# Welcome to c/sociology! >Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. In simple words sociology is the scientific study of society. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order and social change. While some sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes and phenomenological method. Subject matter can range from micro-level analyses of society (i.e. of individual interaction and agency) to macro-level analyses (i.e. of social systems and social structure). Read more… [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology] — Rules - No bigotry of any kind, including racism, misogyny, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. - Posts must be relevant to sociology or at least other social sciences. - No survey submissions. - No ads or spam. — Links Associations - American Sociological Association [https://www.asanet.org/] - European Sociological Association [https://www.europeansociology.org/home] - International Sociological Association [https://www.isa-sociology.org/en] Journals - American Sociological Review [https://www.asanet.org/publications/journals/american-sociological-review/] - Annual Review of Sociology [https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/soc] - Chinese Sociological Review [https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/mcsa20] - Criminology [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17459125] - European Sociological Review [https://academic.oup.com/esr] - Gender and Society [https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gas] - Journal of Health and Social Behavior [https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hsb] - Journal of Marriage and Family [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17413737] - Rural Sociology [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15490831?journalRedirectCheck=true] - Sociological Methodology [https://www.asanet.org/publications/journals/sociological-methodology/] Resources - Introduction to Sociology 3e [https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-3e/pages/1-introduction] - Sociology Dictionary [https://sociologydictionary.org/] - Sociology Libretext [https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology] Interesting Communities - !archaeology@mander.xyz [/c/archaeology@mander.xyz] [https://mander.xyz/c/archaeology] - !geography@mander.xyz [/c/geography@mander.xyz] [https://mander.xyz/c/geography] - !geospatial@mander.xyz [/c/geospatial@mander.xyz] [https://mander.xyz/c/geospatial] - !longevity@mander.xyz [/c/longevity@mander.xyz] [https://mander.xyz/c/longevity] - !philosophy@mander.xyz [/c/philosophy@mander.xyz] [https://mander.xyz/c/philosophy] Other Useful Links - Open Knowledge Repository [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/] - Directory of Open Access Journals [https://doaj.org/] - sciences.social (Mastodon) [https://sciences.social/explore] - Marxist Internet Archive [https://www.marxists.org/] - Situationist International Archive [https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/] - Sociology in Switzerland [https://socio.ch/] - Constructivist E-Paper Archive [https://cepa.info/]