six features of post modernity

Question 1

what’s the development of service sector economy

Answer 1

the service sector /tertiary economy grew and out manufacturing economy declined

Question 2

what’s the decline in influence of social class

Answer 2

identity is no longer based on social class - identities are flexible can be influenced by media and buying consumer goods

Question 3

what is the media is more important that than other social structure

Answer 3

family and religion have less influence over people’s identity and behaviours the media has more influence e.g influence on crime

Question 4

what’s globalisation

Answer 4

influence culture and identity and people now move from country to country rather than countryside to city

Question 5

less confident in scientific and rational thinking

Answer 5

-associate with risk and problems e.g pollution there has been a move towards traditional remedies

Question 6

decline of meta narratives

Answer 6

-no longer useful society is fragmented into diff grps and cultures
-change is so rapid