A Qualitative Study of March Madness

A 2019 study by Dr. Ray and Dr. Foy provides a great example of how social institutions can reinforce racial biases.  Dr. Ray and his co-author Dr. Steven Foy, of the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, transcribed 52 men’s college basketball broadcasts, including 11 championship games. They were looking at the ways broadcasters talk about players of different skin tones, and whether racial bias was at play.  Dr. Ray and Dr. Foy found that the institution of media (specifically broadcasters) can reinforce racial stereotypes using different language for white players and black players.  This use of language is also a great example of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and how language can produce and reify stereotypes.  

The original research article from U of Chicago is called Skin in the Game: Colorism and the Subtle Operation of Stereotypes in Men’s College Basketball and is published in the American Journal of Sociology 2019.

'Crafty' Vs. 'Sneaky': How Racial Bias In Sports Broadcasting Hurts Everyone is a summary of the research from Public Radio where you can listen to Ray and Foy talk about their research:

"That’s a tough matchup for JJ Redick on the glass. Redick not known as a rebounder. Tasmin Mitchell much stronger, bigger and more athletic."

"I mean, of course, we can highlight some of these bigger comments that most people would consider to be racist," says Dr. Rashawn Ray, who teaches sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. "But instead, what we were highlighting, in many ways, is implicit bias and the subtle ways that race actually operates, when it comes to talking about some of these historical stereotypes, about what it means to be Black and physically superior and, at the same time, intellectually inferior, and, on the other hand, what it means to be lighter-skinned or white." 

As you watch the games, be mindful of how the announcers talk about the different players and how that can affect society's stereotypes of different categories of people.

What examples can you here in the broadcast?

Step 3 For Dual Credit: Paying Dual Credit Tuition

TUITION

Tuition and fees are billed to students on the 15th of each month.  Bills are emailed to the student’s campus (luc.edu) address, or you can look up the e-bill using the steps below.  The tuition for high school students participating in Loyola’s Dual Credit Program is a total of $195 ($65 per credit hour and the class is 3 credit hours). This represents approximately 10% of the tuition a typical Loyola student pays. 

Fall Tuition is due Nov 1.

Spring Tuition is due Mar 1. 

Students who fail to pay their dual credit tuition by the posted deadline will be dropped from the dual credit course and will not receive Loyola credit.  Students will continue to receive high school credit granted by their school.

NOT SURE WHETHER TO PAY TUITION?

If you are not sure about whether to pay the tuition and take the dual credit option, here are some things to consider:

• Most schools will accept dual credit, especially state schools.  Here is a list of colleges and their dual credit policies.
• Even schools that do not accept the course for credit (towards your degree), they might accept it for satisfying a prerequisite.  For example, many majors require a sociology course such as pre-med, education, psychology, nursing or criminal justice.  If you have the dual credit transcript, you won't have to take that class.  The university will not count the credits toward graduation, but it might free up a class allowing you to take something else instead. 
• Finally, some students have told me that they were interested in upper-level sociology courses at college, but they had to show that they took SOC101 first.  Having the dual credit transcript might not get you credit at your college, but it might allow you to take a higher level class without taking SOC101 again.

TO ACCESS YOUR E-BILL

Loyola uses the same online information system that we used to enroll in the class, LOCUS. 

• Login to your LOCUS account at: www.LUC.edu/locus 

• Click on Campus Finances.

• Click on View e-Bill(s) to view the Student e-Bill History page.

• Click on View Detail next to any of the months listed to view that month’s e-Bill.

Your e-Bill is a snapshot of your account on the day we generate the statement. Payments and other changes we have received since the last e-Bill will not show up until the next e-Bill is generated. The Account Summary in LOCUS is the place to find the real-time status of your account.

METHODS OF PAYMENTS ACCEPTED 

Loyola offers several methods to pay your bill, so that you can choose which is most convenient for your family:

• Online—In LOCUS through electronic check or Credit Card. Credit cards are assessed a 2.75% service fee.

• By Mail—Checks or money orders can be mailed to:

Loyola University Chicago 3953 Solutions Center, Chicago, IL 60677-3009 (Note: This address is different than Loyola’s mailing address.)

• In Person—Check and cash payments can be made at both Office of the Bursar locations (Lake Shore and Water Tower Campuses). Checks should be made payable to:  Loyola University Chicago.

If you need help, 

see this link:

https://luc.edu/dualcredit/informationforparents/tuition/

Or, you can always email Brigid Schulz, the Director of Dual Credit for Loyola at bschul1@luc.edu

SVS

 

Reviewing Soc Structure

 Review for Social Structure

Spring 2022

nature

nurture

socialization

Genie and Danielle

self

agent of socialization

culture

culture shock

ethnocentrism

cultural relativity

material culture

non-material

norms

language

values

fishbowl metaphor

family

Dweck

changing families

school

peers

media