SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Forces, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Mobility
21 Dec 2017
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The study of sport, culture and society involves a number of complex factors all of which. Many sos texts are not written from the standpoint of the critical thinker, sociologist, As students and researchers, we look a number of organizing frameworks or at least. Socio-emotional function, wherein sport contributes to the maintenance of socio- psychological stability. Socialization wherein sport contributes to the well being of cultural belief. Integrative function, wherein sport contributes to the harmonious integration of disparate individuals and diverse groups. Political function wherein sport is used for ideological purposes (hockey night in. Social mobility function wherein sport serves as a source of upward mobility. Asking theoretical questions is crucial to allowing us to explain or generalize about sport, Connecting theory to sport culture, and society myths that are often taken for granted without being tested; and research or study. Theoretical analysis is a necessary part of approaching or organizing research.
