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1. They feel this way because their power is limited to the boundaries of their everyday lives.

Outside of their jobs, family, and neighborhood, they are spectators. Furthermore there is an aspect of ignorance to feeling trapped; most people dont understand the interplay between man and society, between biography and history. 2. The Sociological Imagination is the idea that the lives of individuals are intricately tied to the histories of their respective societies and vice versa. When a society is industrialized, peasants become workers and when a society goes to war, workers become soldiers. 3. a. Herbert Spencer turgid, polysyllabic, comprehensive b. E.A Ross graceful, muckraking, upright c. Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim d. Karl Mannheim intricate and subtle e. Karl Marx Quality of intellectual excellence f. Thorstien Veblne brilliant and ironic g. Joseph Schumpeter many-sided constructions of reality h. Mac Weber profundity and clarity i. W.E.H Lecky Psychological sweep 4. a. Issues: matters that transcend the local environments of individuals and the personal sphere b. Troubles: Problems that occurs within the range of a person and his/her immediate relations. A private matter. 5. Attempts to prosecute those who engage in cyber bullying a. What is the structure of society? i. Middle Class dominant ii. Urbanized, First World iii. Information Age, technology heavy, quaternary sector jobs iv. Many social interactions are conducted online. The internet is a very powerful tool. The personal realm is weakened by accessibility of persons. b. Where does this society stand in human history? i. In an age of peace and technological growth ii. Receding economy iii. Most recent social laws and international developments iv. Moving towards a Global community c. What varieties of men and women prevail in this society? i. Competitive, technology reliant, middle class people These three questions offer a bit more clarity on prosecution attempts on those who engage in cyber bullying. The emphasis on technology as the primary realm of interaction could explain why such measures are taken (i.e. to maintain order and personal safety). An increasingly digitized society could very easily overwhelm the authoritative forces if cyber-bullying got out of hand.

6. a. Indifference: Being neither aware of any cherished values of feeling a threat to any of them b. Unease: Unaware of any cherished values but aware of some sort of threat. Can become a deadly, unspecified malaise

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