The Influence Of Intentional and Unintentional Propaganda in Small Groups 24 June 2013 (For those that see the similarity to the previous Propaganda and Goffman’s Face to Face Interactions, this is the same paper with a major overhaul of the introduction and a minor rewrite of the body with one concept deleted due to confusion. I am taking this paper to a few conferences this year to wow… Read More
A Qualitative Methods Research Proposal 29 April 2013 (By no means is this complete, but I have to start someplace) I. Introduction. Intentional propaganda is the systematic propagation of ideas in a deliberate manner in order to encourage or instill a particular attitude or response and it is a broad and infinite subject. In other words, it is deliberate and intended. Here I… Read More
Interpretation Of Current Concept Map 29 April 2013 The current concept map encompasses almost the entire history of Propaganda from the beginning of recorded time to the present day and the current study of propaganda in small groups. However, because this is such a vast subject, the map has missed many areas, including the Greek and roman “origins” as well as several others.… Read More
Reflections On Hunt’s Chapter 2 of Where The Music Takes You: The Social Psychology Of Music Subcultures 12 March 2013 While I agree that the idea of attempting to distill the contents of a book into a few pages after only reading one chapter seems a little far-fetched, it is a rather broad chapter that introduces us to the phenomenon of jamband subculture. I would also like to dig a little deeper into the remaining… Read More
Observations On My First Sociological Interview 12 March 2013 I began this interview and wrote the interview questions making certain assumptions, blindly, without considering the context of the questions I was asking and the results I was looking for. This wasn’t just an interview like the others I had conducted in the past for www.radiocasbah.com, where I engaged in an informal conversation with a… Read More
Observations On Visual Data 12 March 2013 Most of the visual data that I selected was deliberate, from my collection of photos taken over the last several years for my Internet Radio web site, www.radiocasbah.com, and from the front page of my Facebook feed relating to musicians that I know and the ever-present promotional-propaganda on the Facebook side panel. The only errant… Read More