SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Concentric Objects, Gilded Age, Social Capital
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Unit 4: social institutions: the organization of social life. The informal, generic, broader looser definition of culture. What is the appropriate distance when speaking. Focusing on the more intangible these cultural things factors. Consequences of certain kinds of interaction styles. The meanings that develop in certain sub cultures. Why does something like respect take on the meaning it takes on. How do these cultural things reproduce themselves. The is facebook making us lonely debate. Hidden meanings behind everyday type of language. Sociology of entertainment media and what goes into producing it in a certain way. Elite culture, enjoyed by a small number of people with refined tastes. Popular culture, enjoyed by many people with less refined tastes. High culture - things that we associate with elite culture, things that take some type of skill, training, or appreciation to enjoy correctly . Low culture - something referred to as popular culture , more vulgar pleasures, entertainment vs art distinction.
