SOC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Generation Gap, Media Consumption, Class Discrimination

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 300
• Professor: Camille Hernandez- Ramdwar

Document Summary

Socialization: complex life long process of learning language and social roles that will get us throught life. Through this process we acquire knowledge skills, beliefs/values, etc. Secondary socialization: peers, educational institutions, religion, govt/politics, enforcement, pop culture adolescence, most imp agent of socialization during infancy and childhood (birth to, media tv internet. Factors that impact primary socialization in the family: intro-familial factors, age that parents have children, social support received from family or friends, extra-familial factors, neighborhood, work/employments experiences, culture. Sy101 family: peer groups (found at school or media) become more influencial than, often seen as 2nd most imp agent of socialization. Educational institutions: relates to a macro level, unequal educational opportunities, attributed to institutionalized classism, racism and sexism, drop out rates are high among blacks, aboriginals etc, pro-middle class, eurocentric male mentality dominates the educational system. Sy101: cons: media exposure consumes most a teenager"s day (11. 5 hrs for.