Jason Taylor

@jaytaylor517.bsky.social

Obsessed with Sociology!

Do more Public Sociology! We allow the grifters of the world to dominate on the issues Sociology is best placed to explain. Everyday people don't read academic journals or attend conferences. We are complicit in our own demise and in the exploitation of public issues. We speak too much to ourselves!

Social Theory on Film@socialtheoryonfilm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sociology needs to do more as a discipline to reach and make itself accessible to the public. The platforms exist. They're horrible. But if we don't engage with and adapt to them, we don't engage the massive audiences they cater to. Meet the public where they are! youtube.com/@socialtheor...

In 20 years of university teaching I have had one Jordan Peterson fan announce that she would not read any “sociology” I assigned, on principle, and one self-described “conservative” ask me to reprimand a classmate for her choice of t-shirt. That’s all the student-driven cocooning I’ve encountered

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What “distressing” ideas? How are they “cocooned”? It’s amazing how much publicity one can get by reinforcing cliches that accord so little with the experiences of so many of us who actually teach college students.

Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and author, has been on the front lines of campus battles over free speech for more than a decade, warning that the American education system has poorly served a generation of young people by cocooning them from ideas they might find distressing.

Social Theory on Film is a project that provides accessible and entertaining short films about Sociology. In the current media and political climate, public, accessible Sociology is needed more than ever. It also serves as a resource for students and their teachers. youtube.com/@socialtheor...

Social Theory on Film

This channel covers all things Sociology. I make 'films' that should be interesting to sociologists, sociology students, and anyone who is interested in social interaction and the structure of society...

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