SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reality Television, Anomie, Complex Number
23 Dec 2013
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Anomie is produced by social isolation, disconnectedness from one"s community, lack of shared social norms/values. It is manifested in despair, feelings of hopelessness but also rage. Anomie can also be created by a chasm between hopes, dreams and expectations and the social and economic reality social groups encounter. Media saturates young people"s lives with images of fabulously wealthy entrepreneurs, actors, professional athletes, reality television stars, heiresses and socialites. There is a great disconnect between the promises society makes to its young people and the social and economic reality those young people encounter--disconnect causes anomie. Entitlement generation can use the letter to the editor assignment for info. Anomie: because of isolation, we are attracted to false communities (i. e. subcultures) like sens army . Factors: insufficient social limits imposed on one"s wants and desires anchor breaking circumstances like rapid change of financial status.
