Why did the Southern Baptist Convention vote in 1996 to boycott the Walt Disney Corporation?
a. Because Disney theme parks were deemed too expensive for the low-income members of this fundamentalist sect
b. Because Disney was denying employment to illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children
c. Because Disney was providing health care benefits for the live-in partners of gay employees
d. Because the Walt Disney Corporation boycotted the Southern Baptist Convention in 1995
Ans: C. Because Disney was providing health care benefits for the live-in partners of gay employees
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A. cultivation theory B. horizontal integration C. agenda-setting theory D. hypodermic
The critical sociology research orientation is linked most closely to which theoretical approach?
A structural functional approach B social conflict C symbolic interaction
Sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld
A. studied how newspapers helped immigrants to the U.S. adjust to their environments and taught them the customs and opinions of their new country. B. described the depiction of women as reflecting "innumerable small murders of mind and spirit (that) take place daily." C. researched rock music and found no sociologically credible evidence that rock caused sexual promiscuity, rape, drug abuse, Satanism, or suicide. D. pioneered the study of opinion leaders in his research on voting behavior in the 1940s.
A conflict theorist is likely to argue that men's work is uniformly valued, while women's work (whether unpaid labor in the home or wage labor) is devalued.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)