SOCI 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Voting Age, Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, Mass Media
20 Jun 2018
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Agents of socialization
-Families
-first agent of socialization
Peer groups
-peer group is made up of people who are similar in age and social status and who share interests
-begins in the earliest years, such as when kids are on a playground
-teach younger children the norms about taking turns, etc
-process continues as child matures
-becomes increasingly more influential in adolescent years
Institutional Agents
-social institutions of our culture also inform our socialization
-formal institutions like the government, teach us how to behave and navigate these systems
-other institutions like the media contribute to socialization by inundating us with messages about
norms and expectations
Formal institutions: school
-not only about manifest functions (curriculum)
-also serve a latent function in society by socializing children into behaviours like teamwork, following a
schedule, waiting turn, submitting to authority, delayed gratification, politeness, rituals, sports
-schools also socialize children by teaching them overtly about citizenship and nationalism
-messages change over time
Formal institutions: religion
-some religions resemble formal institutions, some more informal
-like other institutions, religions teach participants how to interact with the religion’s material culture
-also teach non material culture
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Document Summary
Peer group is made up of people who are similar in age and social status and who share interests. Begins in the earliest years, such as when kids are on a playground. Teach younger children the norms about taking turns, etc. Social institutions of our culture also inform our socialization. Formal institutions like the government, teach us how to behave and navigate these systems. Other institutions like the media contribute to socialization by inundating us with messages about norms and expectations. Also serve a latent function in society by socializing children into behaviours like teamwork, following a schedule, waiting turn, submitting to authority, delayed gratification, politeness, rituals, sports. Schools also socialize children by teaching them overtly about citizenship and nationalism. Some religions resemble formal institutions, some more informal. Like other institutions, religions teach participants how to interact with the religion"s material culture. Driving age, voting age, drinking age, pot age.
