Karen Sternheimer is a sociologist at the University of Southern California. She writes about popular culture and youth and is working on a study of celebrity culture. She has provided commentary for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and the History Channel.
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Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture (Westview, 2009)Updated about 2 months ago
Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth (2006)Created about 2 months ago
Karen Sternheimer
Karen Sternheimer This week I taped commentary for the pilot of a Spike TV show, "1000 Ways to Lie," set to premiere in February. They asked me to provide sociological analysis about why people impersonate others and make up ridiculous stories. I'll post more information when the air date is determined.
Karen Sternheimer I was recently interviewed for this story on drinking and flying....
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By Karen Sternheimer Do you feel less confidence in the government? In corporations? In the press? If so, your feelings reflect a general trend found in the most recent data from the General Social Survey, a nationally representative household survey...
Karen Sternheimer A New York Times blog referenced my comments about fears about teen dancing....
Source: parenting.blogs.nytimes.com
In Los Angeles, school administrators are trying many different ways to stop teenagers from gyrating and grinding at school dances.
Karen Sternheimer Fox Business News recently interviewed me about the appeal of vampires in popular culture....
Source: www.foxbusiness.com
Though the concept of vampires is nothing new — Bram Stoker’s Dracula was published in 1897 — the most recent vampire phenomenon has taken the teen world by storm.
Karen Sternheimer I was recently interviewed about the fear and varied reactions to the H1N1 virus....
Source: www.thespec.com
Everyone on edge, frayed nerves, a sense of "the new normal" in the culture, public authorities engaged, the topic dominating media.
Source: nortonbooks.typepad.com
By Karen Sternheimer By now you have probably heard that the runaway balloon supposedly containing a six-year-old boy was a hoax, according to his mother's admission. The story received hours of “breaking news” coverage on October 15, and has since...
Karen Sternheimer Here is an AP story I was recently interviewed for about obesity....
Source: news.yahoo.com
Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way.
Karen Sternheimer I'll be interviewed on Patt Morrison's show on KPCC today from 2-2:30 Pacific Time to talk about public opinion and global warming.
Source: www.scpr.org
89.3 KPCC | Southern California Public Radio's home page with news, podcasts, radio broadcast schedules, and links to its productions including AirTalk with host Larry Mantle, Patt Morrison, Off-Ramp, ...
Karen Sternheimer I was recently interviewed for this story on teens and dancing
Source: www.latimes.com
Karen Sternheimer Here's an interview I'm quoted in about the appeal of vampires in popular culture....
Source: www.usaweekend.com
Garlic, crosses, daylight and a good decapitation are supposed to be weaknesses for a vampire, but in today's pop culture, the modern bloodsuckers seem unstoppable.
Source: nortonbooks.typepad.com
By Karen Sternheimer As Sally Raskoff recently blogged about, the news of Roman Polanski’s arrest has sparked a conversation about how we think about rape and sexual assault of children. If Polanski loses his extradition fight and returns to the...
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By Karen Sternheimer On September 18th, the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light aired its final episode after 72 years on the air (fifteen years on radio and 57 on television). Ratings declined as they have for many soap operas over...
Karen Sternheimer I'll be interviewed on Patt Morrison's radio show this afternoon at 2:40 PDT to discuss Roman Polanski's arrest. Here is a link for those outside of southern California.
Source: www.scpr.org
89.3 KPCC | Southern California Public Radio's home page with news, podcasts, radio broadcast schedules, and links to its productions including AirTalk with host Larry Mantle, Patt Morrison, Off-Ramp, ...
Source: nortonbooks.typepad.com
By Karen Sternheimer I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book Outliers: The Story of Success, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in a sociological perspective of what factors enable some people to achieve more than others. Although not a...
