SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: East Los Angeles College, Media Play, Ethnomethodology
Document Summary
Family is the most critical agent for socialization. Family play a huge role in changing children"s socialization. Hidden curriculum: the unspoken classroom socialization into. /,the norms, values, and roles of a society that school"s provide along with the official curriculum. Peers are people of the same age, and often, the same social standing. Religion directs its followers to choose certain paths. The media play a role by creating fads and fashions for how people should look, and what they should wear, and what kind of friendships they should have. Can have negative consequences as the uses of social media leads to loneliness and depression. Workplace socialization has a particular influence on women, dramatically changing gender roles in many countries. The older population tend to be more honest and social politically. Total institutions: institutions that isolate individuals from the rest of society in order to achieve administrative control over most aspects of their lives.
