SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination, Structural Level
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Sociology 1001 lecture - 9/2/15: the sociological imagination, facts and information, quality of mind: critical analysis of facts, caution: homogenization of news, require. Information and facts (although beware of homogenization of news) To place ourselves sin an historical and social context as needed: personal troubles vs public issues. A: ability to apply a critical analysis of sociological imagination, the u. s. has: U. s. mass communication: 1,500 daily newspapers, 11,000 magazines, 9,000 radio stations, 1,500 tv stations. Ownership and control: 6 corporations own or control the output from those 25,000 media entities. Private ministry of information and culture : note: project censored - http://www. projectcensored. org , homogenization of news. Viii. personal troubles level to the structural level to uncover the many layers of social meaning. Involve individuals" characters and their relations with others over which the individual has some control. A: typically involves a crisis in institution arrangements, are conditions that are widespread, affecting many people.
