Assignment 1: Discussion

1. The sociologist, Robin Williams Jr., originally created a ;list of ten central values in American culture ;in 1970.
   • How do you believe this list might be different if it were created today?
   • Which values do you believe have changed since this list was originally made? Why?
   • Please use examples to illustrate how these values have changed using the media, social policy, politics, or otherwise.
2. What are five symbols important to American culture? ; Are they important to you? ; How and why? ;
3. What problems arise from excessive ethnocentrism? ;

Just One paragraph, 250-300 words