SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Get This Party Started, Tertius Of Iconium, Vise
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Technological innovation, the emergence of new ideas, changes in cultural identities, and conflict between social actors. Huge influence on the organization of social and economic life. Ex: global warming awareness and pollution issue caused hybrids. Flow of information from experts to general public and vise versa. Social change as a result from conflict. When ideas or institutions clash, new patterns of social organization emerge from their resolution. Kate rich found a practical application for social networks. Trading standards service public protection group and environmental. Connections between groups: how size and shape matter, what roles group members play, and how the power of groups works compared with individuals and other institutions. Form the building blocks for society and most social interaction. Georg simmel quantitative aspects of the group . Triad a group of three or more. Most intimate form of social life, mutual dependence on each other. No third party to buffer or mediate with them.
