Chapter 3 Flashcards
effect of social media on young adults
more negative than positive
signifier
a vehicle of meaning and communication
semiotics
the study of nonverbal cultural meanings
linguistic relativity hypothesis
a hypothesis created by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee that language influences our perception because we are more likely to be aware of things we have words for
cultural turn
Sociology’s recent emphasis on the importance of understanding the role of culture in daily life
Elements that constitute a complex cultural system
- Material objects
- Nonmaterial objects
- Creators/producers of cultural objects
- receivers of cultural objects
Agrarian societies
small rural communities, no towns or cities, lived through agriculture, often supplemented by hunting and gathering, ruled by chiefs, more inequalities than hunting and gathering socieites
Pastoral societies
range from a few hundred to many thousands of people, depend of tending to domesticated animals, marked by distinct inequalities, ruled by chiefs or warrior kings
cultural capital
the accumulated cultural knowledge within a society that confers power and status
what influences types of cultural capital?
one’s socioeconomic position in society
types of cultural capital
- what a person embodies
- material objects one possesses
- possession of skills valued by larger institutions
what do countries in the global south have in common?
they were either colonies or strongly influenced by colonial relationships
cultural appropriation
when members of one cultural group borrow elements of another group’s culture
counterculture
groups that reject values or norms of the majority group in a society
assimilation
the acceptance of a minority group by a majority population in which the new group takes on the values and norms of the dominant culture
