New in This Version

• Thoroughly updated throughout with recent data, new and updated references, new examples, and current events
• New Feature: “Critical Thinking About the Media” boxes introduce stories or issues in the news or social media relevant to the chapter’s core topics to stimulate analysis and class discussion
• Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
  
  • Chapter 1 “Sociology and the Sociological Perspective”: new use of 2020 exit polling data to illustrate how social backgrounds affect voting choices; updated data on gender and suicide rates and regional suicide rates; new discussion of critical race theory and intersectionality
  • Chapter 2 “Eye on Society: Doing Sociological Research”: revised discussion of gender differences in abortion views; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on racial disparities in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
  • Chapter 3 “Culture”: Updated World Values Survey data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on the sacredness of cows in India
  • Chapter 4 “Socialization”: updated World Values Survey data; updated General Social Survey data on hours watching TV; updated data on children’s economic and social circumstances; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on alleged hate crimes targeting Black, Jewish, and Muslim buildings
  • Chapter 5 “Social Structure and Social Interaction”: new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on social media depictions of role-expectation violations at Walt Disney World
  • Chapter 6 “Groups and Organizations”: updated data on regional incarceration rates and the overrepresentation of men and Black and Latinx people in prison; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on group processes and adolescent hate-crime vandalism
  • Chapter 7 “Deviance, Crime, and Social Control”: updated data on crime and victimization rates; updated data on deaths caused by alcohol and tobacco use and by poor diets; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on overdramatization of crime by the news media
  • Chapter 8 “Social Stratification”: updated modern slavery data; updated social class, mobility, economic inequality, and poverty data; new discussion of and data on wealth inequality; updated international poverty data; new poverty data on Indigenous Americans; new discussion of decline and rebound in child poverty due to increases and decreases in federal aid linked to the COVID-19 pandemic; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on social media depictions of poverty
  • Chapter 9 “Global Stratification”: updated global poverty and inequality data; updated human development indicators data; updated data on food insecurity and hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; updated maternal mortality data; new discussion of women and girls in modern slavery; updated child mortality data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on social media depictions of global poverty
  • Chapter 10 “Race and Ethnicity”: new introduction highlighting racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths; expanded discussion of the racial/ethnic ancestry of self-identified Black, Latinx, and white Americans based on DNA analysis; new discussion of 2023 national polling data on whether racism is a big problem; updated earnings data; updated racial and ethnic inequality data, including new data on episodic poverty; new section on racial/ethnic discrimination in the criminal justice system, including new discussion of racist abuse and discrimination by Minneapolis police department; new national polling data on Americans’ views on affirmative action; new mention of 2023 Supreme Court case that banned explicit use of race in college admissions; new national survey data on prejudice and discrimination against immigrants; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on racial distortions in news media coverage of crime
  • Chapter 11 “Gender and Gender Inequality”: updated data on the percentage of Americans who are LGBTQ+; updated data on the public’s belief that women should take care of home and family; updated data on decline in belief that most women are not suited emotionally for politics; updated "Learning from Other Societies" box; updated data on labor force participation and the gender gap in income; updated data on gender differences in earnings by educational attainment; updated data on workplace gender segregation; earnings data by sex and race/ethnicity; expanded discussion of LGBTQ+ status and inequality, including new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ people and impacts of the 2023 Supreme Court decision case allowing businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples; new section on abortion rights in view of Dobbs decision; updated data on rape lifetime prevalence; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on gender stereotyping in advertising
  • Chapter 12 “Aging and Older Adults”: new discussion of ancient China’s view of aging; updated life expectancy data; updated data for demographic profile of older Americans; updated nursing home data; updated food insecurity data; updated living arrangement data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on portrayal of older adults in television series
  • Chapter 13 “Work and the Economy”: new data on corporate income tax fraud; updated data on labor union membership; updated labor force and unemployment data; updated employee theft and workplace violence data; updated military budget data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on work requirements for Medicaid recipients
  • Chapter 14 “Politics and Government”: updated political ideology data; updated political party affiliation data; updated data on confidence in the executive and legislative branches of government; updated voter turnout data; new section on efforts to reduce voting rights; updated PAC and lobbying data; new discussion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; updated cost of U.S. wars since 2001; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on Twitter, now called "X," statements by politicians
  • Chapter 15 “The Family”: updated marriage and family data; updated data on children’s family arrangements; updated cohabitation data; updated child poverty data; updated data on same-sex marriages; updated data on births to unmarried women; updated data on intimate partner violence and dating violence; updated data on child abuse; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on a U.S. senator’s statement to reporters that states should be allowed to ban interracial marriages 
  • Chapter 16 “Education”: updated enrollment, facility, and faculty data; new figure on family income and percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who had not enrolled in college by 2016; updated data on race/ethnicity, gender, and having a bachelor’s degree; updated degree and earnings data; new discussion of schools without air conditioning amid extreme heat; new discussion of teacher burnout; updated school violence data; new section on restrictions by conservative states on instruction and reading concerning race and racism and sex and sexuality; updated college costs and student loan data; revised discussion of college students’ mental health issues; revised discussion of social class and race in college admissions; updated college graduation data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on cyberbullying
  • Chapter 17 “Religion”: updated data on Americans’ religious affiliations and religiosity; updated data on international differences in religiosity; revised "Learning from Other Societies" box; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on religion and social media
  • Chapter 18 “Health and Medicine”: new COVID-19 death rate data by race/ethnicity and education; updated data on international disparities in health and illness; updated data on U.S. food insecurity; updated data on income and racial/ethnic differences in life expectancy; updated data on racial/ethnic differences in infant mortality; new section on disability and ableism; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on physicians’ use of social media to spread misinformation about COVID-19
  • Chapter 19 “Population and Urbanization”: updated fertility data; new discussion of population growth in the United States from 2021 to 2022; new data on global excess deaths from urban air pollution; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on the lack of broadband in rural areas
  • Chapter 20 “Social Change and the Environment”: expanded discussion of climate change; updated data on deaths from water pollution and inadequate sanitation; updated Superfund data; new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature about fossil-fuel company advertising on social media 
  • Chapter 21 “Collective Behavior and Social Movements”: new “Critical Thinking about the Media” feature on Black Twitter/X and Black Lives Matter
  • Chapter 22 “Conclusion: Understanding and Changing the Social World” pulls together the underlying introduction to sociology and the myriad of changes described in the preceding chapters into a more coherent picture of how students can make change for the good in their own areas of influence