Welcome to the Companion Site

This site is intended to enhance your use of Sociology: Exploring the Architecture in Everyday Life: Readings, Tenth Edition, by David M. Newman, Jodi O’Brien, and Michelle Robertson. Please note that all the materials on this site are especially geared toward maximizing your understanding of the material. 

The articles in this carefully edited anthology for introductory sociology demonstrate the significance of sociology in everyday life, and show that what seems “obvious” is often not-so-obvious when subjected to sociological analysis.

As with prevision editions, this revision includes a range of styles and examples that reflect common experiences and phenomena; important social issues and problems; the relationship between the individual and society; and a sociological perspective on specific historic events. One overarching theme, represented by the metaphor of “architecture” in the title, is that as social beings, we are constantly building and rebuilding our social environments. Many readings are based on research done in the past five years, and others are sociological classics.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge by David M. Newman, Jodi O’Brien, and Michelle Robertson for writing an excellent text and for reviewing the assets on this site. Special thanks are also due to Harvest Moon of University of Texas at Arlington.