1) Identify several examples of popular culture and describe how they inform larger culture. How prevalent is the effect of these examples in your everyday life?
2) Choose two of the three sociologists discussed here (Durkheim, Marx, Weber) and use their arguments to explain a current event such as the Occupy movement. Do their theories hold up under modern scrutiny?
3) Think of the way workers are alienated from the product and process of their jobs. How can these concepts be applied to students and their educations?