow TV<\/a>,” by Sarah Catherine Billups<\/a>. It’s awards season, meaning that many of us are reflecting on the movies and TV shows, both good and bad, we watched over the last year. This piece from last year might help you defend some of your choices…<\/p>\n “Back in Living Color? Diversity on TV<\/a>,” by Stephen Suh<\/a>. Awards season also all too often reveals the underlying racial and gender dynamics that play out in the entertainment industry. Check out this great piece for research on racial diversity in American television.<\/p>\n “Before You Buy Your Lottery Ticket, Consider This<\/a>,” by Kasey Henricks<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Who Thinks Sex with Same-Sex Partners is ‘Wrong’?<\/a>” by Jessie Ford<\/a> and Paula England<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Suicide’s Gender Divide<\/a>,” by Lucia Lykke<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, check out Context’s first “Ask a Sociologist<\/a>,” with Jennifer Lee<\/a>.<\/p>\n “How to Break America’s Logjam on Guns and Gun Violence<\/a>,” by Philip J. Cook<\/a> and Kristin Goss<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hello again everyone!\u00a0This week we\u00a0have a roundup of both classic older pieces and some great new ones. See below for sociological insights into everything from lottery tickets, to MLK day, to racial diversity on TV. Clippings: “Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. On Monday, Americans will celebrate the life of MLK, Jr., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672,1],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-3704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","category-uncategorized","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3718,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Discoveries<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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