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When sociologists investigate a pandemic, they focus on the social issues surrounding it. Such social issues are the emotional challenges accompanying pandemics, deaths, and other losses affecting the individual’s social life. For instance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, specific social issues emerged, such as racial gaps regarding access to medication and economic issues. Perry, Aronson, and Pescosolido (2021) supported this issue by unveiling how the pandemic exposed social and economic inequalities in America. That is, some ethnic communities are struggling economically and lack access to medication, and as a result, they face severe social challenges like psychological illnesses. Therefore, based on this observation, sociologists will be interested in how the pandemic affects people at the micro and macro levels.

A lot of data can be collected from micro and macro data. To understand how vital these levels of data are, it is essential to begin by understanding them. The macro data is collected through a large-scale social process like social stability or social change. Micro-level, on the other hand, offers data collected from small-scale interactions like group dynamics (Khanacademymedicine, 2014). As such, when a researcher collects data through these two levels, they are sure of getting information on how a broader issue affects society at the smaller levels. At the same time, these levels of data will help the researcher see how minor issues at the lowest levels affect the larger community (Hammond, Cheney & Pearsey, 2021). For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic was a broad problem but caused issues at the micro-level. For example, the revelation that American society had some communities seriously marginalized is an indication of data collected at the micro-level, which offers more information on the impacts of the pandemic. Also, this information collected at the micro-level can reveal to a sociologist the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic on American society.

References

Hammond, R., Cheney, P.  & Pearsey, R. (2021) Sociology of the Family: Chapter 03 Sociological Theories of the Family. Retrieved from http://freesociologybooks.com/Sociology_Of_The_Family/03_Sociological_Theories%09_Of_The_Family.php

Perry, B. L., Aronson, B., & Pescosolido, B. A. (2021). Pandemic precarity: COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating inequalities in the American heartland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020685118

Khanacademymedicine. (2014). Macrosociology vs microsociology. YouTube Retrieved from https://youtu.be/-BVeSykcQeE.

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As a sociologist, how would you study a world pandemic? Do you think the use of micro or macro data would provide you with the most valuable information?

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