Modernity & Modernism

Question 1

modernity

Answer 1

industrialisation, technology, standardised goods for mass market produced by manual workers in full-time lifetime jobs

Question 2

modernity - main form of social division and source of identity

Answer 2

social class
identity is predictable & unchanging formed by social structural factors
people have stable idea of their position in society

Question 3

modernity - what does culture reflect?

Answer 3

class structure
clear distinction between high and popular culture

Question 4

modernity - what is politics centred around?

Answer 4

social class interests

Question 5

modernity - how does mass media reflect social reality?

Answer 5

one-way communication

Question 6

modernity - what are superior forms of knowledge?

Answer 6

rational thought, science, technology

Question 7

modernity - how does sociology explain society?

Answer 7

scientifically
scientific method able to understand & improve society
methods used in natural sciences used by positivist structural theories

Question 8

move from modernity to postmodernity - when did postmodernity emerge?

Answer 8

1980s

Question 9

move from modernity to postmodernity - why did postmodernity emerge?

Answer 9

society was changing, modernist social theories no longer provided adequate explanations of society 
new media
rapid technology change
globalisation
consumer culture

Question 10

move from modernity to postmodernity - traditional sources of identity

Answer 10

becoming irrelevant to people’s lives, structures

Question 11

move from modernity to postmodernity - what are people relating to more now?

Answer 11

social/political movements that reflect their personal interests rather than political parties

Question 12

move from modernity to postmodernity - what caused these problems?

Answer 12

decline in faith in science

Question 13

move from modernity to postmodernity - what has this lead to?

Answer 13

peoples lives becoming more insecure/unpredictable