SOCY 122 Study Guide - Talcott Parsons, Elective Affinities, Altruistic Suicide

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

1: 1 life experiences and expectations fears of middle class about retirement and healthcare. Radio, tv, videos and cd"s all condensed to the computer. Fewer life experiences management issues, rely heavily on adult. Weak sense of history, but less for self-worth. Believe in heroism, shape destiny superficial way of info-processing. Conflicting self-images: you"re special/no aware but less cynical irrespective of the conditions they one"s special . 1:2 the millennials and the education system disengaged students. Why? reluctant intellectuals pushed into uni by social expectations unused to delayed gratification difficulty determining real ambitions. Students grow up with e-culture, uni still tied to print culture. This is a serious problem, as illustrated by the phrases coined by marshall mcluhan: Sophisticated construction: highly packaged, tightly scripted, consumption e. g. youtube. Adjusting to print culture will enable students to to take full advantage of e-culture because: Can be manipulated recipient can be interpretive, constructive and interactive to grasp meaning e. g editing, photoshopping.