*!*The Sociological Imagination

PART 1 (250 words)
Imagination is a mechanism designed by social scientists to preserve freedom. This translates to the ability to connect a society’s history to the personal lives of the people in it. This often means connecting personal problems in the lives of individuals to social problems that affect entire societies. We might consider social media to be a 21st-century phenomenon. Sociologists would probably say, “Is that so?” Social media didn’t pop out of thin air and landed in the laps of millennials. It must’ve taken root somewhere, evolved from something else. It would be hard to call social media a personal experience. Just look at the name. But, how is it impacting you every day? and…
QUESTION[S}:
How does social media shape your relationships or impact your identity or self-perception? Do you judge your life based on what others post on social media?

PART 2 (300 words)

Reflecting on the above passage “The Sociological Imagination” (check the picture), sociological imagination is the ability to see things
socially and how they interact and influence each other. To have a sociological imagination, a person must be able to pull
away from the situation and think from an alternative point of view. This ability is central to one’s development of a sociological
perspective on the world. Your task for this assignment is to carefully and critically review the content in the above passage, then ask:
a) What does the data say to you?
b) What do find most interesting about the sociological imagination?
c) Is the data new to you? If so, after reading it, what are your thoughts about the sociological imagination?
d) What are possible disadvantages to the sociological imagination?
e)Why is the sociological imagination important?
f) Give an example of when you apply or have applied the sociological imagination.

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