Sociologists/Studies Flashcards
Kidd
I said you can’t even say what constitues as a family anymore, in our postmodern world it is quite ambiguous
Dennis and Erdos
We found fatherless figures children are less likely to be successfully socialised into the culture of discipline and compromise and so are less likely to be successful parents themselves. We also said boys without a father figure have problems with authority
Chapman
I said that children are given gender stereotypical chores in the house to teach them what is gender appropriate
Parsons
I said the function of the family is to socialise the young
Phoenix
I found that boys who work hard are seen as Feminine by their peers
Skeleton and Francis
We said that there are zones in the playground as we studies the peer group and playtime in primary schools - group ‘areas’
McRobbie and Garber
We studied the bedroom culture of teenage girls - content analysis of ‘Jackie’ magazine, interviews with girls who attended youth clubs - Jackie very stereotypical in terms of gender representation
Bennett
I studied middle aged punks and found they still shared interests and had group cohesion from younger days
Blackman
I did the study of ‘New Wave Girls’ - they wore similar fashions (doc martens, black trousers, t-shirts and over-sized jumpers) - has a shared interest in punk and new wave music - they resisted masculine control and did not conform to the usual norms of femininity
Williams
I worked for six weeks at a large, discount retailer and mother six weeks at a small boutique retailer - I found that parents bought their children gender stereotypical toys
Bandura
Bandura conducted a study of media violence where children saw a film of an adult behaving aggressively towards a bobo doll and then copied this themselves when given opportunity
Glennon and Butsch
Working class families are underrepresented and middle class families are over represented, working class families that are shown are either trying to move upwards or shown to be unintelligent
Polemus
In our postmodern society there is a ‘supermarket of style’ (we can pick and choose who we want to be) this is largely influenced by the media
Pearson
Young people seen as folk devils by the media and moral panics are created around them - deviance amplification
Stefan Pakeerah
Stefan Pakeerah was killed by his friend after he had been playing a game called ‘manhunt’ - he copied methods from the game and killed Stefan with a hammer
Gauntlett
Men are more likely to be shown as heroes in films and women as victims - men are also more likely to get leading roles when they are older
Van Dijk
Black people tend to be portrayed as criminals in British news - black crime and violence one of the most frequent issues in ethnic coverage
Jamie Bulger
A toddler that was kidnapped, tortured and killed by two young boys - it was claimed that the boys had seen a film ‘child’s play 3’ which contributed to the attack
Taylor
In 1981 American media imports represented 75% of all imports in Europe (‘McDonaldisation’)
Hagell and Newburn
They found that violent young offenders actually watch less TV than their non-violent counterparts, and that of the TV they do watch there is little difference in level of violence shown
Holm and Bowker
We said that women are subordinate to men in all major world religions, and some all female groups e.g. nuns are formed due to this
Alpert
I came up with the functions of religion:discipline, authority, cohesion, collective worship
Miller and Hoffman
Said that women are more religious than men because they aren’t risky
Hatcher
The education system in the U.K. does not encourage working class success, the experience of working and middle class children is very different
Troyna and Williams
Describe the curriculum in British schools as ethnocentric because it gives priority the white culture and the English language
Willis
Conducted ‘learning to labour’ study into working class lads in education, in Midlands, U.K. - they resisted education because of their of their working class culture which meant that they didn’t get any qualifications and so were only suited to manual work so thus they couldn’t break out of their class
Mac an Ghail
- > Identifies a number of school subcultures such as:macho lads, academic achievers, new enterprises, real English men and gay students
- > Crises of masculinity as women take on traditionally male jobs
Rosenthal and Jacobsen
They told teacher ps they had identified a number of ‘spurters’ but the children had been selected totally at random. A year later the ‘spurters’ did make greater progress than their classmates, they concluded that their progress was due to the way they had been defines - in particular, teachers expected more from them, conveyed by their expectation to them and they acted in terms of it resulting in a self fulfilling prophecy
Ward and Winstanley
Studies the process of how workers come out in different types of organisations, in fire and police stations it was through interpersonal chat and this shows how these organisations socialise their work force into showing their identity with their own
Salaman
In order to achieve the maximum amount of profit, employers need to control their labour force to make them as productive as possible
Waddington
Used the concept of the ‘canteen culture’ to describe the set of norms and values that people who work in a particular organisation will be socialised to accept that certain language, behaviour and attitude become the norm
Modood
- > Some workplaces are ethnically diverse but some are dominated by certain ethnic groups
- > surveyed young people and found out that 67% of pakistanais and Bangladeshis saw religion as ‘very important’, compared to 5% of white British youths
Song
Many Chinese are employed in catering industry e.g. Chinese restaurants/takeaways
Savage
Work is linked to class - working class have more practical jobs and doctors are more likely to be from the middle class
Bruce
The attendance at religious services is declining
Rich
I am a feminist, who said women are socialised into a heterosexual traditional female role
Shakespeare
I said that disabled people are socialised into seeing themselves as victims
Biggs
I found that old people are shown as feeble, vague and forgetful in the media
Hall
I said that countries may display three different reactions to globalisation: Cultural homogenisation, Cultural hybridity and cultural resistance
Weeks
I said that sexuality is a complicated form of identity, and is more meaningful for homosexuals than heterosexuals
Zola
I said that disabled people are labelled -> borrowing language from able bodied society -> e.g as de-formed, dis-eased, dis-abled, dis-ordered, ab-normal and in-valid
Anderson
National identity is socially constructed through symbols such as the flag and the anthem, and rituals such as national holidays and festivals
Plummer
‘Homosexual Career’ is where a male who has accepted the label of homosexual will seek out others and join a subculture in sh witch stereotypical homosexual characteristics become the norm
McIntosh
In Western cultures, the role of homosexual male may include effeminate mannerisms, a higher voice and attention to appearance
Mori Survey 2002
38% cited ageism as form of discrimination they have faced in the workplace
