Tag: Theories

Ethan Nordean, a leader of the Proud Boys, was convicted for seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 elections. Nordean’s conviction shows that the conspiracy theories which are being peddled within right...

Less than 50 years after its invention, activists began using photography as a tool to call attention to atrocities and hopefully improve the lives of others. Jacob Riis was one of those activists, using his flash photographs to show Americans, especially the New York elite, the dirty and dangerous ...

Over the past 100 years, researchers have gotten used to labelling things that were previously considered waves as particles and vice versa. One might think that this vacillation between wave and particle-like characterisations is an indication we don’t know what matter is on the smallest s...

If you ask a school-going kid in present day about what happened to dinosaurs, they’ll tell you that dinosaurs went extinct because an asteroid hit the Earth millions of years ago. If you asked the same question to a kid in 1960s-80s they wouldn’t have an answer. This is because the scie...

The question of whether time travel is possible is a subject of much debate among scientists and physicists. Some argue that the laws of physics as we currently understand them do not allow for the possibility of time travel. They believe that time is a one-way street, with the past behind us a...

Have you ever wondered how certain racial stereotypes and prejudices have been perpetuated throughout history? The answer may lie in the development and spread of racist scientific theories. Theories, which were once widely accepted as fact, have had a profound impact on shaping the world we live...

I used to think of Conspiracy Theories as ‘Gossip for Men’. Women gossip all of the time, sometimes it’s real sometimes it’s all nonsense. Men like to talk deep about big issues. But I have changed my mind. Men and women love a conspiracy theory equally. But we lean towards d...

Sociological theories are conceptual frameworks that help us understand the social world around us. There are many different sociological theories, each of which offers a unique perspective on society. Some of the most prominent sociological theories include structural-functionalism, conflict theory...

Social reaction theory and labeling theory are two names for the same concept that can be used interchangeably. Labeling theory is the idea that explains that criminal careers are catalyzed by stigma inducing encounters (Siegel 230). In other words, labeling theory discusses the way individuals adop...