General Social Survey

accusations that threaten the Candidates reputations and campaigns. This situation is more relevant now than ever before due to the abundance of social media and news outlets. While observing the dynamic relationship between religion and politics, it becomes crystal clear that they are closely intertwined. Interactions in today’s society involves social aspects and a religious aspects. These two combined create a basis for political persuasion. It poses the question, if there is any separation between

decided to conduct a study in which all of our subjects could remain anonymous. Thus, we created a survey composed of nine questions, keeping in mind that this topic can be triggering for

The article also identifies the green consumer as often very skeptical of green advertising in general, which results in their own adoptive means of conducting alternative research so that they are well-informed prior to making a purchase (Shrum et. Al, 1995). As well, Auger’s article provided supporting evidence to this point by restating that active

is, therefore, a key factor for successful transactions in the sharing economy (Horton and Zeckhauser, 2016) The fact that users directly transact with each other and meet offline is a distinct characteristic of the sharing economy and makes it a social practice. It is not a mere marketplace where anonymous actors exchange goods, it is a community marketplace where people share a sense of community (SoC) upon which trust can arise (Celata et al., 2017). Moreover, sharing platforms actively emphasize

reproducing hierarchies among social classes.” However, I am primarily interested in the former hypothesis. My goal is to examine the role education plays in shaping ideological attitudes among members of the low and middle/upper class. Does education help conceal prejudice or genuinely reduce it? This concept then brings into question the notion of social desirability. Therefore, some scholars may argue that highly educated or “enlightened”

Background and Research Question Survey questions and questionnaires can always be improved upon. This can be done through changing the wording of the question, choosing a different response scale for the question, or reordering the questions in the questionnaire. There are various ways to find out if a survey question needs revision, such as identifying grammar and concept errors in the question using specific techniques, or conducting in-depth interviews to find out if survey respondents have any issues

3. Theoretical Framework Erving Goffman’s theory of social stigma (1963) will be used as a guideline for the thesis and will act as a basis for further research on personal and perceived depression stigma. Stigma is a deeply discrediting attribute which has a strong relationship to stereotype (Goffman, 1963) Goffman defines stigma as a gap between “virtual social identity and actual social identity” and states that stigmata are bodily signs which deviate from the norm (Goffman, 1963). According to

bicycle or the throttle can be twisted and it makes use of the stored electricity. C. CONSUMER ANALYSIS I. Identified Target Market Pulse Motors can serve a wide segment because of its indispensable value to eco-conscious commuters. The general consensus among top managers at Pulse Motors is that their target market is from the lower middle class upwards to the high middle class in the society.

prevalent. There are two criminological theories which can be analyzed to explain why this relationship occurs. The first theory is life-course theory, which suggests that as one proceeds through their life-course, they will be faced with many different social experiences which will ultimately effect their criminal offending patterns (Siegel & McCormick, 2016). As an adolescent ages and transitions into adulthood,

the findings of a community survey that indicated that Americans do not have equal opportunity to receive proper mental health care treatment. (Burns, 2009) “A community survey in the US (a high-income country), for example, reported that low-income individuals cited financial barriers to accessing care. However, this was not the case in the Netherlands or in Canada, both HICs, where economic disparities and income inequality are lower. Also “ in the US, a house hold survey of adolescents found that