SOCI-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Propaganda Model, Consumerism, Social Learning Theory
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Mass media prevalence & norms mass media : affects the way we think takes up a lot of time connections with mass media. Traditional media : books, newspapers, magazines, cinema. New media: everything on the internet, electronic gadget. Are new forms of media unique: approaches to studying media functionalist framework. Media contributes to the maintenance of social order. We use the media to make judgements about others. The news tells us about important issues in our communities. Apps notify you of tornado or earthquake warnings. On media more than with family spend most of our time on it conflict framework. Big six of media: time warner walt disney viacom news cop cbs general electric. Youtube is a challenge to commercial media. People make choices about their media consumptions. Entman 1991 framing within the media : sizing agency identification categorizing generalizing. It"s all about the individuals people don"t blame society.