Famous People In Sociology

Question 1

Marian and Keating case study

Answer 1

Our consumption patterns are influenced by global media

Question 2

Mead

Answer 2

Study of male and female behaviour in different tribes.

Tribes showed different behaviours, also stereotypical gender roles were reversed with females showing dominance and aggressiveness, and males being inferior

Question 3

McLuhan

Answer 3

Predicted the internet as an “extension of conciousness”

Question 4

Nayak

Answer 4

Looks at issues with youth, to do with transition and culture

Question 5

Klineberg

Answer 5

Showed how misunderstanding happens between different societies

Question 6

Lury

Answer 6

Researched into how consumer culture is more important now days, as it is used by some people to identify themselves

Question 7

Hall and Jefferson

Answer 7

Researched teddy boys, a working class subculture

Question 8

Willis

Answer 8

Researched why working class people get working class jobs