SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Total Institution, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Old Age
20 Apr 2016
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Know theorist & perspectives & know methods (quantitative & qualitative) Know who durkheim is (and other theorists) and the premise of the theory. Definitions and some you need to do more application (straight forward) Look at summary @ the back of each chapter. Know who durkheim is and the premise of the theory. Liberal critics maintain that tv shows mirror our society"s patterns of inequality & rarely challenge the status quo. Some conservative critics are concerned about tv shows advancing liberal causes politically correct . A 1998 survey: 2 thirds of tv programming contains violence; characters show now remorse and are not punished. In 1997, the tv industry adapted a rating system. The social construct and this didn"t exist generations ago and this was created b/c of a gap in our decision making skills (i. e credentialism schooling to go to uni. ) Middle: ages 40-60, concerns over health, appearance, career and family.
