Study Questions

  1. How do you see a rise in reflexivity manifested in our media and culture?
     
  2. What are some of the pros and cons to the rise of medical information on the internet?
     
  3. How would you characterize the view of cigarette smoking among your peers? Is it common? Is it frowned upon? Is it still viewed as “cool” and “rebellious” as it was in past decades? If not, what do you think accounts for that change?
     
  4. Why do you think the United States is the only industrialized country to resist implementing a public/universal healthcare system?
     
  5. Do you think body modification is becoming more or less accepted in today’s society? Provide evidence and examples to support your answer.
     
  6. Do you think the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will be good or bad for the country? On a piece of paper, list pros and cons for the individual aspects of the new law.
     
  7. In what ways is the obsession with fitness simply a way to cover up a more modern version of the “beauty myth?” Why?
     
  8. Explain the reasons doctors have been victim of deprofessionalization.