SOC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Culture Shock, Culture Industry, Nonverbal Communication
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Culture: totality of learned, transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior. Culture consists of all objects and ideas within a society, including slang words, ice-cream cones, and rock music. Each people has a distinctive culture with its own characteristic ways of gathering and preparing food, constructing homes, structuring the family, and promoting standards of right and wrong. Society: people live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside their area, and participate in a common culture. Members of society preserve their distinctive culture through literature, art, video recordings, and other means of expression. If it were not for the social, transmission of culture, each generation would have to reinvent television, not to mention the wheel. Having a common culture also simplifies many day-to-day interactions. Culture industry: standardizes the goods and services demanded by consumers. Cultural universals: all societies have developed certain common practices and beliefs.
