Rappler's latest stories on sociology
[OPINION] Using sociology to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic
'We must begin with the kind of mind that links our personal circumstances with the public experience'
What breeds frat wars? U.P sociology dep't conducts campus teach-ins
'Violence is in our everyday lives, and if we want to get rid of violence [in our society], we have to get rid of it in our everyday lives,' professor Jo Dionisio tells students
More groups slam ‘violent, misogynist’ frat-linked chat
‘These incidents point to a larger, more harmful issue at hand: the culture of impunity, derogation and moral corruption that have become inevitably associated with the fraternities on campus,’ says the UP Economics Society
Love in dreams, trees and screens
What kind of decision making happens in people who do online dating?
The signature of friendship
When we consider someone our close friend, we know that it is because of deeper reasons other than the circumstances of our birth. What could it be?
[OPINION] Part 2: Rethinking religious education
The big task of religious education is far bigger than simply transmitting truth
The surprising effect of rituals
Humans have brains that crave for some assurance, even momentarily, in the face of uncertainty – and ritual provide that for us
Why do Filipino netizens troll?
A sociology paper examines some of the reasons why Filipino social media users behave aggressively online – when they can be normally civil people offline
Science is for the people
As a people we need to recognize the place of science in our society embattled by strife bigotry conflict and inequality
'Googlefeel' maps
What if cities were mapped according to how you felt as you navigated it?
The face value of make-up
Why have we as humans fallen for these creams waxes gels sprays and paint ons?
The pain of being alone
In the company of cheerful dancing endless traveling and fearless sexual encounters one can still feel so alone Loneliness is at the very heart of the modern condition
Our fact-resistant brains
[Science Solitaire] If we are not able to change our minds light never gets in
The things that divide us
[Science Solitaire] What draws the line between who is us and who is them ?
The way we change: Top 10 things
[Science Solitaire] Learning something about nature and or ourselves forces us to rethink how we have been doing things
The outer life
[Science Solitaire] Your life will count both in longevity and meaning ONLY if you have good relationships
How Pokemon Go got us walking and reintroduced us to streets
Pokemon Go has turned its players into one big community one that transcends the fascination of graphics on a mobile screen
Your brain shows love is not a feeling
[Science Solitaire] With empathy do you really feel other people s pain?
'Like': Greatest love of all?
[Science Solitaire] Like seems to be the greatest love of all as far as teenagers now are concerned
The science of Co’s
[Science Solitaire] What could be happening in our brains when we are conversing or cooperating with others?
Eat, love, thank, and …save?
[Science Solitaire] What else can gratitude do for us aside from happiness?
Gaze at each other today
[Science Solitaire] What do we lose when we gain a life run by social apps on our phones?
Are you your sibling’s keeper?
We are missing out a big chunk of our personhood if we did not understand the role of siblings in shaping it
Our love affair with 'fear'
[Science Solitaire] Fear is good It is what nature experimented with and succeeded in making animals including humans survive
PODCAST: Saan patungo ang Iglesia ni Cristo?
Para maintindihan natin ang krisis sa Iglesia ni Cristo makakasama natin ang isang sociologist of religion si Jayeel Cornelio
UP prof: I wasn't bashing Tiffany Uy
Gerry Lanuza responds to the negative reactions to his post about students with high academic standing including the UP summa cum laude with near perfect grades
What does a second language give you?
[Science Solitaire] Being raised in a household that speaks more than one language improves more than just a child s communication skills
The case of the missing teenage brain
[Science Solitaire] Why do teenagers generally have very unique self defeating solutions to their own self formulated problems?
Are pop songs dumb? Study offers evidence
A new study finds that the average hit song has lyrics at a third grader s reading level
The power to be unseen
[Science Solitaire] What happens to our psyche when we think we are literally invisible ourselves?
Can climate change affect our taste in music?
Tastes in songs are likely to change as the climate shifts British researchers say
Who told you she was beautiful?
[Science Solitaire] When science cuts to our sense of beauty and attraction it summons a panel where you have seats for different fields of science
Austerity drove up Greek suicides by a third – study
The study is the first attempt to chart suicides in Greece on a monthly decade spanning scale and to correlate them to big economic events
Empathy among mice and men
[Science Solitaire] Do we have enough empathy to save most of us? Or do we just have pockets of it to save a few?
When women are few, men settle down – study
It turns out the dynamics of sex are partly driven by the law of supply and demand: a man s fidelity depends to a large degree on the number of available women
Facebook 'likes' reveal your true personality
The findings also raise concerns about privacy leading the study authors to call for policies that give users full control of their digital footprint
Hebdo and responsibility: Why scholars need more guts
To qualify one’s objection against a cold blooded murder by saying that Charlie Hebdo was racist is for people pleasers We who do not risk our lives to tell the truth owe our solidarity to those who do however disagreeable their approach may be
No time, no compassion
[Science Solitaire] In an age where the tragedies that befall others could be viewed and turned off on demand how can we become more compassionate?
IMF policies criticized over Ebola outbreak
A study finds IMF programs held back the development of effective health systems in Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone
What role should today's Church play in politics?
It will be very difficult to go back to an era when the Church treated the state as its instrument
Stereotypes are for dummies
How do we manage our natural tendencies to rely on stereotypes?
Tacloban and its uneven recovery
The use of different strokes for different folks has resulted in different capacities for recovery with implications on how people are reorienting their lives in the post Yolanda context
Goodbye to languages
[Science Solitaire] The soul is not just mute without language It dies not just a little when a language goes
Presidential variations
Patronage lingua franca and most important of all working together with local power brought presidents to Malacañang
Are we evil? Review of famous Milgram experiment sparks rethink
What prompts ordinary people to commit acts of evil? Psychologists having reviewed an opinion shaping experiment carried out more than 50 years ago are calling for a rethink
Ebola-denial a revolt against colonial mindset – expert
Social anthropologist: When people say that Ebola does not exist they are rebelling against something
Cave markings 'bring Neanderthals closer to us'
Markings dating back 40 000 years suggest Neanderthals were considerably more sophisticated than previously thought researchers say
Humans, Neanderthals shared Europe for millennia – study
Neanderthals shared Europe with modern humans for as long as five millennia until they died out 40 000 years ago – ample time for cultural exchanges and interbreeding
Philippine Arena shows INC's 'global' stature
They re not a religion in the Philippines They re a religion in the world
The rise of INC: 'Stricter religions grow stronger'
The Iglesia ni Cristo stresses obedience even if it goes against your personal wishes – a strictness that a sociologist sees as part of the reason for its success
