Introducing Sociology

Introduction to Sociology. Theories, Effects and Causes that Individuals and Social Groups Experience in Social Dynamics.

By: Paul H. Ciccarelli

Narrated by: Cliff Weldon

Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Introducing Sociology makes the learning of the foundations of sociology fun and easy in a easy-to-listen book. Through this book, you will gain an understanding of the dynamic forces that shape personalities and socialize people into the larger culture within which we live. With a modern take, you’ll not only learn about how traditional institutions such as the family and schools shape society but also come away informed about how mass media, including social media networks like Facebook and YouTube, are socializing our children and providing new means of interpersonal mass communication never seen before.

Learn the foundational principles that lie behind sociology including:

• The history of sociology and key figures in its early development.
• The key role of the immediate family as the primary agent of socialization.
• How children are socialized into the larger society.
• The role played by the secondary family as an agent of civilization.
• Mass communication and old and new mass media.
• The growing role of social media networks as agents of socialization.
• How technology is changing mass media.
• Youth culture and the importance of peer groups.
• Schools, education, and society, and the three main sociological theories of education.

©2019 Paul H. Ciccarelli (P)2019 Paul H. Ciccarelli

Best non-fiction of the millennium

This book provides much food for thought and challenges your most base assumptions about your reality. I truly hope everyone (especially those who consider themselves leaders or forward thinkers) to explore this book.

I thought it was a good book in terms of having

I thought it was a good book in terms of having useful information that I can apply to both my personal and professional lives. Overall, Book is well organized into meaningful snippets easily absorbed.

Deep insights into reality & present affairs.

Absolutely mind blowing book. Challenges every truth we ever believed in. After listening it I feel like I now need to reassess my life goals and ideologies. I enjoyed listening this book very much and would recommend it to anyone who wants to get a different opinion from the traditional one - whether liberal or conservative.

Multiple Mental Climaxes

While there are plenty of content similarity with his previous books still this book is so exciting and if anything makes the other books stick in your memory.. The narrator is arguably the best I have ever heard..

Most especially the things we take for granted

People like Paul is too smart to get involved with this, but if they were at the highest level of decision-making in our political and cultural leadership the world would certainly be a better place.

Authored with great passion

As a written book, Ciccarelli's passion comes through much more profoundly and effectively than the audio book's narration communicates. If the author had read her own work for this audio-book, the overall delivery would have been a solid, five-star work of compelling excellence.

Perfect to influence others to explore.

The creator includes a excellent dialog of the common misinterpretation that human science is the think about of social issues. but or maybe to clarify the strategies and approaches that characterize human science as a teach and an range of mental request. I'll suggesting it to all of others curiously in purposes.

Brilliantly elaborate with perfect example!

Fun, insightful, and introspective. From the past to the future, Paul makes some fun predictions. Some seem a little wild, but it's full of reflection and concern for humanity. Such a good book that really dives into modern conflicts and makes the listener imagine the new dilemma that will face in our lifetime.

Enjoyed it so much!

It talks about here and now. It shows the importance of open-minded thinking, the necessity of understanding the world not by hot media slogans, but by research and analysis. If you think that you know it all and that your ideas are always the rightest and the brightest, skip it, it's not for you.

A good introduction to the study of sociology.

A good introduction to the study of sociology. This book has helped me identify when a friend or customer is feeling nervous, or hiding something.