SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canwest, Noam Chomsky, The Beauty Myth
29 Nov 2012
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Wellman: suggesting that new communication technologies have created a change in how we experience a sense of community. People can have offline and online friends. Different than your parents and grandparents generations. Examine how we view society on our daily interactions facebook, email, texting -they can tell us how social support is established online, recreating a sense of community. Sociologists care about establishments, how are people creating connections. Micro: how men and women use media, how do we in. How advertising reinforces a particular standard for women, being young, thin, beautiful ex: the beauty myth by naomi wolf. Women will be so focused on their image, leading to eating disorders. Sociologists study mass media to see the effect on our behavior, how we are affected by advertising. Sociologists are interested in the change of time, texting, the shorthands, how its emerging technology.
