SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Class Conflict, Dialectic, Old Media
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Stable well acknowledged patterns of social relationships that endure over time. Examples: marriage, the family, politics, the economy, education, religion, and mass media etc. Established to meet certain important goals within our society. Within social institutions there are organizations or groups (a number of them are like this, not all: examples. Education is made up of different levels and kinds of school. Religion is made up of various religions or groups: some particular social institutions. Politics: made up of organizations or groups that make decisions, enforce rules, or provide services on behalf of a society, example of groups that make this up: governments, courts, and social service agencies etc. Also includes organizations or groups that challenge decisions or various rules (ex. Mass media: made up of organizations or groups that provide the means for large scale communication in a society, mass media will reach large audiences of usually anonymous readers, listeners, and viewers, can be divided into the: