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Unit 2 - Social Change Flashcards

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Auguste Comte

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challenge the idea that ‘society’ is merely a collection of individuals

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School of thought: Key Questions

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  1. what holds society together?
  2. what is society’s natural state?
  3. how should it best be studied?
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Conflict Theory

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society is analyzed in terms of conflicts between groups with power, control, privilege, and those without
ex. Bourgeoisis vs Proletariat (industrial revolution)

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Methodology of Conflict Theory

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explains broad social context, not individual experiences
ex. broad statistical and historical data

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Structural Functionalism

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  1. society develops specialized systems to meet needs of all members
    ex. socializing individuals, education the young, regulating marriage
  2. institutions that reflect and reinforce common values
    ex. religion, education system,health care system
  3. each institution has a function in maintaning the balanced order in society - creates harmony
  4. individual behavior is governed by laws, rules, social expectations, not personal choice
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Methodology of Structural Functionalism

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focuses on the structure of society, rather than interpersonal relationships in it

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Symbolic Interactionism

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theory that focuses on meanings attaches to human interaction, both verbal and non-verbal
- focuses on individualism and one’s own experience

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Basic Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism

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  • study meanings people give to society
    * society is a collection of interactions between members
    * deals with individuals, their thought process
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Symbols

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they have meaning defined by society, its culture; symbl can change meaning

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Symbols (extras)

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  • most important symbol used in society is language
  • people develop self-image from the way they think others see them
  • individuals interpretation of reality is more important than reality
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Self-fufiling Prophecy

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people seek experiences that reinforce their self-image
* behaving in a way that fits one’s self-concept

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Emile Durkheim

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founded structural functionalusm and set out to counter Marx’s Conflict view of society

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Max Weber

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began as a conflict theorist; shifted his ideas, methods of social science

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Karl Marx

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ideas contained in the Communist Manifesto

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The Rise of Science

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The world used to turn towards religion for answers and now they turn to science for better answers

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The Luddite Movement

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group of workers who were getting replaced by machine
* they used the code name “Luddite” to organize nightly attack to attack factories and smash machineries

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Marshall McLuhan

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communications and philosopher
* focused on role of social media technology in society and social change
* the global village
* the information age
* the medium is the message

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Narcissus

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  • Greek Myth of Narcissus and his beauty
    Narcissus falls in love with himself and becomes obsessed wih his beauty
  • myth’s meaning: dont be obsessed with vanity
  • parallels society and technology
    * McLuhan thought that the greek myth didnt know it was him, in love with something he didn’t understand, examine
  • parallels society and technology
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McLuhan’s Thoughts

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  • rejects the idea tha we simply add technology/tools to our society
  • technology change us and society
  • lesson from Narcissus: need to study those effects, engage with technologies
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McLuhan Four Laws of Media

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  1. Enhances
  2. Reverses
  3. Retrieves
  4. Obsolesces
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Enhances

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“What does the tool build on, extend, enhance?
* technologies are tools
* become an extension of our senses, bodies
ex.

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Reverses

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how does a technology have unintended consequences?
* technologies can have side-effects even opposite of intentions
ex. now that we have paper to record notes, our memories have less value

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Retrieves

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What does a technology attempt to bring back from the past?
* the present is a reflection of the past
ex. renaissance art - reaching back to something they thought they had lost

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Obsolesces

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What does the technology replace, make unnecessary?
* new technologies replace old ones, changes ways of life

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Theisis

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an idea

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Antithesis

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idea’s opposite

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Synthesis

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the compromise

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