SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Big Mac Index, Mcdonaldization, Scientific Management
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We aren"t talking about mcdonalds everywhere, we"re talking about how certain principles, like mcdonalds are coming to dominate more and more sectors of us society and rest of the world. This affects work, culture, dieting, leisure, family, and more. Overall affects our lives in very meaningful ways: how we read and understand politics, understand death or really anything. This example is applicable to any major company, mcdonalds is just a mere placeholder for a model. The importance of mcdonalds, and why it is the framework is bc it has been in the news of local towns, its in movies and media, the big mac index and the. The book criticizes mcdonaldization of society, he talks about the bombardment of media and propaganda we get on a daily basis about the supposed benefits of. The author insists that we need social criticism for a functioning society. We need to peek behind closed doors .
