allows us to examine problems and habits within their broader social and historical context
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symbolic annihilation
the absence of representation of a group in the media
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ingratiation
techniques of inclusion involving currying favor to group leader
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in group vs out group subjugation
out: picking on outsiders to maintain the exclusivity of the clique
in: picking on weakest members of the click to maintain hierarchy
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looking glass self
notion that peron’s self growth grows out of their interactions with others
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adler and adler
husband and wife to studied clique dynamics in 6th graders
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sociological mindfulness
Schwalbe
the awareness that you are influenced by society, that you influence others, and that others are also influenced by society
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path of least resistance
making the easiest and most comfortable choices within a social system
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scarce
went to prison to protect confidentiality of subjects
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sapir whorf hypothesis
language creates ways of thinking
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elliott
teacher who did the eye color discrimination experiment
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manifest and latent functions
manifest: apparent and intended functions of institutions in society
latent: the less apparent, unintended, and often unrecognized functions in social institutions and processes
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Gamson
authored media images and the social construction of reality
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secondary analysis
using another person’s previously recorded data to draw conclusions
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counter culture
group whose beliefs place its members in the opposition of the broader culture
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reich
doc inequality for all
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time wise
white like me doc
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loe
working at bazooms
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marx
developed conflict theory based on socioeconomic class
groups competing for scarce resources
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giroux
disney hater
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gaines
Bergenfield suicides
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mindful skepticism
questioning what you know and how you know it
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representative vs stratified vs random sampling
representative: subset of population that reflects the characteristics of the larger group
random: everyone has equal chance of being chosen
stratified: total pop is divided into smaller parts
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unobtrusive measures
people do not know they are being watched
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brajuha study
brajuha was doing research had been doing participant observation as a restaurant waiter. the restaurant burnt down and brajuha refused to turn over his notes. he was threatened with imprisonment
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humphreys study
studied tea rooms (where men go for anonymous gay sex)
recorded personal information about all of the men- unethical
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social stratification
societys categorization of people based on socioeconomic factors such as wealth and race
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functionalist theory
each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society functioning as a whole
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proletarist
the laboring class
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symbolic interactionism
It argues that people's actions are based on the meanings they assign to things, which can differ depending on the person and can change over time
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folkways vs mores vs taboos
folkways are norms that aren’t bad to break, taboos are worse, mores are the worst
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pluralistic society
a diverse one, where the people in it believe all kinds of different things and tolerate each other's beliefs even when they don't match their own.
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cultural diffusion
the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures.
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cultural leveling
cultures that are growing and becoming more similar to each other.
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agents of socialization
a combination of social groups and social institutions that provide the first experiences of socialization.
family, education, peer groups, religious organization and mass media
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resocialization
the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.
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total institutions
place of residence and work. where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the. wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an. enclosed formally administered round of life
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incestouos amplification
closed group of people repeat the same things to each other
have to accept group’s preconceptions to be in the group
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synergistic production
combined working together of two or more parts os s system so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of the efforts of the parts
\ seen in media conglomorates
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conglomorate
a corporation made up of several different, independent businesses