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| '''Sociology''' (from Latin: ''socius'', "companion"; and Greek: λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is an academic and applied discipline that studies [[society]] and human social interaction. Sociological [[research]] ranges from the analysis of short [[social contact|contacts]] between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of [[globalization|global social processes]]. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as [[individual]]s or as members of [[Voluntary association|associations]], [[Group (sociology)|groups]], and [[social institution|institutions]]. As an [[academic discipline]], sociology is typically considered a [[social science]]. | '''Sociology''' (from Latin: ''socius'', "companion"; and Greek: λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is an academic and applied discipline that studies [[society]] and human social interaction. Sociological [[research]] ranges from the analysis of short [[social contact|contacts]] between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of [[globalization|global social processes]]. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as [[individual]]s or as members of [[Voluntary association|associations]], [[Group (sociology)|groups]], and [[social institution|institutions]]. As an [[academic discipline]], sociology is typically considered a [[social science]]. | ||
| - | == See also == | ||
| - | * [[Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies]] | ||
| - | * [[Co-optation]] | ||
| - | * [[Counterculture]] | ||
| - | * [[Cross-cultural studies]] | ||
| - | * [[Criminology]] | ||
| - | * [[Critical theory (Frankfurt School)]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural anthropology]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural bias]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural capital]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural hegemony]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural studies]] | ||
| - | * [[Culture theory]] | ||
| - | * [[Culture]] | ||
| - | * [[Discourse analysis]] | ||
| - | * [[Diffusion of innovations]] | ||
| - | * [[Feminist theory]] | ||
| - | * [[Folk Devils and Moral Panics]] | ||
| - | * [[High culture]] | ||
| - | * [[History of human sexuality]] | ||
| - | * [[Human behavior]] | ||
| - | * [[Identity (social science)]] | ||
| - | * [[Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society]] | ||
| - | * [[Media studies]] | ||
| - | * [[Norm (sociology)]] | ||
| - | * [[Oppression]] | ||
| - | * [[Reappropriation]] | ||
| - | * [[Social alienation]] | ||
| - | * [[Social behavior]] | ||
| - | * [[Social psychology]] | ||
| - | * [[Socioeconomics]] | ||
| - | * [[Sociology of art]] | ||
| - | * [[Sociology of culture]] | ||
| - | * [[Sociology of knowledge]] | ||
| - | * [[Sociology of literature]] | ||
| - | * [[Sociology of music]] | ||
| - | * [[Sound culture]] | ||
| - | * [[Subculture]] | ||
| - | * [[Taste]] | ||
| - | * [[Vernacular architecture]] | ||
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Sociology (from Latin: socius, "companion"; and Greek: λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is an academic and applied discipline that studies society and human social interaction. Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions. As an academic discipline, sociology is typically considered a social science.
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