- ASA Sociology of Culture Section
This site provides a connection to the American Sociological Association’s Section on culture and to professional networks of other sociologists (students and teachers) study of culture.
- Study of Norms in Web Blogs
This site presents a study of types of norms found among bloggers and on blog pages.
- National Public Radio
This site links you to the home page of NPR and its current media files. Many find that NPR represents a key shift in U.S. cultural values.
- Understanding Ethnocentrism and Personal Preference
This is a high school lesson which illustrates through an exercise how people from different cultures value.
- Cultural Relativism
This site provides a comprehensive anthropological discussion of cultural relativism with categorical distinctions in types.
- Gestures in Communication
This site provides hundreds of examples of gestures—some universal—some unique.
- Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
This site provides an in depth discussion of the core assumptions of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis with criticisms.
- The Sociology of Law
A link to the ASA’s Sociology of Law Section Website with other links and relevant information.
- World Values Survey
This site summarizes the multiple uses and findings from the World Values Survey.
- Surviving Culture Shock
This site presents a report on strategies for surviving the culture shock many experience upon traveling to or entering a new culture.
- Crossing Cultural Barriers
University of Colorado page with information and links to learning to communicate across cultures.
