SOC 4010 Chapter : SOC 4010 Reading Gang Chic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 4010
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

Gang chic popular culture and the glamorization of gangs. the prevalence and scope of mass media in our lives has stimulated debate, polarized people into two camps: powerful effects: the effects of mass media are immediate, significant, and sometimes harmful. Media projects false/contrived images of reality into consumers minds, can lead to copycat behavior. A media stimulus invariably provokes a response; humans are malleable creatures prone to the hypodermic effect of powerful and ubiquitous media messages. Media must be controlled, subject to censorship: limited effects: media can and does influence people but it s not the primary basis for a person s actions or beliefs. Other factors determine how media message is interpreted. Media stimulus doesn t create a response in isolation, its filtered by a person s unique life circumstances. Impact is hotly contested as far as youth crime is concerned street gang problem is fueling it.