Unit 1 Media 1
Text 1 Is Google Making Us Stupid:What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains? 1
Text 2 The Age of Show Business 11
Text 3 Make the News Comprehensive and Proportional 21
Unit 2 Culture and Communication 34
Text 1 Key Concepts:Underlying Structures of Culture 34
Text 2 The Language of Discretion 44
Text 3 Social Talk 53
Unit 3 Success and Emotional Intelligence 66
Text 1 Exploring Emotional Intelligence 66
Text 2 The Social Arts 79
Text 3 Inside-Out 90
Unit 4 Love and Family 105
Text 1 Theoretical Perspectives on the Family and Intimate Relationships 105
Text 2 Marry Him:The Case for Settling for Mr.Good Enough 117
Text 3 The Art of Loving 129
Unit 5 Class 139
Text 1 Stratification and Class 139
Text 2 An Anatomy of the Classes 151
Text 3 Such Good Taste 166
Unit 6 Principles of Economics 175
Text 1 Principles of Economics 175
Text 2 The Substance of Economics 189
Text 3 Why Do We Cheat? 199
Unit 7 Ethics and Wealth 217
Text 1 Practical Ethics—Rich and Poor 217
Text 2 The Soul of Man Under Socialism 229
Text 3 The Philosopher and the Conqueror 240
Unit 8 Art 246
Text 1 The Cooperating Beginner 246
Text 2 The Artistic Life 254
Text 3 Chinese Painting 266
附录 参考文献 274