You will be performing a content analysis on Shameless tv show.
For this assignment, you will perform a content analysis on one episode of a 1-hour television program (Shameless ). This assignment will require you to don the hat of a sociologist undertaking a study using this sociological method discussed in Chapter 2. Don your sociological cap to analyze the TV episode and answer the following:
Provide a brief synopsis of the television episode you're watching (a paragraph)
How does this particular television episode demonstrate each of the perspectives (functional, conflict, feminist, and symbolic interaction) ? You should be able to observe aspects of each perspective but may find one that is more dominant)
What may the TV show suggest about our culture?
What messages are being presented along race, class, and gender lines?
What are the social and/or political implications of the episode?