HESC 2603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Capital Accumulation, Mass Media, George Herbert Mead
19 May 2017
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Marxian or conflict: differential power based on capital accumulation or material relationship. Weberian: prestige/power determine status, accumulation of cultural as well as financial capital, hierarchy of status groups. Bourdieu and social domination: combination of these 2, cumulative (dis)advantage. Hidden rules: unspoken cues and habits of a group. Many have high impact on achievement in schools and success in the workplace. We assume that the rules we know are a given to everyone. Relate to one another through one-on-one entertainment instead of vacations. Middle class: decisions made relate to work and achievement. Hidden rules govern much of our immediate assessment of an individual and his/her capabilities. These judgments are part of what keep people from moving up. (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)lo(cid:272)k out(cid:863) others that are(cid:374)"t u(cid:374)der the sa(cid:373)e rules as us. The process by which people acquire cultural competency and through which society perpetuates the fundamental nature of existing social structures.
