SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture : Mass Media and the Social World.docx
12 Feb 2014
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Post-secondary schools: example: the institution of religion is made up of a number of a organizations or groups. Social service agencies provide services rules. Social movements: they can also include those organizations or groups that challenge decisions or. Protest groups challenge decisions or rules (made by the political: mass media organizations, made up of organizations or groups that provide the means for large scale communication in a society. Internet: aim is to reach large audiences (with the above examples, these large audiences are made up of anonymous readers, listeners or viewers. Overlap between institutions: news corporation, linked to the institution of mass media because it is producing movies, news and television, also linked to the institution of the economy. Creates movies, television and news, however at the same time, they are producing profit in the capitalist marketplace: organization straddles two separate institutions, canadian broadcasting corporation (cbc, linked to the institution of mass media.
