SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Consumerism, Imagined Communities, Vosges
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Media explosion: a recent study in the us found that teenagers spend on average 11 hours a day on the telephone, texting, watching tv and movies, and on the internet. Commonly using multiple media sources at once. Alternatively, newspapers, magazines, and other more traditional media sources are less viewed. Impact: sociologists believe the media is an influential socializing agent. This is the type of question that the sociology of the media asks. Believe the media shapes social relations in a great variety of ways. Technology: linked to technology, as the media is dependent on different technologies to spread information. Two-way relationship: sociologists also study how social relations affect the media. Definition: technologies that allow communication to take place without face-to-face interaction. All facilitate communication with lots of people. Origins: the mass media revolution has several roots, two are the main focus of research. Technology: painting, writing, printing press, record player, radio, television, dvd, internet, etc.
