Clear understanding of the sociological imagination

  Choose a current article (published within a year) summarizing its content and apply your sociological imagination to a social issue. Your choice of article will aim to describe your perspective on what C. Wright Mills termed as “the sociological imagination.” Your essays will reflect on the themes of consumption, globalization and the digital world and will demonstrate a working knowledge of at least 5 sociological concepts that this class covers. You need to explain and properly use 5 sociological concepts for every post to earn full credit and you are not allowed to recycle concepts. In other words, you need to use new concepts every essay. Your essay should demonstrate a clear understanding of the sociological imagination including the link between personal troubles and social issues, local and global, micro and macro levels. You will need to cite your sources in ASA format. I expect this essay to be 1-2 pages when using double spaced and 12 font for format. Grading for this assignment will be as follows: 1 point for choosing a sociologically relevant and valid source 2 points for summarizing the article and explaining why you think the article is fit for sociological scrutiny 2.5 points for clarifying the sociological concepts that you use and why you have chosen to apply them to the current article.